Killzone 2

The Killzone servers have undergoing maintenance earlier this week, for which the team simply stated it was a routine exercise. This second cycle is to implement a fix on what can only be assumed was the source of an issue discovered during the last downtime. At present, all thats been confirmed for this latest maintenance cycle is a fix to the Friends Leaderboards.

Killzone 3's first week sales in the UK failed to better those of Killzone 2, GfK ChartTrack reports. While Killzone 3 is the 14th fastest selling Sony title in terms of week one sales, Killzone 2 (released two years ago), is the company's 5th fastest selling title and remains the series' number one in terms of week 1 sell-through.

Looks like those minor complaints about Killzone 2 were worth all the mean-spirited name calling and death threats from self-righteous Sony fanboys. Howzat? Because Killzone 3 has addressed them beautifully, chief among the old gripes: COLOR! Brown and Gray no longer ride alone, as you’ll see when our exclusive FAP takes a Spoiler-Free jump into a vibrant jungle midway through the game...

Guerrilla Games has observed that environments in the first half of its Killzone 2 lacked variety, something it's strived to improve in the third game of the series.

XMNR: With inFamous 2 hitting this June and Killzone 3 releasing today, now is a good time to get caught up on the stories. And wouldn't you know it, Newegg has put inFamous and Killzone 2 on sale today.

Killzone 2 was a major success on the critical side of thing; it received a very respectable 91 Metacritic score. Its successor, Killzone 3 which releases today has, however, failed to beat its predecessors Metacritic score.

While gaming deals are not as hot here in the great white north as in Britain, did you get the lame joke, but we still have some good deals

TSA Writes: With the release of the third game so imminent, there will be some people trying to tidy up their achievements with Killzone 2 and perhaps gather those last few trophies they needed for the platinum.Unfortunately, were hearing reports that this is proving to be more difficult than expected.

XMNR: Game deals are always kind of light this time of year in quantity but that doesn't mean there aren't some good deals to be had for the PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS or PSP. This week there are $50 Gift Cards deals with the purchase of a PS3 or Xbox 360 at two different retailers and a discount with a free game offer for the Nintendo Wii. On the game front Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded is coming out this week and two different stores are offering up $15 Gift Cards with the purchase of this Nintendo DS games. Not to mention that Kmart has discounted a handful of Greatest Hits games to $19.99 including Killzone 2 and LittleBigPlanet while Fry's has slashed the price of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow all the way down to $19.99

NextGN writes: Guerrilla Games' managing director and co-founder, Hermen Hulst, sort of indirectly confirmed that they are working on another IP that has nothing to with Killzone. We, here at Next Gen News, have reasons to believe that Guerrilla Games' new IP has more to do with the Killzone than is known.