The Helcast Episode 58 – A Pig in Slop

The Helcast talks PSN Plus so far, your options with Move and what’s hitting the Playstation Store. LTM talks what else Modern Warfare 2 and …. yeah that’s it. Enjoy!

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Propaganda Speaker – July 2010

Pre-order Killzone Helghast Action Figures

Comic Con is the big buzz  during this week. To complete all of the geeky business is a display of Action Figures. Shown below are a couple of special characters. The Helghast Assault troop and the Helghast sniper are now available for pre-order at urban-collector.com.

These won’t ship until January of 2011 but that’s just on time for all of the Killzone 3 hype.

-Urban Collector

Kevin Butler is Ripped Off

Well a few months back a TV company called TV3 must have seen sonys Kevin Butler montage commercial and really liked it. How much did they like it you ask. Well enough to get a Guy and dress him like Kevin Butler and go almost word for word to the original commercial. At the end the guy who was acting like KB had a long hair rock wig on, and a guitar with confetti coming down. Below are some pictures of the commercials in time sequence with a response from Kevin Butler himself. Read more ›

KZ3 Controls + HOME

Just sifting through a couple of sites and gaming forums it’s clear to see that people were very divided on the feel of the Killzone 2 controls. They’ve voiced their likes and dislikes to Guerrilla Games and of course they’ve been listening.

In one of Guerrilla’s blog posts, they’ve responded to the concern. Personally I don’t have a problem with Killzone 2′s feel but I hope they don’t muck around with it too much in Killzone 3 just to please those COD fiends. What say you all?

In other news, the Col. Radec outfit is finally available in HOME North America. A little late, but appreciated.

I know people are itching for some Killzone 3 multiplayer news but it’s way too  early for that. Keep waiting.

Humanity shown by Helghast

Recently Herman Hulst gave an interview and stated some facts about the story plot of the Helghan planet and it’s residents the Helgasts. This is what he said.

“Although the Helghast are physically still human, they consider themselves superior to the human race in terms of society and culture,” said Hulst, during a chinwag with GamePro.

“They possess a mentality that’s similar to how the Nazis viewed those not part of the Aryan bloodline. Helghast look down on humans as weak, lying, and spineless.”

“In Killzone 3, we show that even the Helghast have some humanity left in them,” he explained. “We’re weaving a story that has more shades of gray than the trite representation of ‘good vs. evil’… We explore the notion that even honorable soldiers have to make debatable decisions at times for the greater good — or simply for their own survival.”

KZ3 losing its weight????

According to July 2010 edition of Official Playstation Magazine, it seems that Killzone 3 controls will be adapted to appeal to the masses. Indeed, on page 91 of OPM a member of Guerrilla Games stated “I’m confident that when Killzone 3 comes out we’re going to have a set of controls that will appeal to the vast majority of audiences” The heavy sensation of Killzone 2 is absoloutely gone; instead this feels much closer to standard run-and-gun responsiveness.” Whether this move will pay off or not remains to be seen. One thing that is certain is that the heaviness of Killzone gave it a certain uniqueness that Guerrilla Games will have to compensate in other ways.

KillzoneUnit Gamer Night…

For a while we have all been MIA on the battle fields of Helghan, but all of that is about to change. If all goes as planned this weekend will be the start of us getting back together in HOME and then all game launching back in to Killzone 2 weekly. I am shooting for this Sunday night around 7pm eastern time. For you in the UK that is Midnight. We will be mixing up times each weekend so everyone can get involved. Put a comment below if your gonna try to make it or not. For anyone joining late on Sunday the Lobby name will be (Killzoneunit), and the password will be (Death).  If not many gamers show up I might make it a public Lobby still named Killzoneunit, but there will just be no password. Please post a comment below if you can make it this weekend for a fun shoot-em up battle.

To Plus or Not to Plus?

I purchased Playstation Plus the week it came out and even though not all they have offered has appealed to me I thought I would list some of the stuff that has. So far from weeks one and two in the US we have received a lot for our Plus subscriptions. In total 1 full PSN title, 5 Avatars, 2 theme, 2 PSP minis, 1 Episode of Qore, A bunch of games on sale, and a lot of PSN DLC for free or heavily discounted. For me I have downloaded 38 dollars Worth of content within 2 weeks, and I left a lot of the free DLC packs go. I spent 50$ on 1 year and 3 months for the Plus subscription and by now they already have at least 50 dollars of value on the table with less then a moth in. If you cant see the savings in that then WTF?

Also as I mentioned before Plus subscribers received the new Qore, and without a doubt this episode was awesome with a sit down to look at the new game we are all waiting for Killzone3. Below is a video of the interview so enjoy! Also under the video is my top five Reasons for picking up Playstation Plus even if you think its not all that.  (Cough Cough Clinton) Read more ›

The Helcast Episode 57 – Back in 2D

The Helcast is back this week with a quick run down in PlayStation and Killzone news. The crew talks Move, 3D and PSN Plus. Download and go! Helcast time.

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