Sony acquires Killzone dev

By Ellie Gibson Published 7 December, 2005

PSP instalment on the way.

Sony Computer Entertainment has announced the acquisition of Guerrilla Games, developer of hit PS2 title Killzone, as part of a long term strategy to expand its development arm.

The two companies have already had a close working relationship for over a year - Guerrilla signed an exclusive development agreement with SCE in March 2004, and Sony went on to ship 2 million copies of Killzone worldwide.

The Amsterdam-based studio is now working on a PlayStation 3 instalment in the series, along with a Killzone PSP game.

SCE Worlwide Studios president Phil Harrison commented: "Guerrilla have a great combination of creative, technical and production talent in their team and we have enjoyed a close working relationship with their management and staff for a number of years."

"As we prepare for the launch of PlayStation 3 next year, this acquisition strengthens our development portfolio to take full advantage of the exciting entertainment opportunities provided by PSP, PlayStation 3 and beyond.”

Guerrilla MD Hermen Hulst added: "Sony Computer Entertainment - with its truly global presence, leading platforms and commitment to innovation - is an ideal partner for Guerrilla and we are delighted to take our existing relationship to the next level."

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Since joining Eurogamer in the mid 2000s, Ellie has written about subjects as diverse as the fall of Gizmondo, the rise of Hollyoaks actresses in Red Alert games and the noise a bear makes under NSFW circumstances.

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Comments (34) Latest comment 6 years ago

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  • Blerk #1 6 years ago

    You're watching the GamesPress news feed a lot more closely these days, aren't you? :-)

  • barchetta #2 6 years ago

    Ah.. so Guerilla have access to Sony's renderfarm now......

    /waits for new Killzone 2 'actual game footage'

  • trevd72 #3 6 years ago

    you know, i really liked killzone.

  • myiagros #4 6 years ago

    Killzone for PSP, hopefuly this will be better than coded arms and the first good FPS for the PSP?

    /also waits for new Killzone 2 'actual game footage'

  • myiagros #5 6 years ago

    lol

    mind you, a complete movie of the sort of video we saw from the E3 killzone, might actually be quite good.

  • myiagros #6 6 years ago

    doom on PSP would be awsome, however i some how doubt it will ever happen.

    \ goes into a corner to cry (wimper) :(

  • hp_on_toast #7 6 years ago

    Woo, now we have a "is that PSP Killzone or rendeed footage" debates all over forums when screens are released.

    BTW, pedantic I know but the so called PS3 stuff was Killzone 3. 2 Is due on the PS2 next year according to info release info earlier this year.

  • onyxbox #8 6 years ago

    you know, i really liked killzone

    so did I, it was pretty good in parts. Shame the enemy kept telling me what they were doing tho'

    'out of ammo'....'reload'....'taking fire'...'covering fire'

    silly really.

  • hp_on_toast #9 6 years ago

    http:// ps2.ign.com/articles/539/539350p1.html - Killzone2 not PS3

    http:// ps3.ign.com/articles/624/624671p1.html - GG admitted work on KZ2 was underway proir to the release of KZ

    There was also something on Gamespot (which I'm still hunting for, but it's been a while) which covered the existence of the PS2 / PSP Killzone2.

  • tengu #10 6 years ago

    I thought Killzone was alright too. The only reason it got such a hard time I think was because of the fucktard media branding it 'The PS2 Halo beater', which was a pretty idiotic thing to do.

  • Ihya #11 6 years ago

    Guilty pleasure time...




    I enjoyed Killzone.

  • Talha #12 6 years ago

    Hey Killzone was not bad (so spoke the terminal Sony fanboy) - I agree that it was a victim to its own hype. I also read that Killzone 2 is due on PS2 - the PS3 version will be Killzone 3.

    Sony's acquired (or close) devs usually accomplish spectacular things with its hardware (Polyphony, SotC guys, Evolution, Studio Liverpool, Sony's own devs) so we are right to expect great things. It better be, if the Playstation is to have ANY FPS credibility.

  • lambtron #13 6 years ago

    Hmm not so sure I agree with that... what about stuff like The Getaway (probably worst game I ever bought even if it was only 4 quid) and Primal. Primal wasn't terrible but it wasn't "spectacular" either.

