Official Killzone: Mercenary Thread

[Thirty3Three]

Release date: September 17, 2013

Killzone: Mercenary is a new first-person shooter in the Killzone series, developed specifically for the PlayStation Vita platform and powered by the stunning Killzone engine. Starting just after the ending of the original Killzone, and revisiting many of the events from the Killzone trilogy, the game puts players in the rugged combat boots of a mercenary named Arran Danner. Danner is a former UCA-soldier who has no qualms about taking on paid contracts from the ISA as well as the Helghast.

When a seemingly routine mission to evacuate the Vektan Ambassador and his family in Pyrrhus goes awry, Danner discovers that the outcome of the war could very well depend on the fate of the Ambassador’s young son. With both sides going to increasingly desperate lengths to get hold of the boy, he begins to wonder whether the price of victory is really worth the paycheck.

Comprised of nine single-player missions — each nearly an hour in length— Killzone: Mercenary delivers a full Killzone experience in a portable package. Completed missions unlock additional replay challenges, with a host of special objectives to accomplish. The game also boasts a full-fledged multiplayer mode with six maps tailored for eight players and three different game types, including the popular Warzone mode.

In keeping with the soldier-for-hire theme, every action in Killzone: Mercenary is rewarded. The better you perform, the higher your payout – not just in the single-player campaign, but also in the multiplayer mode. The wages you collect are deposited into a single bank account, so the money you earn in the campaign missions can also be used to buy gear and weapons for multiplayer matches, and vice versa.

Killzone: Mercenary makes full use of PlayStation Vita’s considerable input and graphics capabilities. It enhances the familiar dual-stick FPS control scheme with touch controls for actions such as brutal melee, and with tilt controls for accurate sniper aiming. The game even uses the powerful Killzone 3 engine to bring its massive environments and impressive set pieces to life. But don’t just take our word for it — watch the trailer above, and check out the new screens in this post.





Stay tuned to Killzone.com and PlayStation.Blog, because we’ll have a behind-the-scenes interview with game director Piers Jackson soon.

















http://blog.us.playstation.com/2013...-vita-september-17th-new-trailer-and-screens/

[ProfessorPanda]

I have high hopes for this game, but I will not be buying it until the reviews come out. Two First Person Shooters have been released on Vita, both have been mediocre. I refuse to get burned by another.

[Thirty3Three]

@Panda, 

Yeah man! I'm just glad it's being made by a team other than Nihilstic you know?

[ProfessorPanda]

Its Guerrilla Games, the developers of the other Killzone games, making this game. I believe its the first time that the original developer of a major franchise has brought that franchise to Vita.

I just hope this game has an actual story or the single player will probably be as compelling as Unit 13.

[Thirty3Three]

Its Guerrilla Games, the developers of the other Killzone games, making this game. I believe its the first time that the original developer of a major franchise has brought that franchise to Vita.

I just hope this game has an actual story or the single player will probably be as compelling as Unit 13.

As do I!

I've heard some good things coming from people who've attended E3!

[lights]

I think they did a pretty nice job on the box art too!

[Thirty3Three]

I think they did a pretty nice job on the box art too!

I think so as well! I'm truly psyched for it!

[AK-Sloth]

This game looks fun as hell. I will for sure be picking this one up.

[noobtaco]

I am in a serious need for a good fps multiplayer game for my vita.

this might be guys. hell yeah.

[darkreaper006]

Lights is a girl?  , thats what devin looks like?  

what the hell is happening to this world!!!...

Ps. Killzone Mercenary FTW.

[sephiroth]

Man, the VITA is such a nifty piece of hardware isnt it? I remember the gameboy as a kid, and I would have never in a million years believed handhelds would have console level graphics on them.

[Thirty3Three]

Lights is a girl?  , thats what devin looks like?  

what the hell is happening to this world!!!...

Ps. Killzone Mercenary FTW.

No, and no.

This world just got better

KZM! WHOO!

[Thirty3Three]

Man, the VITA is such a nifty piece of hardware isnt it? I remember the gameboy as a kid, and I would have never in a million years believed handhelds would have console level graphics on them.

I agree, 100%!! I'm so glad we have this tech!

[noobtaco]

Man, the VITA is such a nifty piece of hardware isnt it? I remember the gameboy as a kid, and I would have never in a million years believed handhelds would have console level graphics on them.

Yeah, I still have those toughts.....
Its a shame developers and sony dont take it seriously and keep doing bullshit ios and stupid mini games......I do hope KZ sales are high.....well, only if the game is fucking damn good.

[johngie]

This game looks amazing, although it's not actually being developed by the team behind the Killzone series. It's being done by Guerrilla Cambridge, a new offshoot of Guerrilla. Guerrilla actually did develop Killzone: Liberation for the PSP in-house though.

[sephiroth]

This game looks amazing, although it's not actually being developed by the team behind the Killzone series. It's being done by Guerrilla Cambridge, a new offshoot of Guerrilla. Guerrilla actually did develop Killzone: Liberation for the PSP in-house though.

Interesting. Will still probably be good. I would imagine they are at least communicating with the main team, so their game is related, and represents the series correctly.

[AK-Sloth]

This game looks amazing, although it's not actually being developed by the team behind the Killzone series. It's being done by Guerrilla Cambridge, a new offshoot of Guerrilla. Guerrilla actually did develop Killzone: Liberation for the PSP in-house though.

GG did keep a watchful eye over Cambridge though, to make sure the title lived up to the killzone name.

[Thirty3Three]

Just preordered Killzone M.

[noobtaco]

anyone got an extra key for the beta?

[AK-Sloth]

anyone got an extra key for the beta?

I was going to ask the same thing.

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