Killzone 2 Could See Co-Op Patch Soon after Launch

Nicholas "bapenguin" Puleo January 12th, 2009 at 3:04 PM    


 

Sony's Killzone 2 is a juggernaut for the PlayStation 3 this year.  Releasing in February, the game has been the cause for much controversy starting with its "target trailer" from E3 2006.  Whether or not the final game meets the target's expectations for graphics is still up in the air, but people who have played the multiplayer beta are thoroughly impressed.

When any first person shooter is released or announced we ask ourselves the question - "Does it have co-op?"

With Killzone 2 the answer was no, but according to a NeoGaf post (I know...I know) we could be seeing co-op in the form of a patch shortly after release.  The user said that during CES2009 he had some chatty time with a Sony Rep who said that split screen co-op was not possible due to technical limits, but they were working on an online co-op patch for the game.

We'll chalk this up firmly in the rumor column, but if true, this game just jumped up a few more places on my list to check out.

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7 Total Reader Comments

blakepro at 10:30 AM on 1.12.2009
Awesome news, but I really wish they could get splitscreen working too. Even if they had to do the smaller boxes or whatever.

I understand that this game is very impressive graphically and its probably too much of a strain to get two screens processing all that action but it would be so great if they were able to work it in somehow.

Online co-op is also great though! Glad to see the co-op trend growing.
 
Mrxknown_JG at 11:16 AM on 1.12.2009
I know it's a rumor, but is there a precedent for a console game to add co-op in a patch after launch?
 
atkinsonr at 12:37 PM on 1.12.2009
Yes, there were games that had co-op released afterwards. Kameo (Xbox 360) was single player on launch but later released a downloadable co-op pack. Fable 2 released a co-op patch since it didn't make the disk. There may be more, but at least here's two titles.
 
Shazoo at 06:08 PM on 1.12.2009
hopefully it's not just some shotty co-op though, ala Kameo's coop patch. I want something new in my coop mode that makes it replayable outside of the normal campaign.
 
rafoca at 01:18 AM on 1.13.2009

Kameo patch was to play online co-op, but it came with offline co-op out of the box.

As for KZ2... yes, this co-op patch was supposed to exist post launch, and maybe it will, but offline co-op won´t exist.
 
rafoca at 08:40 AM on 1.13.2009
Co-op is cancelled for KZ2:

http://www.psu.com/Guerrilla-Games--+qu ... 102-p0.php
 
bapenguin at 08:44 AM on 1.13.2009
Yup, saw that and posted. It should be up soon.

BOOOO.
 


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