Killzone 2 servers are not live - Sony
No problem with promo copies.
Sony has told Eurogamer that Killzone 2 multiplayer servers are not active, and won't be until sometime close to its launch on 27th February.
Thus, the pre-release promotional copies currently out there will not work online until servers are up and running. There's nothing wrong with the discs themselves.
The platform holder was speaking after reports of Killzone 2 promotional copies not working online popped up on the official US PlayStation forum.
Promotional copies are distributed before release to industry insiders. They often end up on eBay, fetching sky-high prices from eager fans.
Both Xbox 360 and PS3 promos come without a manual or any disc-art, but otherwise are identical to regular retail games. The words "promo only - not for resale" are also clearly printed on the discs.
Killzone 2 will be released exclusively for PS3 from 27th February. There's a PSN demo to be tried until then.
Or there's our Killzone 2 review to read. We quite liked it.
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I wonder why they've left them off? Maybe to stop negative press over empty servers, or last minute tweaks to the server code? Did they give a reason at all?
(Edit: Removed ratty comment...)
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EDIT: And there, the_sas_man proves my point. What's the obsession with kicking this game? It's got near-unnanimous rave reviews, it's a hardcore title, it's a good console FPS, it's got phenomenally solid graphics, and it's on the PS3 where this kind of quality is needed to really fill out the catalogue. The absence of co-op is a big gripe, but otherwise what on earth is the problem here? Is it simply that fanboys think it's on the 'wrong' console?
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I wonder why they've left them off?
Did they give a reason at all?
Im going to answer all these questions at once......
....becasue the game hasn't been released yet.
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I take it you've played the "crappy MP" then?
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A childish comment from a child's mind.
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....becasue the game hasn't been released yet.
But you'd still want your servers running to test their durability, etc... there's many reasons for and against having them on or off, I'm just wondering if there's an official reason
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Also, does anybody know if custom games on Killzone 2 will be hosted on their servers like Resistance, or will they be Player hosted like CoD?
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Because the game actually lives up to the hype and xbots are desperate to find ways to bash it now that the reviews doesn't. Sad but true.
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@ the_sas_man
I've been a long time PC FPS gamer and Killzone 2's multiplayer is the first console game which has got me really excited. Playing games such as UT99, UT2004 and the various Counter-Strike incarnations, my standards are very high and Killzone 2's MP is very, very good (I've been in 2 beta phases for it).
If GG enabled mouse and keyboard, it would be even better but would alienate a lot of people and would also have to have options similar to UT3 for playing with/without a controller online.
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It's nothing to the amount of kicking that Gears 2 is getting in the other thread. I guess it's always jealousy or something from either camp. Fantards, all round, need shooting from cannons into the sun.
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Its trivial to run servers but not make them available to the public. When they say "the server's aren't on yet" they don't mean there are no Killzone 2 related server runnings anywhere in the world (they will have been running for months probably, for all the reasons you suggest). They just mean they aren't open to the public yet, and the official reason for that will be... the game hasn't been released yet
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Thanks, that made me lol.
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Thanks, that made lol.
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Urgh, that doesn't help. One fanboy comment turns you into exactly the same, just on the other side of the fence. Try to rise above it will you...
/adds gunpowder to cannon
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Oh, the world will certainly end without your purchase. Thanks for the heads up.
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Don't rise to the bait. If some nobber wanders in here with some hollow trolling comment to make, the very last thing you want to do is respond in kind. Hit the ignore button (or at the very least just stop reading said comments), and then return to the discussion at hand. Believe me, you will feel better for it.
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snap
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edit: evilfoxdude is a 360 aficionado again (weekly update?) ? Now the PS3 is a cheap console ?
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I was simply saying that I wasn't convinced, and how the multiplayer pans out will define whether I'll get it or not. Which, funnily enough, is what this news story touches on. Am I not allowed to comment on a game I'm interested in anymore? Or is it just that your hype-goggles can't possibly comprehend someone not being completely besotted by a game they've hardly played?
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The term is "brother in law"
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Sometimes I feel I'm wasting my breath(or, err.. fingerprints?) I admit, but we have to try.
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Anyone who reads EG comment threads even casually knows this to be true. And I don't own a PS3, nor have I ever played Killzone 1 or 2.
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How is this different from any exclusive game on either the 360 or PS3?
edit: damn it! One line and still a spelling mistake :/
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I'm not sure your point on the promo copies...it's only the packaging (or lack of it) that is different, the promo copy of the game will be the same as the retail version in terms of the game on it. The game will play the same, it's just that it has 'promo copy' written on it that's different.
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Anyone who reads the comments threads also knows that the same people who are moaning here gladly invade any 360 related thread and turn it into an absolute train wreck. I can't remember a single high profile 360 thread that wasn't completely swamped by the other side. This thread hasn't even been touched compared to some other threads out there. Hypocrite much?
But then phrases such as xbot are a pretty clear give-away of that.
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That comment is sad but true...true only in that it was said.
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Though looking out at the rest of the world, its not such a surprise really.
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We have had 2 copies in our office.... we are either very lucky or you are talking out of your arse
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Still Metacritic score of 92 is not insulting as some of my fav games of the past year got less than that.
My other 3 PS3 owning mates at work also has their gripes about the control but all agreed something just getting used to and now just hurry up with the release and put us out of our misery at all this squabblings BEFORE the fecking game is out!
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I put that retard on ignore months ago!
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then again i would say good things, i got the game free lol
just wish the servers were up but then again they do the same wth pre release blu-rays and bd live
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Then stop acknowledging his comments!
Sheesh
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Don't wait. Get in there early, in the beta it was very frustrating if you were left behind in the leveling, because it takes a while to unlock the better classes.
@Nick_Nukem
I managed to borrow a copy, and someone else in the comments here as well, and obviously the reviewer.
That makes 3 people on this site already.
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