Whoops, Killzone 2 is not Halo 3

by Andrew Yoon { Sep 25th 2007 at 10:15PM }

The BBC featured a report on the hotly anticipated Halo 3 launch. The video shows some of the crowds waiting for Xbox 360's FPS behemoth, and even features an interview from Shane Kim. Too bad the video footage they used was from Killzone 2, a game we hear won't make it on the Xbox 360. Whoops!

[Thanks, iceatcs!]

Tags: bbc, halo-3, killzone-2

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

sicklesdawg @ Sep 25th 2007 10:25PM

what's halo?

wonway01 @ Sep 25th 2007 10:29PM

lol, total Whoops!

MYPS3KilledMy360 @ Sep 25th 2007 10:30PM

PGSR4 pics used for for promoting Grand tourismo.

Killzone 2 used for promoting Halo 3.

dont get mad just be a true gamer and play them all.:)

ruibing @ Sep 25th 2007 10:32PM

It's just funny since someone doing the report didn't know left from right in the world of gaming.

Frank @ Sep 25th 2007 10:38PM

"It's just funny since someone doing the report didn't know left from right in the world of gaming."

That's an odd thing to say, considering you were the same guy posting this a few days ago:

"And as for Forza, Saints Row, and Crackdown, I never heard of them. "

Random1448 @ Sep 25th 2007 10:39PM

lol some kids going to buy halo thinking it looks like killzone 2 and is going to be like "WTF is this!!"

nick @ Sep 25th 2007 10:42PM

ya lol #1. what the hell is this Halo game they are all talking about??

Luke @ Sep 25th 2007 10:51PM

yeah, I never heard of this Halo game.

kingofwale @ Sep 25th 2007 10:52PM

isn't it a religious game?

Tim @ Sep 25th 2007 10:58PM

God! All those BBC fucktards were being such condescending cunts!

Tony @ Sep 25th 2007 10:58PM

Gotta love how biased the critics are with Halo 3. Here's one review from metacritic.com

"The story just isn’t put-together well enough, the graphics are disappointing, and the levels have you constantly running back and forth. Yes, if all of these things were rectified, the game would be spectacular. But they’re not."

That's from Gamer 2.0 review.. and guess what they gave Halo. A 88. It seems that reviewers are afriad to give Halo 3 a bad score.

Sammy @ Sep 25th 2007 11:09PM

I think Resistance:FOM is the game that features religious aspects.

plyx @ Sep 25th 2007 11:20PM

Arrghh! I haven't been able to play embedded video from gametrailers.com on any site since forever now. Any videos from any other sites work, I've checked my firewall settings, I've tried freakin' everything. I've googled the crap out of my problem, I've dug through gametrailers support and forums and still can't find an answer anywhere. Please, for the love of god, does anybody have an idea what's going on?

ruibing @ Sep 25th 2007 11:24PM

@Frank

When did you develop a personal vendetta against me? I don't own a xbox, so I just never heard of those games, except recently with your mentioning of it and the announcement of Saints Row 2. I vaguely recall a racing game, GTA clone, and I'm not sure about the third. Get off my case, would ya?

But anyways, is it still being called Killzone 2? I thought Guerilla Games are calling it Killzone: Liberation now.

sectionz @ Sep 25th 2007 11:25PM

wow MS has to resort to this to sell halo 3 wow ... LMAO .. just kidding i swear.

Wayne @ Sep 25th 2007 11:29PM

plyx - If you find the vid on GameTrailers you can choose what format to play it in. This won't fix your embed problem (I don't think) but at least you can watch the vid...

Wayne @ Sep 25th 2007 11:30PM

Killzone: Liberation is a mad awesome PSP game. Killzone 2 is a PS3 game...

FM @ Sep 25th 2007 11:33PM

lol @ Halo being a religious game,it all makes sense now.

Kris @ Sep 25th 2007 11:56PM

@15
Contrary to popular belief, MS does not own the BBC.
@18
Of course Halo is a religious game, Master Chief is Jesus remember.
@Everyone else
Us gamers see the distinction between halo 3 and killzone 2 as huge common knowledge for us. I wonder what other industries/stories/facts they fuck up like this on a daily basis.

Consolcwby @ Sep 26th 2007 12:11AM

BBC == Brittish Bollocks Corp.

And is doing their usual fact checking, as always...

