Killzone 3

Sony will package together the three major Killzone games for release in trilogy form, a new product listing by Amazon France suggests.

Sony's PlayStation 3D Monitor is now available to buy in the UK. It costs £449.

It's designed to allow cheaper access to 3D visuals via the display's 24-inch (1920x1080) screen.

The 3D Monitor's SimulView screen allows two players to see completely different images when wearing special 3D glasses, allowing for full-screen multiplayer play.

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The PlayStation 4 is codenamed Orbis and features an anti-pre-owned system, according to a new report.

There has been, before now, unsubstantiated talk of Killzone 4 as a PlayStation 4 game. But now developer Guerrilla has poured cold water on that theory.

The free Killzone 3 multiplayer mode announced last week is available to download in Europe from tomorrow, Sony has confirmed.

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UPDATE: Sony has released more information about the free Killzone 3 multiplayer experience due out next week.

The PlayStation 4 will be powered by a new AMD chip, according to a report.

Killzone 1 for PlayStation 3 has been "delayed indefinitely," Guerrilla Games has announced.

YouTube videos have emerged showing hit PlayStation 3 titles running via Remote Play on the new PSVita handheld. Camera footage of titles such as Red Dead Redemption, Mortal Kombat, Battlefield 3 and Batman: Arkham Asylum has been recorded and uploaded, and there's absolutely no reason whatsoever to assume that the videos are anything but genuine.

The first entry in Guerrilla Games's Killzone FPS franchise is on its way to PlayStation Network, publisher Sony has announced.

A future PlayStation 3 firmware update will enable Vita Remote Play on all games, Eurogamer has learnt.

Having given Microsoft a year's head start in the current generation, PlayStation Europe boss Jim Ryan said it would be "undesirable" for PS4 to repeat that for the next-generation.

Speaking to Eurogamer TV this afternoon at a press event for PlayStation Vita in London, Ryan, who stepped up to the SCEE top job in the summer, said: "I think we would consider it undesirable to be significantly later than the competition [with the next PlayStation]."

With Wii U out next year and Microsoft expected to reveal the next Xbox in 2012 amid suggestions that a number of studios are already making games for a 2013 launch, industry chatter regarding a PlayStation 3 successor has been considerably more muted.

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Guerrilla Games is making a new Killzone game, according to a report.

A number of PlayStation 3 games will be unavailable to play online next Tuesday due to a fresh round of scheduled maintenance, Sony has announced.

Sony has talked up its Personal 3D Viewer, saying it will "revolutionise games forever".

Around a dozen PlayStation 3 and PSP games will be unavailable online in Europe this Sunday between 5am and midday, Sony has warned.

Sony has revealed a few more details about the PlayStation Vita's Remote Play capabilities.

Guerrilla Games has announced the changes patch 1.12 will bring to PlayStation 3 exclusive shooter Killzone 3.

Guerrilla has made changes to the weapons, multiplayer matches and interface. Oh, and it's toned down the "overly enthusiastic death screams". YES.

Also, the Engineer has better turrets, and an option to switch off Sixaxis-only actions for players with disabilities has been added. The patch introduces several community-requested changes to Killzone 3, Guerrilla said.

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Some game creators are producing poor quality 3D visuals, Sony has said.

Upcoming PlayStation 3 exclusive first-person shooter Resistance 3 comes with three demos, the BBFC has revealed.

A triple XP weekend kicks off for Killzone 3 today, Sony has announced.

Fewer than half of the 11 million 3DTV-ready homes in the UK in 2016 will be active and regular users of 3D TV content, a new report predicts.

PlayStation 3 owners will be able to download a Sonic Generations demo from tomorrow, Sonic's 20th Anniversary.

Sega's Sonic Anniversary bundle also gets a 20 per cent price cut - it contains Sonic, Sonic 2, Sonic 4 Episode 1, Sonic Adventure, the DX add-on and the Sonic 4 dynamic theme.

Also this week: Several big games get new DLC. L.A. Noire's Cole Phelps gets a new Arson Case, Nicholson Electroplating, to solve. Killzone 3's From the Ashes map pack adds four new locales - but no zombies. Mortal Kombat adds a "Klassic" skin pack, while LittleBigPlanet 2 gets Tron: Evolution gear.

