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This Week’s ‘Huge’ PS3 Reveal May Not Be What You Think

GameTrailers TV host Geoff Keighley’s weekend announcement that a ‘huge’ PS3 exclusive will be unveiled this week has caused a stir among PlayStation owners.

With the news that the mystery game could be the rumored Super Smash Bros-type PlayStation title being developed by the California studio, Superbot Entertainment, fresh evidence seems to contradict this possibility.

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ritsuka6665133d ago (Edited 5133d ago )

Not sure if it needed sequel after biggest disapointment Killzone 3 compared masterpiece Killzone 2....

DigitalAnalog5133d ago

Clearly the game isn't done. However, I'd rather they save the franchise to the PS4 as they may "rush" the game like KZ3.

SSM and ND are already trying to split development teams since they've already built the engine foundations allowing more flexibility introducing new IP's to their engines. I'm hoping we can see what KZ engine could do other than your standard shooter.

Soldierone5133d ago

I'd buy it, not going to lie. I hope it's polished like KZ2, but either way I love Killzone.

I don't think it is KZ though. It will be something expected but still surprising. Syphon Filter maybe?

I think Sony is best saving their "Smash Bros" game for E3. Why? Well the positive is the fans will explode in excitement since its been wanted for a while. The haters will just break headlines with "sony copied Nintendo" both ways are a win for Sony since a single game will be overshadowing the entire E3. Since I know for a fact Sony isn't going to announce PS4 before MS announces a new xbox.

cjflora5133d ago

It wasn't even just the "cliffhanger" ending. The game just didn't feel finished. After the spaceship sequence was over and I realized that the game had ended I was so confused. It didn't feel like it the game play should have ended like that.

ritsuka6665133d ago (Edited 5133d ago )

he only thing that I can say for sure is, KZ4 won't be a day one pickup for me. and if it's another KZ3 style game, I would say another great developer is dead like zipper interactive..=/ i really hope GG hear the vets of killzone 2... =/

Fylus5133d ago

@cjflora, while I agree that the final playable part of the game( spaceship sequence) could definitely have been better, the cliffhanger ending after the credits definitely has me anticipated for the next game. I think it was the real Scholar Visari who was in that evac shuttle that crashed in Helgahn. So many unanswered questions.

LOGICWINS5133d ago

Besides the lack of clan support features that KZ2 had, I don't see what peoples beef with KZ3 is. KZ3+Move+Sharpshooter = the most immersive first person shooting experience on the PS3(IMO).

Army_of_Darkness5133d ago

another great developer dead like Zipper?!?! LMAO! Zipper was crap bro! Don't even use GG in the same sentence as them!

Anyhow, I thought KZ3 was awesome! love it with the move especially.

jimbobwahey5133d ago

@LOGICWINS

My disappointment with KZ3 can be summarized with the following points:

1) The interface was worse. KZ2 had a nice clan system, server browser and even the respawn screen (with camera showing the area surrounding it) was excellent. In KZ3 it's not even obvious when someone on your team captures a spawn point, you have to scroll through the menu which is very unintuitive.

2) The spawn system is a nice idea that unfortunately works terribly. Once a team captures the spawn points and gets map domination it's basically impossible to pull things back given the map design. It worked better in KZ2 with spawn grenades which allowed one person who broke through the lines to help out the team. The system in KZ3 is just terribly broken.

3) KZ3 is really unbalanced too. The expansion of abilities for different classes is nice, but it causes problems. Take for example the sniper that can go invisible, which becomes completely broken when having the ability upgraded. Combine this with terrible map design that funnels people down very narrow corridoors (the scrapyard map for example) and it just becomes terribly frustrating and not at all enjoyable.

4) Map design on the whole was pretty bad, and nowhere near as good as what we saw in KZ2. This can be explained since it was reported the lead map designer for KZ2 left after they shipped the game, but it's still disappointing to see maps that are designed so poorly. A good example is the generator map with the spawns only accessible by jetpacks, what were they thinking?!

