Killzone 2

By +Audioboxer
in PlayStation

 Share

Recommended Posts

Grand Master

+Audioboxer Subscriber²

Posted
  • Author
  • Subscriber²
Posted
Helghast in HD – Killzone 2 Ads Hit TV

Thank you all for your support and confidence in Killzone 2. Its debut starts a relentless flood of AAA exclusives on the PlayStation 3 – a line up that I consider to be our strongest yet. And I am confident this game will inspire many of you who’ve been waiting for the right time to buy a PS3. It is a true testament to what “Only on PlayStation” means.

We’re excited the promise of Killzone 2 has been realized and has exceeded expectations due to the tireless efforts and dedication of Guerrilla Games. I can’t thank the development team enough for remaining true to the vision and producing one of the most impressive games in recent memory – on any platform. The pre-order numbers only reinforce your great enthusiasm for the game and we’re pleased the game reviews show the same.

A group of us flew out to meet with the development team in late 2008 for a product meeting – we had an idea for a fresh way to promote the game. It was to bring the incredible detail in Killzone 2 to life by showcasing the game’s technology – only made possible by the power of the PS3.

The idea for the commercial centered on telling the story of war on Helghan - up close and very personal and to use the game’s engine to show it. No voodoo, no heavy metal soundtrack: just the true representation of the in-game graphics. The team at Guerrilla embraced the concept and we were on a production rollercoaster ride that produced a piece that will be broadcasted across several networks starting tomorrow. You’ll get the chance to see it here for the first time:

We’ll also have the digital version available on the PlayStation Network later today.

At the risk of stating the obvious – the Killzone 2 engine is phenomenally powerful. To offer you some insight into the technology behind this game, we will release a playable version of this in-engine ad vignette on the PlayStation Network coming in March. You’ll be able to control the camera and hear director commentary on how the production was completed using only the game’s technology. The project codename is “Killzone in 4-D” – hope you can check it out.

Thanks again for keeping the faith – it means a lot to the team here at PlayStation. Enjoy playing Killzone 2 on February 27th !!

Video: http://blog.us.playstation.com/2009/02/19/...e-2-ads-hit-tv/

I quite like it, not bad! Little bit different, but not as different as the usual Sony "lets make an advert that makes no sense".

By the way, this

At the risk of stating the obvious – the Killzone 2 engine is phenomenally powerful. To offer you some insight into the technology behind this game, we will release a playable version of this in-engine ad vignette on the PlayStation Network coming in March. You’ll be able to control the camera and hear director commentary on how the production was completed using only the game’s technology. The project codename is “Killzone in 4-D” – hope you can check it out.

is ****ing sweet.

Grand Master

+Audioboxer Subscriber²

Posted
  • Author
  • Subscriber²
Posted
Just placed my order with ShopTo. I'm off work with glandular fever, so I hope my copy arrives early too.

edit: Turns out they've stopped pre-orders, despite their claims that if you order before the 25th you'll receive it in time for release. What shall I do?

Pre-orders have stopped due to volume - The 2 day thing is only applicable to pre-orders that don't go "out of stock" :p

You can either pre-order the steel LE on shopto for ?32.99 or order the standard edition for ?29.99 on Play - http://www.play.com/Games/PlayStation3/4-/...-2/Product.html [you get some exclusive theme as well for pre-ordering]

Veteran

FlibbyFlobby

Posted
Posted

Just saw an advert here in the UK on Channel 4. First it had the PS3 branding, then it followed with flashing shots of Helghast running across a bridge, then an uncloacking Helghast sniper and finally a shot of Radec and his men looking over Helghan before the clip ended with the release date and game name. It was pretty short, but quite effective. :)

Guest

Posted
Posted
Pre-orders have stopped due to volume - The 2 day thing is only applicable to pre-orders that don't go "out of stock" :p

You can either pre-order the steel LE on shopto for ?32.99 or order the standard edition for ?29.99 on Play - http://www.play.com/Games/PlayStation3/4-/...-2/Product.html [you get some exclusive theme as well for pre-ordering]

I think I'll opt for Play, thanks for he heads up.

