Killzone 2 ships 600,000 in NA, first DLC due April

[MrSchmo]

Killzone 2 ships 600,000 in NA, first DLC due April

* By Staff, GameSpot
* Posted Apr 10, 2009 10:48 am PT

[UPDATE] Sony VP of product marketing Scott Steinberg says Guerrilla Games' shooter has "exceeded our expectations"; first DLC detailed.

Killzone 2 is one of Sony's highest-profile exclusives, so its strong debut last month came as no real surprise. According to industry stat-trackers the NPD Group, Guerrilla Games' long-in-the-making sci-fi shooter sold 323,000 units in the US in just 48 hours following its February 27 release on the PlayStation 3. With NPD expected to release its sales estimates for March next week, Sony has independently confirmed that Killzone 2 has continued to sell well.

Speaking to Game Daily, Sony Computer Entertainment of America vice president of product marketing Scott Steinberg said this week that Killzone 2 sales have "exceeded our expectations," having surpassed the 500,000 unit mark. [UPDATE] GameSpot has since confirmed with Sony that Killzone 2's most-recent sell-through total--meaning copies of the game sold to retailers--stands at 600,000 units in North America only.

"Killzone 2 has been the fastest SCEA PS3 title to break the 500,000 unit mark and it's also the highest selling SCEA PS3 title for the first 30 days out of launch," Steinberg told Game Daily. "So far, we are extremely happy with the results."

To keep that 500,000-strong army interested in the title, Guerrilla Games has also detailed the first batch of downloadable content for the shooter. Speaking to Game Trailers last night, Guerrilla Games managing director Hermen Hulst revealed that the first DLC pack, titled Steel and Titanium, will contain two multiplayer maps. Pricing information was not detailed, but Hulst did confirm that the pack will be available "toward the end of April."

The first map is set aboard the ISA tech cruiser New Sun, and Hulst noted that gameplay will focus on vertically oriented firefights. "You've got multiple decks, so you'll be shot at from walkways upstairs as well as downstairs," he said. The second map takes place aboard two high-speed Helghast freight trains, with gamers tasked with navigating the precarious routes between the two speeding bullets.

"These are two fan favorite settings from single-player that we're bringing over," commented Hulst on the upcoming maps. "However, going forward, you're going to get some proper new features as well." As for those future releases, Hulst teased that the next DLC pack will revive a number of maps from the original Killzone, released for the PlayStation 2 in 2004.

Killzone 2 ships 600,000 in NA, first DLC due April - News at GameSpot

[h0stel]

nice find! New maps! I just wish I had more people to play it with!

[MrSchmo]

TBH I havent ever played Killzone online yet. Infact I havent even finished the campaign yet.

[h0stel]

Its really fun. I have played a lot, but unless your playing with friends then it gets boring....

[Useless Twit]

I play Killzone online more now. It's great. Best online game I've got IMO.

[shorty920]

Originally Posted by MrSchmo

TBH I havent ever played Killzone online yet. Infact I havent even finished the campaign yet.

I'll one up that by saying that I have never even TOUCHED a couple of Killzone 2 yet. I still need to buy it. The reason I never did it immediately is because I was sick of FPS's and KZ2 looked depressing to play.

[MrSchmo]

I havent finished it due to no wow factor. Its cool, looks pretty, but got that been there done that feel.

[Joshua]

I'm excited for this but won't buy the maps unless some of you guys do. Like hostel said it is kind of boring without friends but with friends it is the best fps out.

[Useless Twit]

I'm getting them. Killzone 2 is brilliant online with or without friends.

What's your favourite map on the game Josh? Mine's Corinth Crossing. That and Tharsis Depot are the only ones I play on.

[Joshua]

Is cornith the little town? Because I love that map. I like all the maps actually.