5) Other minor niggles such as the drop in playercount from 32 to 24 players and Operations mode not being fleshed out etc.

Don't get me wrong, they had some nice ideas and introducing the jetpack and mech to multiplayer was awesome, but there was so many terrible design choices that overall the game was a huuuuuuuuuuuge step back from KZ2.

I'm personally hoping that if they make a KZ4 they revert the game back to the style of KZ2. I'd also like to see power weapons as pickups in the level like we saw with KZ2 (the flamethrower and boltgun) which really spiced things up and were great fun.

Outside_ofthe_Box5133d ago

The main issue with KZ3 is the Multiplayer. Yes, the story of the single player for KZ3 wasn't anything to cheer about, but neither was KZ2's.

Overall KZ3 was dumbed down:

-You regenerate health fully. In KZ2 you only regenerated health partially and needed health packs to get full health

-The recoil/bullet spread/bullet deviation and accuracy of the guns resembled CoD. In KZ2 there was a good amount of recoil that required you to shoot in bursts instead of spray. This leads to the next one...

-Because of the increase in accuracy and less recoil/bullet spread/bullet deviation in guns, people died fast like in CoD. In KZ2 people did not die as fast which required you to keep a steady aim on your target for a longer amount of time.

-They reduced the amount of variables taken into consideration when calculating bullet damage. In KZ2 is was 24. In KZ3 it's 7.

-The classes are unbalanced. While KZ2's classes weren't perfectly balanced it was more balanced than KZ3's. KZ3 has the over powered marksman that can't be detected and has an assualt rifle... the overpower infiltrator with an over powered shotgun, taction has a wallhax, and the medic has a bot flying around protecting him. In KZ2 the only truly over powered class was the assault class and that was mainly because it had boost which increased his speed.

-Tactical Spawn Points is a dumbed down version of Spawn Grenades. Spawn Grenades required tactical placement while TSPs are just a capture and hold game...

-KZ3 has match making which is dumbed down from the custom games KZ2 had. Guerrilla Games' reasoning for removing custom games was that "people couldn't read server lists" ._.

-The removal of server lists also led to no custom clan matches.

-KZ3 also has a lot of removed features from KZ2 such as: Only 24 players in a match instead of 32, No Squad Leader Spawning, No weekly honor rankings, etc.

I could on and on. I and many others have been making lists like these on the Killzone Forum since the KZ3 PS+ beta back in October 2010.

-Alpha5133d ago

^ You're right about K3 going the wrong way, but I really want a Killzone 4 as I want a proper sequel to K2's MP.

But, I'd much rather they save K4 for PS4, it makes more sense.

F7U125133d ago

I would love another KZ game...please please be true!

gaffyh5132d ago

Well it says it was in London, but only Media Molecule are actually in London. GG is from Holland and Quantic are from France, so unless there was like a PlayStation day in London, it seems unlikely it was them.

Knushwood Butt5132d ago

'-The classes are unbalanced. While KZ2's classes weren't perfectly balanced it was more balanced than KZ3's. KZ3 has the over powered marksman that can't be detected and has an assualt rifle... the overpower infiltrator with an over powered shotgun, taction has a wallhax, and the medic has a bot flying around protecting him. In KZ2 the only truly over powered class was the assault class and that was mainly because it had boost which increased his speed. '.

Erm, I think you listed almost all classes there..

I play (ed) with Move, and I think the reticule changes red when placed over an enemy - even a cloaked Marksman. Was always great to blow them away.

Outside_ofthe_Box5132d ago (Edited 5132d ago )

***"Erm, I think you listed almost all classes there..

I play (ed) with Move, and I think the reticule changes red when placed over an enemy - even a cloaked Marksman. Was always great to blow them away."***

Erm, yeah, every class in KZ3 has has something overpowered about it except for the engineer. And please don't spout that "if all classes are overpowered then they are all balanced" nonsense because some class are FAR more over powered than others.