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From The Ashes map pack out now.

Killzone 3 gets a new DLC pack on 22nd June, Sony has announced.

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Get your payment method of choice at the ready, for here's another bountiful selection of cheap games that are worth your attention. This week we've got a few of the best games from the last year or so getting their first big discounts, and this week's hot releases at an affordable price.

A new set of DLC is on its way to PlayStation 3 shooter Killzone 3, developer Guerilla Games has announced.

Sony details origins of Helghast war.

Killzone 3 played via latest mod.

25th February, 2009: Killzone 2 has just shipped on PlayStation 3 and gamers are getting their first taste of what is - for its time - the most technologically advanced console shooter on the market. After five years in the making, the final version of Guerrilla Games' epic title is finally being enjoyed by gamers - and analysed by rival game developers anxious to see its state-of-the-art engine.

Only one way to find out.

Sony has offered Killzone 3 fans experience points, a trip to game show E3 this summer and even the opportunity to fire a real life Helghast gun – over the internet.

PlayStation 3 exclusive Killzone 3 is today's new UK all-formats chart leader.

You're the gunner on a ship with a machinegun and a homing missile launcher. Take out all the Helghast ships that you can as you pursue Stahl.

As the station is falling apart, travel through and take out the final ground troops.

Battle more Helghast in low gravity.

You and your unit need to get to the gravity controls.

The final push to the elevator by you and the remaining troops.

You and the raiders are circling the MAWLR taking out the remaining defence guns and finally the massive energy cannon.

Take cover from the onslaught of missiles, mortars and bullets that the MAWLR throws at you throughout this whole skirmish.

Move quickly through the trenches taking out some Helghast at close quarters.

Take out some more troops and head to the control room so you can use the mobile factory to save the unit.

While aboard the factory there will be a few troops.

You and Rico need to use the crane to clear a path to the next area, kill the troops around and defend yourself, when you come under attack on the crane.

Accompanied by Rico, you head towards the mobile factory, taking out heavy numbers of troops and sentries.

You and Rico head through the scrapyard to meet up with the rest of the unit at the elevator.

You ride down a mountain in control of a vehicle with guns and homing missiles, shoot or avoid things in your way.

You and Rico go to join up with the captain and the rest of the prisoners as you go outside and battle a few troops and a flying sentry.

You, Rico and the captain have to escape, killing the heavy resistance you face as you go from room to room.

Exit the cable car and head to the assignment you have been given.

Head up the ramp taking cover from the tanks and troops as you progress towards the cable care.

70 GAME stores will open at midnight tonight to sell Guerrilla Games' science fiction first-person shooter Killzone 3.

Your unit is pinned down. You need to take out the big guns before you can get through.

Jetpack about and take out any Helghast as you go to the supporting pillars to destroy this larger rig.

Jetpack-boost your way from iceberg to iceberg as you try to head onto this big rig undetected.

You and Rico have been shot down, and must clear through a few troops on your way to a rig where you will be evacuated by the raiders.

After being rescued by Rico, you and the raiders head up the snowy coast towards a couple of small rigs.

After returning to base, you discover it's under attack.

More resistance on your way back to camp.

Kill the remaining troops around the communication uplink to re-establish the link and then take out the incoming ambush.

Continue to silently murder Helghast troops, sneak past troop transports and finally locate the cruiser wreckage.

Reckon you'll be done with Killzone 3 and/or Bulletstorm by 10th March? If yes, GAME can guarantee you a trade-in price of £35, reports MCV.

You head out to get a communications link up and running, but encounter heavy resistance that needs to be taken down quietly.

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You and Rico rejoin the convoy in two mechs.

Proceed into the building with caution, kill the snipers and make your way to a vantage point.

From the gun emplacement on top of a vehicle, you shoot your way through various troops and vehicles as you and others try to clear a path for your unit.

Your unit travels down a broken highway, encountering a few troops you can easily take out from cover.

After losing a tank, you and Rico split off to find a way through.

Your unit is blocked off. You need to open the gate to pass through, but there's a large cluster of Higs in the area. Clear them and use the wheel to open the gate.

Sev and Rico head into a building, clear a few troops and find a good position in the main room to repel an impending attack.