Grand Master

+Audioboxer Subscriber²

Posted
  • Author
  • Subscriber²
Posted
why did GameInformer.com only give it a 8.75 ?

Because journalists can award games whatever score they want.

Second take is a 9.0 if you care that much.

Exclusive Killzone 2 video coming at 5pm!

Watch this space everyone, we?ve got some exclusive Killzone 2 video content coming at 5pm today. You?ll see it here before you see it anywhere else, so make sure you?re refreshing at 5pm.

Pretty cool, right? But that?s not all, we?ll have episode two of the exclusive video on Monday at 5pm.

What?s it gonna be folks? Speculation and guesses in the thread please?

Source: http://threespeech.com/blog/2009/02/exclus...-coming-at-5pm/

Grand Master

+Audioboxer Subscriber²

Posted
  • Author
  • Subscriber²
Posted
#1. Why do you have that many copies?

#2. Can you send me one?

You actually think they are my pics? Cmon dude, why would I have 30 copies of the LE KZ2 bundle :p

By the way, full UK advert here - http://threespeech.com/blog/2009/02/killzo...l-length-tv-ad/

Starts airing Monday - The 10 second add that's on TV just now is just a teaser.

Also, the video I talked about earlier airing at 5pm

Here you go everyone - the making of Killzone 2. A behind the scenes look at how Guerilla created such a powerful sense of immersion in Killzone 2?

Pretty cool, right? But that?s not all, we?ll have a second installment on Monday at 5pm, along with loads more Killzone 2 content during the rest of the week! If you want to be the first in the know about Killzone 2, make sure you keep checking back?

http://threespeech.com/blog/2009/02/exclus...-coming-at-5pm/

Pretty cool looking video.

Grand Master

+Audioboxer Subscriber²

Posted
  • Author
  • Subscriber²
Posted
Why has it taken so long for the advert on air TV? A whole 4/5 days before release isn't really worthy of this game. They should have started this campaign a fortnight ago.

Sony needs to sort their marketing department out fast.

People can buy the game after launch day you know...

As long as it frequents on TV, nothing wrong with ~week before launch. Showing the add too early isn't going to help much either. The teaser add which is 10 seconds long started a few nights ago, Monday rolls out the full 30 second.

Pre-orders for EU alone were already at 1.1million a month or so back, the games going to do well, no need to worry :p

Mentor

cammy

Posted
Posted
Just placed my order with ShopTo. I'm off work with glandular fever, so I hope my copy arrives early too.

edit: Turns out they've stopped pre-orders, despite their claims that if you order before the 25th you'll receive it in time for release. What shall I do?

awww man! how **** and unappreciated is glandular fever!

I had it for like 6 months and lost my job and people used to be like... but its only glandular fever.

I wish they could have had it to see what it was like!

This topic is now closed to further replies.
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.