The reticule only turns red when it is TOO late as far as infiltrators are concerned. If you see an infiltrator at a distance your reticule will not turn red until the infiltrator is close enough and at that point the infiltrator will be close enough to blow you away with his overpowered shotty.

As for the marksmen, yes it turns red, but you would have to know that the marksmen was there IN THE FIRST place. Yes I know your radar gets disrupted when you are near one, but you don't know exactly where he is. If the marksmen is camping, he'll kill you while you try to scan the room with your reticule. In all honestly they should have left the sniper the way it was in KZ2. In KZ2, a sniper's worst enemy was another sniper. In KZ3, there is no direct counter to a cloaked sniper with the radar jam.

Schobeleth5132d ago

It's the Superbot game:

http://www.gametrailers.com...

Gametrailers blatantly says it is too. SO EXCITED!!!!!!

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TheFirstClassic5133d ago (Edited 5133d ago )

Why wouldn't you want to give them the chance to go back to the roots of Killzone 2 then? I agree with DigitalAnalog though, it would be better if they saved the franchise for the ps4. That said, I thought Killzone 3 was a great game, though not as amazing as Killzone 2. There are only a few shooters I have been able to get into online this gen, and those are Killzone 2-3, Bad Company 2, Halo 3, and Reach. Everything else was just kinda meh to me.

Edit: Aren't Guerilla Games also working on a new IP?

TooTall195133d ago

They are rumored to be working on 3 games.

DeadlyFire5133d ago

Yup.

I am hoping the reveal is QD's next project as their PS3 tech demo was to show off PS3 graphics. So its very likely that engine will be used on PS3 for some sort of game by them. Hoping it gets talked about this week. :)

MySwordIsHeavenly5133d ago

Killzone 3 took what Killzone 2 did and made it ten times better. It gave us an actually STORY, tweaked the less-than-perfect mechanics of 2, and streamlined the online into something much more balanced.

I honestly don't get why some people prefer 2.

TheFirstClassic5133d ago (Edited 5133d ago )

Er, I really liked Killzone 3 but I gotta disagree with you there. The storyline was good on the Helghast side, but horribly implemented on the ISA side. They were trapped on Helghan, but you never got that sense of desperation, it was just like f*** yeah let's kill everybody. Killzone 2 showed how chaotic and horrible war can be, just look at the opening cutscene, but it was like Killzone 3 was trying to be the A-team or something. The presentation quality dropped in the cutscenes, and the voice acting was horrible.

I was expecting more from the story for Killzone 3. In Killzone 2, Rico loses his best friend, gets Garza killed because he's so hotheaded, and killed the Visari, again, because he's such a hothead. How is he not effected by this in Killzone 3? I can't imagine anyone not at least have some sort of emotional trauma from that, but no, he's making jokes and laughing throughout the whole game! The characters show no sign of human weakness, Rico and Sev constantly almost get hurt but are always ok. Heck Sev falls like 30 feet through the air onto a metal platform from a jetack, then smashed into a jagged rock wall by thousands of pounds of water, AND HE IS COMPLETELY FINE. It was stupid. The characters are all one dimensional, and sometimes just plain unlikeable. They weren't much better in K2, but they were a little bit.

I can understand why you would like the aiming of Killzone 3 better, but the guns felt less varied than Killzone 2. Also, the online still has some balancing issues, sentry drones take too many bullets to kill and the turrets should not have freaking rocket launchers. Also, the infiltrator and marksmen classes are overpowered.

Killzone 3 did a lot right, but it took some steps back from Killzone 2 imo.

MastaMold5133d ago

@ MySwordIsHeavenly, i agree with you 100% but i do hope Sony saves Killzone 4 for PS4

andibandit5132d ago

My god SONY, even more exclusives, let my wallet recover.

noprin5132d ago

in my opinion Killzone 3 was way better than killzone 2

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Hellsvacancy5133d ago (Edited 5133d ago )

R* hav a studio in london, maybe we'll see some Agent

Da_Evil_Monkey5133d ago

Agent was being developed by Rockstar North based in Edinburgh. However it's still possible that they went down to London or changed it to their London studio. I hope it's Agent, haven't heard much in a while.

