Killzone 3 is definitely one of the most anticipated games for early next year. The follow up to the popular shooter, Killzone 2, looks to improve on everything from controls, gameplay and yes even graphics. I got a chance to play it at E3 and even in its pre-alpha stage it looks and feels great. We are still many months away but Guerilla Games doesn’t want you to forget about Killzone 3, so today they released a set of new screens that highlight the new jet pack that plays a big role in the upcoming title.

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Killzone 2 was one of those rare shooters that not only looked amazing but also offered great gameplay both online and off. For Killzone 3 Guerrilla Games isn’t holding anything back when it comes to the campaign and promises bigger battles, bigger levels, further immersion and of course 3D. At this year’s E3 I got a chance to get some hands on time with the Killzone 3 E3 demo, in 2D, and from my short time with it Killzone 3 is looking like it will easily surpass its predecessor.

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What kind of DLC does a Game of the Year seek to sell to its masses of fans? The answer to that question might not please everyone because it’s DLC based around the multiplayer aspect of the game. For others, that’s just fine.

The DLC is appropriately titled “The UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves PlayStation Heroes Skin Pack” and is just that: a skin pack.  Before we get upset and jump the gun, Naughty Dog has actually done something different regarding skins, in a way borrowing a page from another PlayStation exclusive company in Media Molecule.  The Heroes Skin Pack isn’t just a bunch of new outfits for Drake and Chloe to parade around in, but rather adds character skins from other exclusive system games, including Resistance 2, Infamous, and Killzone 2.

The fine folks over at Guerilla Games, Insomniac, and Sucker Punch all banded together to allow such an event, and the names dropped so far are Sev and a Helghast soldier from Killzone 2, Nathan Hale and a Chimera from Resistance 2, and Cole (red and blue) and Zeke from Infamous (personally I can’t wait to shoot Zeke in his fat face).  Those are six of the seven announced skins anyway.  No word on the final, mystery skin.  It will either be epic or just completely not worth mentioning.  I’d love to put my money on a Solid Snake skin, but it wouldn’t be a wise investment.  Perhaps Kratos (with a gun)?  The most probable scenario is that they’re counting the bad and good versions of Cole as separate entities.

The Heroes Skin Pack should be available on the 28th of this month for around 5 bucks.  I’m not sure the decision to charge for a skin pack is necessarily wise, but they might have to pay for likeness rights so who am I to judge?

Also announced today is the addition of an Uncharted 2 demo that will hit the PSN at the same time as the skin pack.  Though everyone with a PlayStation 3 should have played this game by now, many are yet foolish and refuse to do so without some firsthand evidence that it is in fact epic.  Well here’s your chance.  Play a demo, hopefully it won’t be a bad demo like the one released with the first Uncharted, and prepare yourself for the awesome.

Not too long ago Guerrilla Games gave Killzone 2 players their first map pack called Steel and Titanium. The two maps were based off of the levels found in the campaign mode. For their second map pack, Flash and Thunder, they wanted to give Killzone players a blast from the past. The two new maps are remakes of fan favorite maps from the original Killzone on PS2. The remakes of Southern Hills and Beach Head both have interesting environments that lead to the name of the map pack. Flash for the nuclear explosion that hits Southern Hills and Thunder for the severe thunderstorm hitting the Helghan Beach Head.  Both maps were slightly tweaked from their predecessors to coincide with Killzone 2’s gameplay style. How do these remakes hold up to the standards of the current maps? Here’s the breakdown of the two new maps.

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The critically acclaimed shooter Killzone 2 exclusively for the PS3 got its first map pack earlier this month called the Steel & Titanium map pack. The map pack comes with two maps featuring the Helghast Train and the ISA Vekta Cruiser. Guerilla Games has given us this DLC at a very reasonable price of $5.99 because there are only two maps in the map pack. Since the release of Killzone 2 the online multiplayer has quickly become very popular for PS3 owners, but does this DLC add anything to the already addictive multiplayer experience?

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