This is When Splatoon’s Getting Demoed This Weekend

<p>Nintendo&&num;8217&semi;s competitive shoot &&num;8217&semi;em up&comma; <em>Splatoon<&sol;em>&comma; just splattered its first demo all over the Wii U eShop and you&&num;8217&semi;ll have to wake up pretty early for the rest of them this weekend&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As a part of the game&&num;8217&semi;s &&num;8220&semi;Global Testfire&&num;8221&semi; online beta&comma; the game&&num;8217&semi;s three one-hour demo blocks are spread out across several time zones&comma; though you&&num;8217&semi;re free to play in any or all of them&period; The first&&num;8217&semi;s live and kicking right now &lpar;8 pm &&num;8211&semi; 11pm US Pacific Time&rpar; and will continue at 4 am Saturday British Standard Time&period; A 4 am Saturday US Pacific Time&sol;noon Saturday BST will follow with a the final one at noon Saturday PT&sol;8 pm BST&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Global Testfire will be limited to <em>Splatoon<&sol;em>&&num;8216&semi;s 4-on-4 online Turf War mode&period; You might even be up against Nintendo&&num;8217&semi;s lab coat-clad &&num;8220&semi;Squid Research Lab&&num;8221&semi; representatives as streamed on <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;twitch&period;tv&sol;nintendo">Nintendo&&num;8217&semi;s Twitch account<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Even if you can&&num;8217&semi;t hop online for any of those play windows&comma; Brits who download the demo will receive a 10 percent discount on the full game&&num;8217&semi;s eShop version when it releases on <strong>May 29th<&sol;strong>&comma; valid through<strong> June 4th<&sol;strong>&period; <em>Splatoon&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;em>s full game launches in Japan <strong>May 28th<&sol;strong> and the rest of the world the next day&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Will you be joining in on the fun&quest; Tell us in the comments below&period; Ink or be inked&comma; there is no try&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Via<&sol;strong> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;kQsZPYB0vMw">Nintendo on YouTube<&sol;a> &amp&semi; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;ign&period;com&sol;articles&sol;2015&sol;05&sol;07&sol;nintendo-kicks-off-splatoon-beta-this-weekend">IGN<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;