Killzone (working title)
Developer: Guerilla
Platform: PS3
Release Date: TBA
Without question, one of the most memorable moments of E3 2005 was the unveiling of the PlayStation 3 Killzone trailer; a rollicking, raucous, action-packed two-minute clip that built up more buzz around Sony's then-fledgling PlayStation 3 than practically anything else at the show. For days after the clip first aired, the hype was practically palpable--was that in-game footage? Was this what the PS3 was capable of? Sony had knocked it out of the park with this trailer, and expectations were skyrocketing for E3 2006.
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The Killzone PS3 trailer at E3 2005 was incredible, but did it set the bar too high for E3 2006?
Yet here is the problem borne from great expectations: They often lead to spectacular letdowns. That's exactly the case with the conspicuous absence of Killzone PS3 from this year's E3. While the Killzone PSP game, Liberation, was on hand, its big brother was nowhere to be found, causing many to ask, "Just what is going on with Killzone?" The situation was made all the worse by games like Gran Turismo HD and MotorStorm, two other PS3 games that had strong showings in 2005--in trailer format--turning out to be playable on the show floor. The optimist might say that the Guerilla development team behind Killzone skipped creating an E3 demo simply because they wanted to put the development focus on the game itself. The cynic might say that Sony knew full well that a playable version of Killzone would bear little resemblance to the kick-ass trailer shown last year and subsequently decided to shelve its appearance in the hopes that other games would mask its absence.
Right now, we're trying real hard not to be cynics.
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E3 2006 Editors' Choice Awards
In this feature, the GameSpot staff brings its considerable amount of collective experience at covering E3 to bear, distilling all of our coverage down to its most important elements and showing you what the biggest names and events were at E3 2006.