The first real mission, fighting your way through the building's ruins.

Getting used to the controls.

The death of Visari at the end of Killzone 2 has left the Helghast legions in a state of internal confusion, but in this third game in Guerrilla's first-person shooter series, the one thing they all seem to agree on is that they should direct their efforts to wipe out the pesky ISA troopers still loitering on their rock. I.e. you.

If you're stuck on the game, check out our epic Killzone 3 video walkthrough.

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The 2D and 3D modes in Killzone 3 compared head-to-head.

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Split-screen co-op analysed with Digital Foundry tools.

Guerrilla Games will improve the multiplayer portion of upcoming PlayStation 3 exclusive Killzone 3 with a patch set for release shortly after the game.

It'll address a raft of issues identified by players who participated in the open beta, which has now closed.

Here's what to expect:

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What's on the PlayStation Store today?

A Killzone 3 demo playable in 3D, a MotoGP demo, Dragon's Lair and the original Final Fantasy (PSP).

Not sure why you'd need a Killzone 3 demo given that Eurogamer has already reviewed it. What, are you saying our word isn't Gospel? You want to make your own mind up? Do you also want a fight? Not really; love you.

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Killzone 3 climaxes with the door left tantalisingly open for further adventures – and Guerrilla Games has confirmed that there's "ample opportunity" for a fourth instalment of the spectacular shooter series.

The game industry has reacted angrily to the leaks of two of 2011's most anticipated shooters: Crysis 2 and Killzone 3.

What's 2011's best PS3 shooter?

Just days after Crytek's upcoming first-person shooter Crysis 2 leaked online, reports are coming in that Guerrilla Games' upcoming first-person shooter has also leaked online.

A full list of Killzone 3 trophies – minus a few hidden awards – is now available for your perusal.

The Killzone 3 beta test has witnessed 58 million kills racked up in more than 350,000 games, Sony has revealed.

According to a post on the PlayStation Blog, half a million users have appeared on the game's leaderboards, two of whom have somehow managed to break the one million XP mark.

All this virtual violence has been a huge help to developer Guerrilla Games, Sony insisted, highlighting a number of problems that to be addressed.

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A Move-friendly on-rails version of Killzone 2 very nearly came into being, developer Guerrilla Games has revealed.

Helghast hath no fury.

The two Killzone 2 maps that make up the Killzone 3 Retro Map Pack have been named. They are Salamun Market and Blood Gracht.

As the saturation point looms, the first-person shooter pie has been sliced increasingly thin in recent years. The difference between some games is only a few crumbs wide and players have become connoisseurs almost by default, able to discern the subtle shift in flavours between games that, to the untrained eye, are practically identical. We've become fussy gourmands, favouring a Call of Duty or a Medal of Honor based on tiny changes to the recipe.

All of which makes the games that serve up a distinctive taste even more polarising. Killzone 2 was one such dish. I loved its streamlined and ruthless construction, which dipped you into one long, aching push into the Helghan capital to confront and capture Emperor Visari. Where other games hopped between locations and storylines like a hyperactive child, Killzone 2 was all about life as a foot soldier in a crappy situation. The scenery rarely changed, the weapon set remained largely the same and the enemies varied little.

Despite its sci-fi trappings, it felt like a real military campaign where your goal was never more lofty than simply reaching the next objective, traversing a fortified bridge or circumnavigating enemy artillery. Movement was heavy for the genre, as if you were weighed down by the alien atmosphere. It felt muscular and foreboding, a conflict where traditional gung-ho videogame heroics were a quick way to get killed.

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The multiplayer Killzone 3 demo will launch at 11am tomorrow morning UK time, Sony has announced.

"It's like going back to school."

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A single-player demo of PlayStation 3 exclusive FPS Killzone 3 will release on 16th February, Sony has announced.

It features the Icy Incursion level that takes place halfway through the campaign.

PlayStation Plus members can download the demo a week early on 9th February, guerrilla Games producer Aryeh Loeb revealed on the PlayStation Blog.

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A Killzone 3 open beta kicks off on 3rd February and runs until the 15th, Sony has confirmed.

Downloadable from the PlayStation Store, it will offer early access to three online multiplayer modes and one offline mode.

