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Killzone HD might seem like a natural evolution for many, but the team at Guerilla have had to dig deep in their cellars to reboot the game. Technical Director Michiel van der Leeuw and Senior Programmer Frank Compagner, who worked on the original title, spoke about the difficulty of hunting out old assets in a recent interview.

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How many Killzone 3 trailers can we fit in before launch? At least one more, this time featuring the engineer career path for those keen on blowing up the Helghast in more creative ways.

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Killzone creator Hermen Hulst has said Guerilla is strongly influenced by the storytelling of Half-Life and Uncharted, with the latter setting “a new bar”.

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Killzone developer Guerilla Games is so keen on motion control that one team member has said he believes in the future all FPS titles will utilise it.

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Killzone 3 director Mathijs de Jonge has itemised Killzone 3′s instances of naughty language, and outlined the reasoning behind their infrequency.

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I don’t have any statistics to back this up, but I’d imagine that the Killzone 3 fanbase and those who regularly utilise the social space PlayStation Home are not hugely overlapping demographics. But maybe that will change now that the Central Plaza has been turned into a Killzone themed FPS.

Sadly, the change is not permanent and you won’t be able to respond to nagging friend requests with a BFG.

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New Killzone 2 content is coming to Home during the later part of June.

It includes the Visari Throne Room apartment which is based on Visari’s Palace from the final mission of the game, and includes Helghast architecture with the “regal aesthetic of the Autarch himself.”

Furnishings consist of five pieces. Ttwo types of Visari chairs, a desk, a vase container with Helghan vegetation, and a painting portraying the colonial history of the Helghast.

Pricing has yet to be announced.

Visit the EU PS Blog for more information.

Killzone 2 has reached one million players online after two months on the market.

Broken down, that’s approximately two-thirds of purchasers playing online matches.

Look for those numbers to rise after Guerilla releases the Steel and Titanium DLC later this week.

Via PS3center.

According to a post over on the Killzone 2 community site, the game will be patched to 1.21 this coming week.

The option to create unranked games will also be added due to bots being abused during ranked play — should stop people from getting banned after this.

Here’s a list:

• Increase of the standard points settings for Bodycount. Should ensure longer mode on heavily populated games.
• The option to create unranked games. Players will be made aware that a game is unranked upon joining.
• Fix to list of games displayed on search.

Guerilla  is also investigating other issues for future patches.

• Controls. Seeing about giving more options.
• More game options for clans
• Improvements to help play with friends

Downloadable content is also currently in the works but no details were mentioned.

Full patch notes and the list of possible updates are listed after the break.

Thanks, D’toid.
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Sony has just confirmed that Killzone 2 will be released in the UK on February 27th, the same day as the US.

“You’ve known for a while now but here is official confirmation – Killzone 2 will launch in the UK on February 27th,” a Sony rep has just informed us.

Just yesterday, Sony announced a Killzone 2 bundle for the UK and Europe. Sony has also just confirmed that this too will be available on the 27th.

“Yes same day!” said the rep.

Awesome, says we.

Update: Wondering about the demo? Sony has just told us that there are “no demo details yet”. Sorry about that.

By Mike Bowden

Sony has announced the new Killzone 2 bundle for the UK.

It will be price at £299.99 and will contain an 80Gb PS3, a Dual Shock controller and of course, a copy of Killzone 2.

Release date still TBC.

We’re checking with Sony to confirm whether this is Europe-wide.

Check out the box after the break.

Update: Sony has confirmed to VG247 that European territories are getting the bundle however no price has been set.

By Mike Bowden

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Sony has revealed the official box art for Guerilla Game’s mega-shooter, Killzone 2.

We’re going Killzone 2 crazy at the moment and this packshot just feeds our addiction.

Check it out after the break.

By Mike Bowden

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On sale Tuesday 20th January, the latest issue of Official PlayStation Magazine UK will have the first official Killzone 2 review, Future publishing announced this morning.

Not only do you get a review, you get a “highly collectable” holographic wallet which has an image of a Helghast trooper on it and it also “shifts colour as the light catches it.”