  • Posts

    • Weekend PC Game Deals: Anno 117, Final Fantasy VII, Rematch, and more

      By LoneWolfSL · Posted

      Weekend PC Game Deals: Anno 117, Final Fantasy VII, Rematch, and more by Pulasthi Ariyasinghe Weekend PC Game Deals is where the hottest gaming deals from all over the internet are gathered into one place every week for your consumption. So kick back, relax, and hold on to your wallets. The Epic Games Store's mystery giveaways may have ended, but its regular freebies didn't miss a step this week. The double drop was for copies of Warhammer 40K Speed Freeks and The Ouroboros King. Speed Freeks lands for multiplayer racing fans, but with plenty of competitive shooting elements too. You will be piloting Ork buggies, tanks, and aircraft modeled after the popular tabletop miniatures while trying to complete objectives and pass finish lines. Next, Ouroboros King is a crossover between chess and tactical roguelikes, offering the chance to create your own army with special rules to beat incoming foes on the board. The double giveaway on the Epic Games Store will be available until June 11, and replacing it will be Citizen Sleeper and ROBOBEAT. The Humble Store brought a new charity bundle to check out this week too. Landing with the name The Complete Inkle Library, this is a large collection of interactive narrative puzzle games from the publisher Inkle. This begins with Heaven's Vault, four parts from the Sorcery series, 80 Days, Overboard, and Pendragon: Narrative Tactics within the starting tier for $9. Hopping up a step to the $12 tier gets you TR-49, Expelled, and A Highland Song for paying at least $12. If you go for the $20 tier, you get four e-books from the Heaven's Vault series. The bundle has almost three weeks on its counter before it goes away. Big Deals There is a larger than normal amount of weekend specials happening this time, including multiple publisher deals, franchise discounts, and indie gems to grab. With those and more, here's our hand-picked big deals list for the weekend: Anno 117: Pax Romana – $44.99 on Steam Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – $39.99 on Steam Timberborn – $27.99 on Steam EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 6 – $26.39 on Steam Rust – $19.99 on Steam FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH – $19.99 on Steam Street Fighter 6 – $19.99 on Steam Returnal – $19.79 on Steam Shape of Dreams – $17.49 on Steam Far Cry 6 – $14.99 on Steam Assassin's Creed Valhalla – $14.99 on Steam Quarantine Zone: The Last Check – $14.99 on Steam REMATCH – $14.99 on Steam EA SPORTS FC 26 – $13.99 on Steam FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE INTERGRADE – $13.99 on Steam Magicraft – $12.79 on Steam Cult of the Lamb – $12.49 on Steam Dying Light 2: Reloaded Edition – $11.99 on Steam Cuphead – $11.99 on Steam Assassin's Creed Odyssey – $11.99 on Steam Hunt: Showdown 1896 – $11.99 on Steam Sektori – $11.99 on Steam Just Shapes & Beats – $11.99 on Steam Gunfire Reborn – $10.99 on Steam 33 Immortals – $9.99 on Epic Store Baby Steps – $9.99 on Steam Sifu – $9.99 on Steam Hearts of Iron IV – $9.99 on Steam DREDGE – $9.99 on Steam DAVE THE DIVER – $9.99 on Steam Pacific Drive – $9.89 on Steam Mycopunk – $9.74 on Steam Sons Of The Forest – $8.99 on Steam Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel – $8.99 on Steam Nuclear Throne – $8.99 on Steam Mechabellum – $8.99 on Steam Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor – $8.44 on Steam TerraTech Legion – $7.99 on Steam Inscryption – $7.99 on Steam Assassin's Creed Unity – $7.49 on Steam Minishoot' Adventures – $7.49 on Steam The Stanley Parable – $7.49 on Steam Oxygen Not Included – $7.49 on Steam Megabonk – $6.99 on Steam Look Outside – $5.99 on Steam Vampire Hunters – $5.24 on Steam MOTHERGUNSHIP – $4.99 on Steam My Friend Pedro – $3.99 on Steam The Messenger – $3.99 on Steam Vampire Survivors – $3.74 on Steam Brotato – $2.99 on Steam Enter the Gungeon – $2.99 on Steam Loop Hero – $2.99 on Steam GRIS – $2.99 on Steam Exit the Gungeon – $2.49 on Steam Hitman: Absolution – $1.99 on Steam CARRION – $1.99 on Steam Don't Starve Together – $1.49 on Steam Golf With Your Friends – $1.49 on Steam Hotline Miami – $0.99 on Steam The Ouroboros King – $0 on Epic Store Warhammer 40K Speed Freeks – $0 on Epic Store DRM-free Specials Hopping over to the DRM-free deals, the GOG store has plenty of discounts running this weekend too. Here are some highlights: Fallout 4: Game of the Year Edition - $15.99 on GOG Fallout: New Vegas Ultimate Edition - $9.99 on GOG Disco Elysium - The Final Cut - $9.99 on GOG Crysis - $9.99 on GOG Tyranny - Standard Edition - $7.49 on GOG Frostpunk: Game of the Year Edition - $7.35 on GOG Banished - $6.79 on GOG Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition - $6.59 on GOG The Forgotten City - $6.25 on GOG The Age of Decadence - $5.99 on GOG SimCity 3000 Unlimited - $4.99 on GOG Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut - $4.99 on GOG SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition - $3.99 on GOG Vampyr - $3.99 on GOG Torchlight II - $3.99 on GOG Deus Ex GOTY Edition - $3.49 on GOG Primordia - $3.09 on GOG Theme Hospital - $2.99 on GOG SimCity 2000 Special Edition - $2.99 on GOG Total Annihilation: Kingdoms + Iron Plague - $2.99 on GOG Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director’s Cut - $2.99 on GOG Master of Orion 1+2 - $2.39 on GOG Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time - $1.99 on GOG Prince of Persia: Warrior Within - $1.99 on GOG EVERSPACE - $1.99 on GOG Total Annihilation: Commander Pack - $0.99 on GOG Keep in mind that availability and pricing for some deals could vary depending on the region. That's it for our pick of this weekend's PC game deals, and hopefully, some of you have enough self-restraint not to keep adding to your ever-growing backlogs. As always, there are an enormous number of other deals ready and waiting all over the interwebs, as well as on services you may already subscribe to if you comb through them, so keep your eyes open for those, and have a great weekend.
    • Microsoft releases major feature updates for stock Windows 11 apps