    Having said that Ico will always be one of my best-loved games.
    Edited by 1 at 07/12/05 @ 18:26

  • JediMasterMalik #14 6 years ago

    Hopefully BLACK by Burnout dev's will give playstation some FPS respect.

  • sleepless #15 6 years ago

    Hmm not so sure I agree with that... what about stuff like The Getaway (probably worst game I ever bought even if it was only 4 quid) and Primal. Primal wasn't terrible but it wasn't "spectacular" either.

    Both The Geaways were awful. On the other hand, Primal is special for me. This games had his problems but overall, playing Primal was magical experience.

  • tengu #16 6 years ago

    Didn't Half Life and Deus Ex give it a little FPS respect?

  • Xerx3s #17 6 years ago

    Those also apeared on other platforms, so that doesnt really count does it? And they where infirior to the original imo.

  • Mirkan #18 6 years ago

    AI definitely killed Killzone, hype didn't. I enjoyed it on the grounds of atmosphere and just generally a pretty nicely thought out concept although poorly executed.

    I dunno if I think they should be handling two games when they obviously had trouble with one though. I'd rather they poured all their effort into the PS3 version, because so much of the reason to play a Killzone game disappears when it's on a tiny screen.

    That said, I don't see why it'd control badly. Doom? I think Goldeneye is a better template for it. Let's move around with the four face buttons, aim with analog and shoot with R and throw grenades with L. Put zoom, action and weapon change on the D-pad. You don't jump in Killzone anyway.

  • space_ace #19 6 years ago

    guerilla just don't have it. after kz and that vietnam farce, i'm sorry but it seems so.

  • The-Bodybuilder #20 6 years ago

    >"guerilla just don't have it"

    I agree.

  • TILT #21 6 years ago

    Count me in among the "I thought Killzone was nice" people. Good atmosphere, and since I'm bad at FPSs, I value atmosphere more than good AI.

  • admir #22 6 years ago

    halo sucks dont know why people make all that hype about this game. its a good game but not that good i would give it 6.5/10
    killzone could have been a good game but not on the ps2. ps2 just couldnt handel that game.

  • tengu #23 6 years ago

    I may have enjoyed Killzone, but lets be honest here... it isn't fit to lick Halo's turds really, is it?

  • Heds #24 6 years ago

    Killzone wasn't a Halo beater...

    But I think it's the best tenner I ever spent (massive price cut in Game).

  • The-Bodybuilder #25 6 years ago

    >"Killzone wasn't a Halo beater..."

    The only thing killzone beat was its own hype.

  • Talha #26 6 years ago

    @lambtron : Precisely for sad sticklers for details like you, I add about a hundred qualifiers to my statements, in this case it is 'usually'. ;-)

    /trying to sound funny - no offence or personal attack intended.
    Edited by 1 at 08/12/05 @ 03:58

  • Dizzy #27 6 years ago

    Woah!

    That means Killzone will stay exclusive?

    /sarcasm

    Hmmm.. not sure if Sony did a good deal there...

  • knif3r #28 6 years ago

    kz just didn't cut the mustard. you'd think guerilla would spend a little more time changing the enemy skin at least

  • speedjack #29 6 years ago

    Killzone was a great looking Xbox game shoehorned into a PS2.

    As a result just about everthing suffered, but what it did it did well.

  • kangarootoo #30 6 years ago

    " guerilla just don't have it. after kz and that vietnam farce, i'm sorry but it seems so. "

    Those games were worked on by two different teams. The people that did the Purple Haze thing are in Australia I believe (unless I am confusing them with someone else, I always get Pandemic confused with Guerilla because of their gas mask logo, my mind is quite a simple machine really).

  • Talha #31 6 years ago

    @kangarootoo : You need more hard disk space and perhaps a Cell processor.

  • kangarootoo #32 6 years ago

    I've got a food processor (well, more of a blender really). Will that do the job?

  • Talha #33 6 years ago

    Might do, but don't expect to run anything other than PacMan on it!

  • speedjack #34 6 years ago

    Good day to you disc !