Guerrilla Warfare, which supports 16 players, is a classic Team Deathmatch mode in which you and your teammates must try to kill as many of the opposing team as you can against the clock.

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PlayStation Plus members will get automatic access to the impending SOCOM 4 beta, Sony has announced.

The news came courtesy of the EU PlayStation Blog's Twitter feed, although no firm start date was revealed.

Things will work slightly differently in the US however. There, anyone picking up a specially-labeled copy of Killzone 3 when it launches next month can expect to find a code within granting them access to the beta.

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PlayStation 3-exclusive FPS Killzone 3 will launch in the UK on 25th February – and go head-to-head with Epic Games' own FPS Bulletstorm.

Killzone 3 has gone gold, SCEA Santa Monica Studio associate producer Mike Graham revealed on the US PlayStation Blog.

In the US Killzone 3 launches on 22nd February.

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PlayStation 3 exclusive first-person shooter Killzone 3 contains over 70 minutes of cutscenes.

Helghast Special Edition exclusive to HMV.

HMV has snagged the UK Helghast Special Edition of Killzone 3, and is asking a whopping (and awkward) £112.33 for it.

Helghast recruit voice of Ray Winstone.

When all's Sev and done.

When it comes to enemies in shooter sequels bigger isn't always better, but it's usually the answer everyone offers. Halo went for the Scarab, Gears gave us a giant worm – even Call of Duty had a Soviet rocket. So to discover Killzone 3 has a massive four-legged robot pocked with artillery and shouldering a huge laser cannon is no surprise – and you'll be amazed to learn it's up to you to step into the Hoxton fin of Sgt. Tomas Sevchenko, and sort it out before it destroys what remains of your ISA invasion force.

Killzone 3 split-screen co-op was sighted last week - now it's confirmed.

In an interview with 1UP, Guerrilla's game leader Herman Hulst picked out the two-player mode while waffling on about 3D.

"We found a lot of power after we completed Killzone 2," Guerrilla's Hulst said, beating his chest. "Just to give you an example on the graphics side: we pulled a level from Killzone 2 into the Killzone 3 engine and it ran at 50 per cent. That's how much power we've been able to find.

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How does Killzone 3 play?

A screenshot of Killzone 3 showing what appears to be split-screen co-op has floated to the internet's surface.

Killzone 3 customers with cash to splash will have two special editions to choose from when the game hits European shores next year.

Over 50 stereoscopic 3D-enabled PlayStation 3 games are in the works, Sony's revealed.

Sony's opened up the Killzone 3 beta to all European PlayStation Plus subscribers.

Previously it was exclusively available to PlayStation Plus subscribers who were sent a voucher code.

Now though, the beta is available to subscribers to download from the PlayStation Plus section of the PS Store – no need for emails or vouchers.

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Guerrilla action.

Guerrilla Games says that Killzone 3's control system has been substantially improved over its predecessor's. Last week's limited release of the Killzone 3 multiplayer beta was a golden opportunity to put these claims to the test, and forms a small part of an extensive tech analysis set to be posted on the Digital Foundry blog tomorrow.

Almost two years on from release, Killzone 2 remains one of the most technologically advanced shooters available on console. According to Guerrilla Games, the game runs using just 60 per cent of the PlayStation 3's SPU satellite processors. Factoring in this "leftover" power, combined with lessons learned in developing Killlzone 2, hopes are high that the sequel will prove to be a significant advance over its predecessor in terms of both tech and gameplay.

Regardless of how bad the current home ownership crisis becomes, please don't buy property on Helghan. The homeworld of humanity's bitter and amber-eyed enemy is toxic, cramped and filled with brutal conflict.

Guerrilla Games brings a nimble artistry to proceedings but once again, it's in order to depict the most horrible place imaginable - a bit like asking Renoir to travel the country doing oil paintings of Little Chefs. Bilious yellow smoke, flickering ash, blood on the snow (it's possible I'm still discussing Little Chef at this point): Killzone 3 is the most beautiful ugly game I've ever played.

It's good, too. A chance to get stuck into the current multiplayer beta suggests a game that's sturdy and surprisingly moreish for an experience that takes place, pretty much exclusively, in a series of ruined industrial hell-holes.