PirateThom5133d ago

Media Molecule are nearby, in Surry... but Quantic Dream are based in France and Guerilla are based in Amsterdam.

You know who is based in London though? SCE London Studio... they were working on The Getaway and Eight Days before they were put on hold, but also a Move Action Game.

http://playstationlifestyle...

clank5435133d ago

Or a new Wipeout from SCE Liverpool. I WANT A NEW WIPEOUT!!!!

KingofGambling5133d ago

I'm hoping that The Getaway and Eight Days make a comeback if not let them appear on the PS4.

Kingscorpion19815133d ago

Its Syphon Filter mark my words!!

Kingscorpion19815133d ago

Lol, I'm just going by the rumors back in mid January about Syphon Filter and God of War!

Liquid_Ocelot5133d ago

I'm still waiting for that game :'( ..The Getaway was and will always be the best

GribbleGrunger5132d ago

Getaway was great, but it fell short when you had finished the main story sections. there just wasn't enough to keep you playing afterwards

mcstorm5133d ago

i hope this is true i loved syphon filter on the psx. one thing i would like tosee sony do is give us some full psv\ps3 cross platforn where no matter what console your on you can play onlive with each other. Some thing like lbp karting ect as to me this is my biggest let down on my vita and ps3 is i play less mp on them than on my 360 and 3ds even though some of the sp games i have on it i love ide still like to see more mp.

sly-Famous5132d ago

I am marking, I am marking. *Homer Simpson whisper* you had better be right.

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Kran5133d ago

*coughcough* dont forget Ninja Theory who are in Cambridge.

I mean I know they're with DMC right now, but whos to say they aint working on HS2 or something?

Kingscorpion19815133d ago

I would love to see HS2 but do you remember the rumor back in January about God of war and Syphon Filter?? God of war was announce already.

Nodoze5133d ago

No more Ninja Theory. Please. They trashed Sony stating they held them back, they didn't provide enough support, they didn't break even etc. Then they went on to make Enslaved (currently on clearance for 9 bux).

Goes to show it certainly was not Sony holding them back. After they flop with DMC I cannot wait to see what they say.

MySwordIsHeavenly5133d ago

Dude...

Have you actually played Enslaved?

Most people trash it without ever playing it...or just playing the demo. It's a fantastic game!

GoldenAge5132d ago

@MySwordIsHeavenly

Dude...

Jumping to conclusions much, he mentions how NT failed with Enslaved more so than they did with Heavenly Sword. You immediately took it as a slight at the quality when the failure that is most likely being pointed is the fact that it didn't sell when their original excuse with HS is that Sony and exclusivity were holding them back.

Now they're handling a game with an established name already to counter their excuse with Enslaved about New IP's and if that fails the point to consider is what excuse will they make then should DmC flop.

cjflora5133d ago

Ninja Theory is done with Heavenly Sword. Sony still owns it though, so if there ever is a new one it won't be Ninja Theory making it.

zero_cool5132d ago

Personally i don't care who makes heavenly sword 2 as long as it turns out good.

Cheers Gamers & Happy Gaming!

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Shuhei Yoshida Shares Why Releasing 1st-Party Games On PC Day One Is A Bad Strategy For PlayStation

Former head of PlayStation Studios Shuhei Yoshida has shared why releasing first-party games on PC day one is bad strategy for PlayStation.

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Redemption-6418d ago

I wonder if he tried to stop Shawn Layden from starting it?

Profchaos17d ago

Technically horizon came out in 2020 under Jim Ryan who took over in 2019

It's hard to tell who initiated the project but the Decima engine makes porting to PC fairly easy so who honestly knows if this was Jim's initiative or not I get the feeling it was

Redemption-6417d ago (Edited 17d ago )

It's actually not hard at all. Shawn Layden said he started it. Shawn Layden has confirmed that he was behind the strategy to bring PlayStation exclusive games to PC. Regardless of whether you hate Jim or not this wasn't his idea. It happened during his watch, but it was started before he took over. Below are links with him confirming it started with him

https://www.gamesradar.com/...

https://x.com/i/status/1444...

