I just found this video that was posted up the 14th of July. I did not find this on the PS2 info thread so i was unsure if this has been posted before.
http://www.g4tv.com/videos/54157/pla...ombat-preview/
One of the things that stood out to me was around the 5:40 mark.
Higby starts to talk about how the mission system is used to spawn players. He also talks about how the HART timer is gone.
Still i have no idea if this is old news or not.