Major Game Anniversaries in February 2019
Killzone 2 – 10th Anniversary
Guerilla’s first-person shooter series may have been replaced at least temporarily by Horizon Zero Dawn, with us seeing nothing from the series in more than five years, but Killzone made its PlayStation 3 debut ten years ago this month.
Once again following a war between the Vektans and the Helghast in the 24th century, Killzone 2 was a huge step forward for the series. Its graphics, tight shooter gameplay, and varied multiplayer action were better than even some of the biggest shooters on the market.
While it wasn’t played by as many as the likes of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, which released later in 2009, it was praised critically, hitting 91 on Metacritic.
It performed well enough for a sequel to be released, though, with Killzone 3 coming just two years later. Killzone Shadow Fall was then a launch title for the PlayStation 4 before Guerilla moved on to the aforementioned Horizon series.
Hopefully, we’ll see Killzone’s resurgence soon.