Reaper22_18d ago

Fake news. He didnt say that.This video was posted on YouTube and on here they decided to change the title. Shame on you.

i81duce17d ago

At 5:16, he literally states the thing you say he doesn’t say. Did you even watch the video?

GotGame81817d ago

Sony already said they weren't porting to PC anymore. Or, at least that is how I interpreted a couple of articles. I think if it were not for Helix, that may not have happened.

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PlayStation legend Shuhei Yoshida says Jim Ryan fired him because he didn't listen to him

Why did Sony push Shuhei Yoshida out of his role leading PlayStation's first-party games? He'd overseen some huge successes. Well, apparently, he didn't listen.

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Relientk7723d ago

Yeah I can see that for sure. Shuhei Yoshida should have been in charge not Jim Ryan.

Cacabunga23d ago

It should be free highway for him now.. but Sony are too stupid to see this, especially that moron Hulst

S2Killinit22d ago (Edited 22d ago )

Wtf why all that anger. PlayStation is dominating on every level. Besides I think there is a little more to hiring a CEO than just who is available. Its not like its a athlete your team wants to buy.

neutralgamer199222d ago

S2Killinit

live service failures, chasing trends, closing studios. yes dominating

Cacabunga22d ago

Sony is Dominating because competition is not existing. Compared to previous gens this is the poorest in terms of software offerings.

Last gen we got Uncharted 4 Lost Legacy and TLOU2 from ND alone.

This is so far a remasters gen, with no competition to lift up the quality

1nsomniac22d ago (Edited 22d ago )

..."PlayStation is dominating on every level"....

...Really???

PlayStation are soon heading into a new generation in the not to distant future. They currently have the worst customer satisfaction they've ever sustained as a company. The company is heading for a huge crash while at the same time they'll need to be planning how they are going to try and win back that favour and the build up to their new releases.

Yes financially they're winning but they're going to have to ride out this complete public corporate disaster. No one has faith in the company or the product anymore. They've damaged their public image so much this generation. Greed can kill anyone.

medman22d ago

Hulst is a disaster......

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blacktiger22d ago

He would've done the same thing and fire Jim Ryan and Shuhei would be the villain. Why?
Because Elite creates the narrative and distraction for gamers, users and citizens.

Outside_ofthe_Box23d ago

More confirmation that Jim Ryan is the culprit for what has happened to Sony. Hulst needs to go too. What sucks is that a lot of the good top heads at Sony are no longer there. I wish that guys that were forced out prematurely by Dumbo Jimbo like Shuhei and Layden came back.

robtion22d ago

Yep. Yoshida was responsible for bringing one of the best games of this generation to playstation (Stellar Blade). He is an actual gamer and is in touch with what gamers want (creative, fun games, not GaaS and agenda pushing). He also seems like a genuinely nice guy if you watch some interviews. Of course they got rid of him.

darthv7223d ago

Makes you wonder if MS even thought about hiring him after Phil and Sarah were leaving. He certainly couldn't make their situation any worse.

Agent7522d ago

Microflop. After Windows XP and Xbox 360, it all went floppy.

S2Killinit22d ago

Floppy 😆
No pun intended

badz14923d ago

Yoshida for President! Jim Ryan was and always be a hack! Sony should get Shu back

Lightning7723d ago

All the gamer/consumer lead heads are gone across PS and Xbox. shuhei gone phil's gone (questionable) but gone. The future of gaming is somewhat uncertain across the board.

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Former Sony president Shuhei Yoshida reveals why the original PS ultimately led to Bloodborne

Sony's bold entrance into the console market back in the '90s heralded the use of CD-ROMs instead of cartridges, which convinced several companies to jump on board the PlayStation train. It turns out FromSoftware was one of those companies lured in by the appeal of discs.

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