Lately it seems Sony has put some major effort into PlayStation Home. Today over 100 items were added, along with 2 new apartments. To add to this plethora of new goodies, Sony is giving you Killzone 2 fans something for you to show off in PlayStation Home.
With the PlayStation 3 Slim starting to show up at Best Buys around the country, the national retailer has kicked off a plan to try and cut-down on the number of people returning a recent PS3 for the newer PS3 Slim, sourced tell Kotaku.
PSFocus writes: "Successful games come again sometime in the cheaper label Platinum. This means you can purchase the game for a lower price. Only the best games come to this re-released label and if you one of these games ever missed, this is a great, great, alternative. Soon there will be three new games under the Platinum label that will appear."
A direct comparison between the Michael Bay movie Bad Boys 2 and the bullet ad for one of the hottest PS3 games - Killzone 2 is showing a lot of similarities between the two...
Morgan Webb announces the winner of G-Phoria '09 Best Graphics. Nominees include 'Resistance 2', 'Resident Evil 5', 'Fight Night Round 4', 'Killzone 2' and 'Street Fighter IV'.
Neocrisis.com writes: "Great Britain is the third largest video games market (behind the USA and Japan), and as revealed by the recent hardware sales the Xbox 360 has a strangehold of the market, even outselling the Wii and DS so far in 2009. Although the recent software sales chart shows that Nintendo still have some fight left in them, it seems Sonys massively popular shooter 'Killzone 2'is being outsold by Microsofts equally massive 'Halo 3'. The real kicker, however, is that Halo 3 is nearing it's second birthday, whereas Killzone 2 is barely six months old. Halo Wars aswell, which launched in the same time frame as Killzone 2, is also hanging in at number 40."
What's the biggest online game on the PS3? No, it's not Killzone 2. No, it's not even Resistance 2. According to SCEA senior producer Mark Rogers, SOCOM Confrontation stands above both of Sony's high-profile first-party FPS offerings by having the most simultaneous online connections on the PlayStation Network. He attributes Confrontation's success to the community's commitment to the franchise. Whereas other gamers may play an online game for a few weeks and move on, SOCOM fans have proven to be far more dedicated (despite the game's ... troubled launch).
It has been an exciting week for all Killzone 2 fans with the recent release of the third DLC map pack, Napalm & Cordite, as well as patch 1.29. For supporting Guerrilla Games back from February and until now, they would like to thank our loyalty by supplying us with an Extra XP Weekend.
Posting on the official European PlayStation Blog, Guerrilla Games producer Seb Downie has said the studio will take a break from Killzone 2 following the release of the game's third DLC pack, Napalm & Cordite.
A Multiplayer Map Pack bundle containing all six maps from Killzone 2's Steel & Titanium, Flash & Thunder and Napalm & Cordite DLC packs will release on PSN today.
From the PlayStation.Blog
PlayStation LifeStyle brings you a look as the confirmed, rumored and coming soon PlayStation Store content.
From the devs at Killzone.com
Achievements have been in video games for many years, though not in the way we know them now. Goldeneye on the Nintendo 64 rewarded players who completed goals with guns, cheats & special modes, while Spyro 2 on the original PlayStation rewarded players who unlocked 'Skill Points' with extra lives.
Gameguru.in recently heard about the powerful upgrade planned out for the Killzone 2 engine, to improve upon its versatility for future projects. Now there is information trickling down that the engine might actually be put to use for other projects kept as closely guarded secret within Sony's camp.
PS3 Attitude writes:
TheGamerAccess.com would like to inform you that the latest Killzone 2 patch is now live. Read More to find what changes 1.28 brings with it.
Official Playstation Blog:
The officiel Japanese Killzone2 website has updated earlier today with a new article appearing on the 'DLC' section of the page. We learn that the third Killzone2 Map pack "Napalm and Petrusite" will be released on July 23rd and cost 800 Yen (5.99 Euros). Two new maps, "Suljeva Cliffside" and "Arctower Landing" will be introduced. Moreover, two new weapons will make their way into the multiplayer mode, those being the flamethrower and boltgun. Last but not least, 8 new trophies will be added.
GOONL!NE: Despite reports of an updated trophy list for the game, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has told GOONL!NE that there are no current plans for a 3rd Killzone 2 map pack at this time.