Sony has announced a beta for PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale will begin this week for PlayStation Plus members.

The beta will begin October 16 in the U.S. and October 17 in Europe, it will then be opened up to non-PS Plus members next week. The beta will also be made available to all Vita owners free of charge even if they don’t have a PS Plus subscription. A brief overview of what’s included:

• You’ll be able to play as Kratos, Sweet Tooth, Colonel Radec, Sly Cooper, PaRappa and Fat Princess.
• You’ll be able to play in both the Metropolis and Hades stages.
• You’ll be able to try out four-player online tournaments and 2 vs 2 online tournaments. For the 2 vs 2 games we’ll be supporting friend invites, so you and a friend can fight another team online.

The beta is scheduled to end October 30 so be sure to get in there and test it out.