Posted by Xugaa
KILLZONE 2 RESURFACES!
Dutch daily spotlights Guerilla Games' elusive shooter; 120 developers working on project, downloadable content confirmed.
Ever since its controversial trailer fired up 2005's Electronic Entertainment Expo, the forthcoming Killzone game for the PlayStation 3 has been missing in action. It was nowhere to be seen at a variety of high-profile events, including E3 2006 and the 2006 Tokyo Game Show. The shooter wasn't even mentioned at the Gamers' Day events Sony held to help hype the launch of the PS3.
Today, the long silence on the game was broken by the Dutch newspaper de Volksrant. In an article titled, "A video game more expensive than the most expensive film," the daily highlights the next-gen Killzone and its developer, Amsterdam-based and Sony-owned Guerilla Games. The piece's name comes from the fact that the game is costing more to develop than the priciest film in Dutch history, director Paul Verhoeven's World War II thriller Black Book (Zwartboek).
While Black Book cost more than 16 million euros (approximately $21 million), Guerilla won't mention specific numbers for Killzone's budget. "Our budget tops [the film]," said Killzone director Arjan Brussee. "We're working on the biggest multimedia project in Dutch history."
Killzone's high cost is due to the labor-intensive development nature of graphically demanding next-generation games. "Work that used to take someone a week now takes him a month," said Brussee. Currently, some 120 developers are working on Killzone--roughly three times the staff of the first Killzone. Interestingly, half of dev tem comes from outside the Netherlands, up from one third on the PlayStation 2 original.
Another factor driving up the game's price tag is localization, as the new Killzone will be fully translated in 20 different languages. This effort will pay off in the long run, Brussee thinks. "You sell 30 to 40 percent more [units] with a translated version," he said.
The Volksrant article also confirmed suspicions that Killzone will have downloadable content via the PS3's online PlayStation Store. "The Killzone that is in stores is only the beginning," promised Brussee. Though the developer did not go into specifics, the newspaper mentioned that new "chapters" will be downloadable, raising the prospect of episodic content.
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To add to the excitement, I found another article while web surfing which states from the developers that Killzone 2 when finished will exceed even the trailer! Damn I can't wait for this, love you Guerilla!
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Trailer - Windows
Trailer - Quicktime
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Posted by >500
i saw that preview on the net a few months back. It looked unreal.....Aewsome!
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Posted by Xugaa
Sure is!
Posted by joebmc
Would love to see some actual game footage!
Posted by hutchygers
check youtube for actual game footage. i seen some clips on there a few months ago.
Posted by twerg
Those screenshots are old! I saw them last year, also check the date.
I did not look at the links above but if these pics came from them, they must just be rehashing old info.
Im not suprised that the game has cost 20 odd million dollars to make, probably mostly due to a large work force having to spend more time doing things that normally would be quicker to produce because it has been stated many times that it is a very hard machine to code.
I still belive that everything we have seen is pre-rendered, but then there is no proof either way!
Playing Gears of War, its great. Over 10 million dollars to make apparently. I wonder how this PS3 game will stack up against GOW?
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Cant seem to find any, only the same old prerenderd trailer, or variations of it!
Posted by hutchygers
i had a couple in my favourites that have vanished now.
found this dunno if its actual in game footage as its hard to tell the difference between that and cut scenes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd26ZI0CERU
Posted by Xugaa
Yeah, I included the trailer and screenshots just to make the topic more interesting. The article included is new though. The main reason the game is so expensive is because this game is aiming and will be so very amazing visually and in conflict realism, also as the article states, they are making the game in many different laguages. Also, yes the trailer shown although amazing is only a CGI video quickly created for E3, though the developers have stated in another article that they are aiming to actually have these graphics playable and even better, as the PS3 is fully capable of. I personally am so excited about this game, the theme and story of the first was unique and amazing and I'm sure this will be too.
@ hutchygers - Yeah that's the trailer as posted, though some it seems some jealous 360 fan has tried to make out it is footage from an Xbox 360 demo, PS3 only though.
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Posted by joebmc
But that trailer still shows no actual game play footage.
Posted by Xugaa
No one said it did, what was said is that that will be the quality of actual gaming in the final release, if not more.
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