Video Gaming News - November 2004
Foster City, CA (November 2, 2004) - Sony Computer Entertainment
America announced today the launch of Killzone for the PlayStation 2.
From Sony:
Developed by Guerrilla, in conjunction with Sony Computer Entertainment
Europe and Sony Computer Entertainment America's Santa Monica Studios, Killzone
draws inspiration from classical military conflicts of the 20th century,
demonstrating a unique graphical style that captures the grit and realism of
intense military warfare. Killzone allows players to battle through the
trenches, endure city sieges, sweat through jungles and encounter guerilla
combatants. Featuring online broadband gameplay via the Network Adaptor
(Ethernet/modem) (for PlayStation2) with voice-chat capabilities via the USB
Headset (for PlayStation2), Killzone boasts a unique online experience, making
it one of the most interactive and dynamic squad-based first-person shooters on
the market.
"Killzone will provide PlayStation 2 owners with a premier first-person shooter
that offers a completely robust online experience," said Barbara House, senior
producer, Sony Computer Entertainment America. "Developed by Guerilla in
Amsterdam, Killzone is a game that delivers an engrossing storyline, amazing
graphics, great characters, and a remarkable armory of 27 different weapons
spread out over 11 intricately detailed environments."
In online mode via broadband, up to 16 players can join the battle to take out
their opponents with every man for himself in Deathmatch mode, or as a team in
five different fully customizable squad-based multiplayer modes (Team Deathmatch,
Domination, Supply Drop, Assault and Defend & Destroy). Team Deathmatch is
similar to Deathmatch, except it places an ISA Squad versus a Helghast Platoon.
Domination is decided by which team controls several key switches. Supply Drop
is a team battle that takes place over containers strategically placed
throughout the map. Teams need to capture these containers and bring them back
to their base for points. Assault is a game where one team defends a designated
area from another team. Defend & Destroy is a variant of Assault where both
teams guard their objectives from their opposing team.
The storyline behind Killzone occurs sometime in the near future on the nearby
colony of Vekta, one of the interplanetary colonies that humans have established
outside of Earth. An invading militaristic separatist faction called the
Helghast has set out to decimate the ISA forces and colonize the planet. The
only thing standing between the colony's survival and complete destruction is an
elite squad of human ISA forces. Players can select between four ISA troops --
each with special abilities and weaponry to accommodate their playing style --
and battle through 11 intricately detailed environments that showcase the harsh
setting of a war-ridden planet. Additionally, players can equip themselves with
27 different unique weapons. In particular, there are 21 first-person weapons
that the player can carry, five emplaced weapons and hand grenades.
Killzone employs a highly advanced artificial intelligence technology that
allows Helghast enemies to calculate threats, maintain squad directives and
adhere to self-preservation tactics to determine a unique course of action.
Killzone also features an original score performed by the Prague Philharmonic
Orchestra and Chorus.
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