“Killzone 2 is without doubt the best looking game on the PlayStation 3, and we wanted to come up with a treatment that mirrored the visual voodoo which the development team at Guerrilla Games has pulled off,” said Tim Clark, Editor in Chief of Official PlayStation Magazine UK.

“We couldn’t be happier with the finished results.”

David Wilson, UK PR Manager at Sony Computer Entertainment UK, added:

“Killzone 2 has been a long time in the making, and best showcases why PlayStation 3 is the only console powerful enough to deliver a ground-breaking title of this nature. Who better to partner with than the Official PlayStation Magazine, in order to offer the readers a special collectors edition issue. It’s a great way to celebrate the launch of this milestone game.”

Expect the internet to go Killzone 2 crazy from this point onwards. We’ll be doing our level best to keep up.

Full details after the break.

By Mike Bowden

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Scott Steinberg, Sony US marketeer, told MTV that everyone in the US can download the Killzone 2 demo on Feb. 26, the day before the game is released.

“Offering a playable demo to motivate pre-orders speaks to our confidence in the appeal of a game such as Killzone 2,” he said. ”

We take this approach when we are convinced that the experience will cement a consumer’s interest in purchasing.”

“We also offer demos on PSN, which we have done in the past with great success, and will continue to make that available,” added Steinberg.

“Killzone 2, for example, will have a downloadable demo launch in North America the week that the game is launching, for consumers who prefer that option.”

For those of you who pre-order the game via Gamestop, you will be given access to the Killzone 2 taster on Feb. 2, writes EG.

Still nothing on Europe.

By Mike Bowden

EG.pt has released some new brand new gameplay footage of Guerilla Game’s Killzone 2.

We’ve said pretty much all we have to say about how good we think Sony’s shooter looks and plays, and this video only supports that fact.

Go watch.

By Mike Bowden

SCEA social media manager, Jeff Rubenstein, has left a comment on the PlayStation Blog revealing that there will be no Killzone 2 Collector’s edition due to Guerilla focusing primarily on making the game a masterpiece.

“There is no collector’s edition slated for Killzone 2,” Rubensein wrote last night.

“Guerrilla Games has put all of their effort into creating this masterpiece of a game, so we didn’t actively pursue a CE.”

So there you have it.

By Mike Bowden

A couple of new off screen Killzone 2 videos have been released showing two rather large cut-scenes that look pretty awesome.

In fact, they look just as awesome, if not more, than the five trailers that were shown at CES 09 last week.

Release it now please, Sony.

Game’s out end of Feb in the US. Euro date is isn’t 1000 percent confirmed as of yet.

By Mike Bowden

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It appears the first online review of Killzone 2 published by Swedish site, GP (Gothemburg Post) that we told you about this morning has been taken down.

The review, which awarded the game 4/5, was the first on the web but has now been removed to what VG247 understands to be a break in embargo.

Sony told us earlier in the week the online embargo for Killzone 2 reviews is lifted “early February”.

Thanks, g00nerz.

By Mike Bowden

Swedish site GP has published what appears to be the first online review of Killzone 2, and has awarded the game 4 out of 5.

The reviewer sums things up thus:

[Translated from Swedish] The controls are good and the environments feel natural, raw and uncouth and that’s where Killzone 2 succeeds compared to many other shooters; it feels more personal, it’s easier to identify with your character and to feel connected with your teammates. Co-op is noticeably missing, which is odd, and Killzone 2 isn’t doing much new with the genre but it is great enough to succeed without launching for the Christmas Sales Period.

Killzone 2 is released exclusively on PlayStation 3 at the end of February.

Thanks, disc.

Update: The review has now been removed due to what is thought to be a breach of embargo.

By Mike Bowden

In what can only be described as a CES 09 Killzone 2 media blowout, five new gameplay trailers for the Guerilla super-shooter have crept their way off the show floor and onto the internets.

Amongst gunplay and cut scenes, you can even see a whole building completely collapse (4th video down) as just as we told you when we played it at last year’s Expo.

In fact, to use the more everyday colloquial vernacular, this game looks bloody stunning and we can’t bloomin’ wait for it.

Go watch.

By Mike Bowden

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