halo buster "kill zone" first pic
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HMM. good??? ps2 title
lost boys holland game company.(new change GUERRILLA)
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EXCLUSIVE: GUERRILLA WARFARE FOR KILLZONE CREATOR
Lost Boys is no more, as a new identity and renewed focus beckons for the creator of the, dare we say it again, PS2 "Halo-beater" - full details inside
18:11 The subject of frighteningly fevered speculation in all corners of the Internet right now, we can exclusively reveal that the developer of the not-so-secret Sony first-person shooting behemoth Killzone, has changed its name to reflect its enhanced position in the marketplace and separation from the parent company.
'Guerrilla' as the company will henceforth be known, comprises talent from across the continent, including former members of Lionhead, Bullfrog, The Bitmap Brothers and Disney. The name change was due to be made official at the same time Sony finally lifts the lid on the massively anticipated PS2 FPS, Killzone, billed by insiders as the console's "Halo-beater".
A spokesperson for Guerrillam whose parent company is Media Republic, confirmed the name change to us, stating: "We are changing our name because of the need to distance ourselves from Lost Boys, who we still have strong links with, but we're not part of them anymore.
"The business side of things is all changed now. The company has been re-registered at the Chamber of Commerce and so on. We're just going on with the cosmetic changes now."
Aside from Killzone, however, Guerrilla has another big game in the pipeline: "We've got two major games in development," we were told. "The other [aside from Killzone] I can tell you even less about. It's signed to a publisher, but no announcement has been made. You won't be seeing it this year."
But as an intriguing aside, we did learn how Sony became involved with Killzone initially: "The guys working on it were working on a licensed product for another company and the deal fell through," the spokesperson said. "But the technology was really good so they kept working on that and made a rolling demo which was shown to Sony. Then after pre-production they snapped it up."
Killzone has now become one of the hottest properties in gaming, despite the bulk of the game remaining a closely guarded secret. Earlier this week we revealed the first hints of gameplay and an apparent final decision on the name, while speculation reached fever pitch across the globe.
All that remains now is for Sony Europe to put us out of our misery and just show the damn thing! Come on, guys - do you want us to beg?
Johnny Minkley
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Laatst bewerkt: 13 jun 2003