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X-Play Reveals Killzone 2 Release Date & 2 New Weapons

From G4: "Tonight, X-Play brought you the release date for Killzone 2, the highly-anticipated FPS from Guerrilla Games and Sony!

That date: February 27, 2009!

There were a lot of rumors about the 17th, but it will be 10 days later. Get your pre-orders in!

X-Play also revealed two new weapons: the Bolt Gun and the Flamethrower, which can both be seen in the following video:"

Top 15 RPG’s of all time

The definitive list of the greatest RPG's of all time combining the best of the old with the best of the new.

Sarcastic Gamer’s Game of the Year is revealed

Sarcasticgamer.com reveals it's Game of the Year, and it's guaranteed to disappoint.

From the article: "What a year 2008 has been. Great PS3 games, crappy Wii games, a resurgence in PC gaming and an explosion of RPG's on the Xbox 360. There's been a ton of great games that have been released on every platform. Unfortunately, as Connor McCloud would say, there can be only one…

There's only one Game of the Year. Chances are that you're gonna disagree with our pick. We're okay with that. Find out, after the jump!"

Behind the Scenes with Sony’s Killzone 2

In just two long months, Killzone 2 hits retail. GameDaily gets early access to the complete game.

by John Gaudiosi on Thursday, December 04, 2008

AMSTERDAM--Guerrilla Games, acquired by Sony Computer Entertainment in December 2005, resides in a cavernous, five-story historic bank in downtown Amsterdam. There's even a safe in the basement where the servers are kept cool. But the developer behind the Killzone franchise, gave a small contingent of game editors carte blanche access to their upcoming game, and first PlayStation 3 title -- Killzone 2.

Listening to some of the taglines for the new game like "Our war, their planet," which sets up the large-scale planetary invasion of Helghast for the single-player campaign, and it becomes obvious that Hollywood has had a major influence on the team. During a presentation, Hermen Hulst, managing director of Guerrilla Games talked about the "journey through a hostile world where he wants gamers to feel unwelcome, and be part of big set pieces, dramatic events, and engage in a Hollywood-size experience."

North America: PlayStation Store Update 12/4

Here is your weekly PS Store update for the United States, including the free episode of Qore, demos, tons of themes and more.

Nominees Announced for “X-Play Best of 2008 Awards”

G4 and their hit show "X-Play" have announced their complete list of nominees for the "X-Play Best of 2008" awards show that will premier in a one-hour special on the network Tuesday December 9, 2008 at 8pm est/pst. The show's hosts Adam Sessler and Morgan Webb will be revealing the selections from the 20+ categories in the sixth annual special.

PS3 80GB MGS4 backwards compatible SKU restocked

Retailer Amazon.com on Thurs. restocked Sony Corp.'s Playstation 3 80GB Metal Gear Solid 4 bundle, the last SKU to feature built-in software-based backwards compatibility.

The item, released in June, includes an 80GB PS3 SKU, Dualshock 3 controller, backwards compatibility to most Playstation 2 and Playstation games, and a copy of Konami Corp.'s Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots for $499.99.

The retailer is concurrently selling the limited editon 40GB MGS4 Kojima Bundle at $399.96.

Eurogamer Hands on Killzone 2

It's hard making the sequel to a classic, but it's probably harder making the sequel to a game that everybody expected to be a classic. Guerrilla's Killzone had distinctive World War I-inspired art, authentically creepy enemies, and pre-release claims of revolutionary squad AI, yet the game never delivered on its obvious promise. Its grey trenches brought heavy-handed railroading along with their stylish claustrophobia, and the designer baddies combined a conspicuous lack of street smarts with annoyingly long health bars, which saw them absorb a wearying number of bullets to the chest before eventually collapsing.

Mirror’s Edge DLC packs a PS3 exclusive

Jeff Rubenstein // Social Media Manager writes:
Just wanted to pass along some news I received from EA today… Mirror's Edge developer DICE is planning a special treat for PLAYSTATION 3 owners. When downloadable content for the game is released in late January, they'll make an exclusive Time Trial map available free, only for PS3.

Killzone 2: Issues raised about the Preview code

Motherh666 Writes: "Hi folks, I am getting a bunch of complaints about some things in the preview code and just wanted to clear this up for everyone."