PopSci plays the next big game to hit the Playstation 3
Firstly, and most importantly, Killzone 2 looks like a fantastic game, with a fair few tech developments thrown in to make it something pretty special. Secondly, PopSci?s digital content director (that would be me), no longer suffers from motion sickness after 15 minutes of playing most video games. Of course, when he really needed this unfortunate trait to be gone (whilst saving the Lego Star Wars universe some months back), he discovered it was still very much there.
Killzone 2 is a science fiction first person shooter that takes place on the planet Helghan, the home world of the Helghast. They invaded an Interplanetary Strategic Alliance colony? as you do. The Alliance fought back with the aim of capturing the Helghast leader and to stop the Helghast?s terror campaign. Players take on the role of Sergeant Tomas “Sev” Sevchenko, a war veteran and member of the Alpha team.
The interview with Ter Heide and Boltjes, explaining the real tech side of the game?s development will feature in an upcoming issue of Popular Science, so keep an eye out for that. In the meantime, get a load of the official press release on the next page.
Full Press Release
Killzone?2, one of the most eagerly-awaited PLAYSTATION?3 titles ever is set for deployment on 26th February 2009, Sony Computer Entertainment Australia (SCE Aust.) is pleased to announced. The stunning first-person shooter puts you at the forefront of a daring interplanetary invasion into the homeworld of a remorseless enemy - the Helghast. Developed exclusively for PS3? by Guerrilla Studios and playable either solo or with up to 32 other gamers, Killzone 2 is a game in which players must face combat on a planetary scale.
The planet, ?Helghan? is a terrifying world in which to fight, and will add a new dimension to your gaming skills. Not only contending with bullets and rockets, the player must be aware of his surroundings, watching out as lightning illuminates the theatre of combat and howling winds blow the grenades you throw right back towards you. The Helghast know every nook and cranny of this unfamiliar terrain and have harnessed elemental forces such as lightning in order to stop you in your tracks.
You?ll experience this world in incredible, High Definition detail ? and you?ll learn to fear what?s around every single corner. Exposed and vulnerable, you?re not just fighting the
Helghast - you?re at war with everything around you.
As a single player, you?ll become Sev, a soldier in the Special Forces unit known as
Alpha Squad. With your elite squad at your back, you?ll take on the Helghast in ten pulse-raising missions, taking cover and returning fire against enemies armed with all manner of devastating weapons and vehicles. In multiplayer mode, you?ll team up with other gamers for Warzone ? a specially-developed set of games where teamwork is key to securing battlefield objectives. No game will ever be the same as your character progresses, earning promotions and learning new skills that you?ll put to use in this unpredictable, immersive battle experience.
Battle has now commenced ? will you survive the toughest warfare ever? Exclusive to
PS3, Killzone 2 will be available in Australian stores on 26th February. Find out more at www.killzone.com.
RRP: $109.95
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