      By Neeo · Posted

      When will the Photos app be updated to remember the window size and position when reopened? They addressed this issue in a 2024 version of the app (though I can't recall the build number). Unfortunately, after that specific version, the problem persists! Please prioritise this fix in your K2 schedule. Additionally, the Snipping Tool has lost the ability to capture the Windows Taskbar starting from the 2024 version!
    • EU Commission explains why Siri AI isn't launching in the EU, and Apple is to blame

      By Dutchie64 · Posted

      Oh dear... my sweet summer child......
    • Spotify finally removes the disco ball app icon in the latest update

      By Xerxes · Posted

      Same, never saw it on Android or iOS. Guess only some people got it *shrugs*
    • Anthropic pulls Fable 5 and Mythos 5 after US export control order

      By pradeepviswav · Posted

      Anthropic pulls Fable 5 and Mythos 5 after US export control order by Pradeep Viswanathan In April this year, Anthropic launched the Claude Mythos Preview frontier model with state-of-the-art cyber and coding capabilities for a select set of companies around the world. After preparing appropriate guardrails, early this week, Anthropic launched Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5, its most capable AI models. Claude Fable 5 is for general users and comes with strict safeguards, while Mythos 5 is designed with fewer safeguards for cybersecurity and biology use cases. Today, Anthropic abruptly suspended access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models for all customers after receiving an export control directive from the US government. The company received the directive from the government today at 5:21 p.m. ET, and the received letter did not provide any details regarding the national security concern. Anthropic understands that the government became aware of a method to bypass, or “jailbreak,” Fable 5, which might be the reason behind the directive. The order was issued under national security authorities and requires the company to suspend all access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 by any foreign national, whether they are inside or outside the United States. The restriction also applies to foreign national employees working at Anthropic. As a result, the company has disabled both models for all customers to ensure compliance. Access to previous Anthropic models like Opus and Sonnet is not affected by this government order. The company highlighted that it had developed strong safeguards to reduce the possibility that Fable is misused for tasks related to cybersecurity. In fact, many developers are complaining that the safeguards are going overboard. Additionally, the company worked with the US government, the UK AISI, multiple private third-party organizations, and internal teams to red-team Fable’s safeguards for thousands of hours. Finally, Anthropic noted that no testers have yet been able to find a universal jailbreak on Fable 5. As expected, Anthropic disagrees that a narrow potential jailbreak should lead to the recall of a commercial model used by hundreds of millions of people. It warned that applying this standard across the AI industry could effectively halt new frontier model deployments. Anthropic concluded by mentioning that it is working to restore access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 as soon as possible and plans to share more details within the next 24 hours.

  • Recent Achievements

    • Week One Done
      ssd21345 earned a badge
      Week One Done
    • Contributor
      MarkHughes4096 went up a rank
      Contributor
    • Dedicated
      jordanspringer earned a badge
      Dedicated
    • Rookie
      Rimplesnort went up a rank
      Rookie
    • One Year In
      Markus94287 earned a badge
      One Year In

  • Popular Contributors

    1. 1
      +primortal
      503
    2. 2
      +Edouard
      176
    3. 3
      PsYcHoKiLLa
      147
    4. 4
      ATLien_0
      92
    5. 5
      Steven P.
      79
    Show More

  • Tell a friend

    Love Neowin? Tell a friend!