AU Shippin' Out February 23-27: Killzone 2

Guerrilla's PS3 shooter deploys to stores around Australia this week.

Ever since its infamous 2005 debut trailer, Killzone 2 has been one of the most anticipated games for the PlayStation 3. Following the events of the first game and Killzone: Liberation for the PSP, KZ2 sends you to the frontlines as a Special Forces leader as you take on hordes of Helghast during the invasion of Helghan. Single-player mode aside, KZ2 also features an in-depth multiplayer mode, shipping with eight maps that support up to 32 players. Expect to see Killzone 2 in stores around Australia on Thursday.

Although not as critically acclaimed as Sony's flagship FPS, Halo Wars is still one of the 360's biggest games this quarter. Starting off life as a project to create an intuitive control scheme for a console real-time strategy game, Ensemble Studios' generic console RTS eventually found a home in the Halo universe, taking place 20 years prior to Halo. Halo Wars will be the final game to be released under the Ensemble Studios banner when it lands on the 26th.

The final big game for this week is Dead Rising: Chop Til You Drop. Despite essentially being a port of the 2006 Xbox 360 title, the game tells the story of photojournalist Frank West as he gets besieged in a shopping mall in a small American town, which Capcom swears wasn't inspired by George A. Romero. Despite having less zombies onscreen, a few of the new additions include Wii Remote-specific controls, reworked in-game clock and save system, as well as text that's now readable on standard-def TVs. Dead Rising: Chop Til You Drop will be the second Capcom game to be distributed by THQ in Australia when it arrives midweek.

Feb 26, 2009
Halo Wars (360)
Killzone 2 (PS3)
Tom Clancy's EndWar (PC)
50 Cent: Blood on the Sand (PS3, 360)
New Play Control! Pikmin (Wii)
Dead Rising: Chop Til You Drop (Wii)
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon (DS)
Imagine Movie Star (DS)
Imagine: Ballet Star (DS)
Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection (PS3, 360)

22 Comments

  • Folleyrules

    Posted Feb 24, 2009 2:01 pm PT

    Sega collection is worth the 30 bucks....
    Shining force rules...

  • wappie88

    Posted Feb 24, 2009 8:39 am PT

    i am playing killzone already. in holland the release was today

  • Cactus_Matt

    Posted Feb 23, 2009 11:51 pm PT

    Here's hoping Killzone 2 can knock Wii Sports from the charts next week, though I'm not holding my breath...

  • sakaiXxX

    Posted Feb 23, 2009 11:42 pm PT

    killzoned......

  • dennishachey

    Posted Feb 23, 2009 7:32 pm PT

    COOL

  • Sir_Hobo

    Posted Feb 23, 2009 4:15 pm PT

    Ummm... How come I got an alert for Pikmin: NPC from this?

  • rmoorevtps3

    Posted Feb 23, 2009 10:45 am PT

    PREPARE TO BE KILLZOWNED.....2

  • TheArcade

    Posted Feb 23, 2009 9:19 am PT

    Halo Wars for me. Could care less for Sonic's Megadrive Collection after I heard about the exclusion of Sonic 3 & Knuckles lock-on and lack of online functionality.

    SEGA the hardcore gamers want to play Streets of Rage 3 online dammit.

  • aaronobst

    Posted Feb 23, 2009 6:14 am PT

    KZ2


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  • ferid84 posted Feb 23, 2009 5:29 am PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    ferid84

    Posted Feb 23, 2009 5:29 am PT (hide)

    Best on the list Halo wars, well i don't PS3 so whatever i can say what ever i want!

  • eddy96_1

    Posted Feb 23, 2009 2:11 am PT

    OMG cant believe its only 3 days away! KZ2 woooooo

  • ShadowLaguna

    Posted Feb 23, 2009 1:44 am PT

    Finally, Shadow Dragon comes out!!

  • nosskyline94

    Posted Feb 23, 2009 1:24 am PT

    looks better that the 1st one maby better than resistance 2 on my wishlist for shore

  • Mattyrock

    Posted Feb 23, 2009 1:00 am PT

    Killzone 2 and Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection are on my list.

  • mjcowley Site moderator

    Posted Feb 23, 2009 12:34 am PT

    Pretty full on week. I can see the credit card melting again.

  • husainml

    Posted Feb 23, 2009 12:22 am PT

    killzone is gonna come out on 27 but i can see it in shops right now . dont know if i should buy it right now because the online feature will not be open i think!!

  • PSGamerforlife

    Posted Feb 23, 2009 12:20 am PT

    yay..finally!

    Thursday = Killzone 2 pre order pickup..

  • Nintendo_Man

    Posted Feb 22, 2009 11:47 pm PT

    This must be the most varied week of releases i have seen in a while.

  • Fusion_Master

    Posted Feb 22, 2009 11:42 pm PT

    is halo wars an attempt to stop killzone or something? gosh

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