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Killzone 3 is set to get the mother of all special editions, publisher Sony has revealed.

Direct-feed from the game.

The Collector's Edition of upcoming PlayStation 3-exclusive shooter Killzone 3 includes Helghast goggles.

Every year at the Eurogamer Expo we invite you to tell us what you thought of the games you played, and without fail every year (so far anyway) you exhibit amazing taste in huge numbers. This year's Expo line-up was our strongest and most diverse yet, so we were excited to see what would follow in the footsteps of last year's winner, God of War III, or 2008's Mirror's Edge...

The theme you'll need to download to gain access to the Killzone 3 beta will go live in the PlayStation Store on Wednesday at 8pm UK time, Sony has announced.

According to the European PlayStation blog, the first 10,000 Plus subscribers to download it will win a place on the beta.

The PlayStation Plus update also reveals that all five Fallout 3 add-on packs will be available to Plus members for free, for one week only.

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There will be a Killzone 3 beta, but only for people who subscribe to PlayStation Plus.

To enter, download the PS+ exclusive Killzone 3 theme on 14th October. If you're one of the first 10,000 to do so, you're in.

Those who qualify can play from 25th October, according to the European PlayStation Blog.

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Unlike all the others, this Eurogamer Expo Session interview was not conducted before the corresponding developer session at Eurogamer Expo 2010. This is because Killzone 3 producer Steven Ter Heide is a busy man (he's probably on a plane somewhere fancy right now, being busy).

Will gamers be able to play Killzone 3's campaign cooperatively? "Who knows?", producer Steven Ter Heide has teased.

Two of the co-founders of Killzone developer Guerrilla Games have set up a new studio.

Killzone 3 will be released on 22nd February across North America.

Sony has promised gamers 3D is for real despite admitting it "won't be an overnight success".

If Guerrilla Games' Dan Nanni had emerged triumphantly singing Roy Orbison's "You Got It" no one would have blamed him for the transgression. His Killzone 3 showing at gamescom this week is the kind of steely-eyed presentation jubilant politicians make in the run up to an election where they promise you the world and you dearly want to believe them.

That's Sev players at once.

Gamers will be able to try out hotly anticipated PlayStation 3 exclusive first-person shooter Killzone 3 before it's released with a multiplayer beta.

A website for the beta launched over the weekend.

The site includes a box to sign in using your PlayStation Network login, but it doesn't work at the moment.

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Guerrilla Games is promising tighter, more responsive controls for the forthcoming Killzone 3.

Sony has proclaimed the benefits of 3D gaming to its hardcore fans, saying it provides a "competitive edge".

Make those Helghast dance. Or explode.

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Sony worldwide studios boss Shuhei Yoshida has said that the majority of his developers are looking at 3D for their titles.

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Fresh from L.A.

Sony has announced that Killzone 3 will be released next February 2011.

Sony has made a big song and dance about supporting 3D during its E3 press conference and said which titles will offer it on PS3.

Headliners include Killzone 3 - an extended demo of which was shown in stereoscopic 3D for everyone in the audience at the conference - and Gran Turismo 5, LittleBigPlanet 2 and MotorStorm: Apocalypse.

The rumoured Sly Raccoon Collection is another 3D-supporting title, and consists of HD updates of the excellent PS2 platform games.

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High-res stills from the gameplay vid.

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Guerrilla Games' Steven Ter Heide has told a relieved Eurogamer that swearing has been curtailed for Killzone 3.

With Killzone 3 revealed (somewhat prematurely) this week, announcements, details and our old friends rumour and speculation have been flying around like nobody's business - but the gushings of journalists can only ever reveal so much.

Guerrilla Games boss Hermen Hulst believes Killzone 3 pushes the PlayStation 3 hardware to capacity.

Sony's told Eurogamer that no release date has been set for Killzone 3.

"This is a story of David versus Goliath, but this time Goliath has brought thousands of troops and a thermo-nuclear arsenal."

Sony's lifted the lid on PS3 shooter Killzone 3.

The battle won, the war far from over.

Scans from the latest issue of GamePro have outed Killzone 3, the inevitable PS3-exclusive first-person shooter sequel from Guerrilla Games, and revealed that it features jetpacks, ice levels and a 3D mode.