Sony has announced that LightBox Interactive’s upcom­ing third-person shooter, Starhawk, will be deploy­ing on May 8, 2012. Previously, there was only con­firmed release win­dow of Spring 2012.

Sony also took the time to release some info about the upcom­ing pub­lic beta. A nifty little pic­ture con­firmed mul­tiple release dates for the beta. Starting today, PS+ sub­scribers and Private Beta play­ers will be able to get the beta. Those who pur­chased Uncharted 3 will have to wait till the 31st of January. It won’t be come avail­able to every­one until February 21.

Also released was a list of what is going to be in the beta:

• Classic Arcade Flight-Mode: Private Beta play­ers asked for it and we’re happy to include the clas­sic arcade flight from Warhawk
• Host Migration: When the host leaves the game, the host­ing duties trans­fer to another player and game­play will con­tinue, provided the option is checked.
• Language Support: European and Japanese lan­guages are included. Korea, China, Latin America and Brazil will be in English…but these will include the appro­pri­ate lan­guages for the full game.
• Skills: Players will be able to col­lect unique Skills to use in game­play based on their per­form­ance. Playstation Network Friend Integration: Friends status, mes­sages, and friend requests.
• Bug Fixes: Lots and lots of bugs have been addressed.

Starhawk is the suc­cessor to the 2007 mul­ti­player game Warhawk. Unlike its pre­de­cessor, Starhawk will fea­ture a single­player cam­paign and will take place in Space! Look for it on May 8, 2012 exclus­ively for the PS3.

Source: US PS Blog.