Get ready for the Resistance 2 Public Beta, coming to you in September 2008! Nathan Hale will be duking it out against aliens in the United States – reportedly, San Francisco, Chicago, and Twin Falls amongst other US locations. The game will feature an 8-player campaign co-op and a 60-player online multiplayer.

The first way you can get your hands on this beta is to subscribe to Qore in the Playstation Store. If you subscribe now, you’ll also get to participate in the public beta for Socom: Confrontation! Originally, Kotaku posted that this was the only way to get the keys to the beta test, but received a response from Insomnic themselves saying that this was incorrect.

The second (and earliest) way, according to Insomniac, was to pre-order the game through a program that will soon be announced. That is, you put down a small deposit on the game, voluntarily participate in the beta test, then put your money down on the remainder of the cost on the release date, which will also ensure that you get your hands on the game.

Insomniac stated that they will be allowing more ways into the beta test, but will announce it after they test international servers. For the full response from Insomniac to Kotaku, click here.