Anyway, I think both games are cool in their own right. I just don't like MS' giant publicity machine steamrolling over the consumers though - just look at that gamer fuel stuff! x_x I swear - it tastes like a cross between 2 week old piss and benadril... hopefully Sony forgoes all that and just shows off lots of neat gameplay! (Although I think maybe some Heilghasts can scare the crap out of some Canadians, like MC did with the Koreans! XD Canadians scare real easy! Take my word for it!) =P

Halo3 = Win for MS fans
Killzone2 = Win for Sony fans
Nuff said. =)

Easo @ Sep 26th 2007 12:35AM

"That's from Gamer 2.0 review.. and guess what they gave Halo. A 88. It seems that reviewers are afriad to give Halo 3 a bad score."

Every time a great game is released, there is always one jackass that will rate it lower than it deserves in an attempt to get hits on their site. Oblivion was many reviewers GOTY in 2006 and it got a few poor reviews from sites trying to get hits.

btw
after checking out gamer 2.0 website, I found his review on heavenly sword. It reads:

"With charming characters, great acting, beautiful cutscenes, and an overall great, immersive experience, Heavenly Sword has raised the bar for the presentation of next-generation games. It’s just a shame that the experience ends so soon, but there are always sequels to take care of those problems. "

After this he continues to lavish the game with praise, at one point even stating that " it is a game that every PS3 owner should experience at least once." And what score does he give the masterpiece of gaming. A 70 f***ing 7. So yeah, gamer 2.0 sucks at game reviews.

Tony @ Sep 26th 2007 12:42AM

Yes, I know, I was just using them as a exmaple. But most of the reviews on metacritic.com repeatedly mention poor level design, poor campaign and they still rate it high.

Kris @ Sep 26th 2007 12:59AM

I personally like to be called a 'gaming fan'

That way I get the wins all around ;)

ZombieOrgasm @ Sep 26th 2007 1:01AM

Kill Zone 2? People are actually excited about this game?....

Eh.. yeah you all enjoy that.

mccomber @ Sep 26th 2007 1:21AM

A lot of the reviews for Halo3 read like a 9/10 game. After playing the first three chapters... that's about what I'd give it, at most. Bioshock is still head and shoulders above it on the 360, and I'd probably give Gears second behind that. Actually, I'd put Resistance above it as well.
Halo3 is a good game, but I'll take any of those over it anytime.

Hashbrown_Hunter @ Sep 26th 2007 2:46AM

Confirmation of an Xbox that can play Blu-Ray??!!?!?!
AHHH!!!!!!!!! ENDZ OF DA W000RLDZ

Sam @ Sep 26th 2007 3:14AM

I own a PS3 and a 360 and i'm not looking forward to either game (halo/killzone)

Console shootan games are made of suck.

Oh and this isn't the first time BBC have done something like this. Whenever they do a news article on gaming, theres always some horrible innacuracies.

I remember watching a clip once of one of their presenters referring to the "Nintendo Playstation"

Sammy @ Sep 26th 2007 3:52AM

The BBC are pretty good. But like most News companies they are a bit weak when it comes to gaming...at least outside of specialist gaming...
They did have an interview with Guerilla recently about Killzone 2... I did not see the clip but maybe the archive footage got mixed up.

Kurac @ Sep 26th 2007 4:00AM

Isn't that quite embarrassing? :- O Well, actually going to go try out the most overrated game ever now. :- ) Wish me luck or something. :- P

jrw @ Sep 26th 2007 4:40AM

Actually this post is not accurate - the news item talked about Halo 3, before going on to discuss the next-gen gaming marketplace, at which point footage from both Wii sports and Killzone 2 played in the background, as they discussed how gaming production values now rival those of hollywood.

Xoonaka @ Sep 26th 2007 9:50AM

jrw,

When the Killzone footage is playing, the top left corner of the screen says "Halo 3 Game"

Danny @ Sep 26th 2007 11:27AM

But the only killzone 2 footage is from that trailer release oh so long ago. It's practically vaporware if you ask me.

NastyN8 @ Sep 26th 2007 11:36AM

lmao pwned

Laurens Holst @ Sep 26th 2007 1:07PM

Well at least we’re even now :).

*points to the GT5 ads showing PGR*

Laurens Holst @ Sep 26th 2007 1:10PM

By the way, did that guy at the end just call Halo 3 a shmup? Tsk tsk, amateur ;p.

Juney @ Sep 26th 2007 1:57PM

Halo? isnt that the game where ur an angel and have to cast light on the "Bad People" ... lmao

but seriously us PS3 fanboys cant spend tooo much time worshipping this cuz same thing happened with Project Gotham 4 and GT5;Prologue... even though in my opinion GT5 is way better just more expensive...

Killzone will be a great game while Halo 2.5 will fail to live up to the hype