Killzone is a series of first-person shooter and twin sticks shooter
video games for Sony Interactive Entertainment's (SIE) video game
consoles. The main series and the PlayStation Portable (PSP)
installment were developed by Guerrilla Games, a subsidiary of SIE,
and the PlayStation Vita installment was developed by Guerrilla
Cambridge. Killzone consists of six games, beginning on the
PlayStation 2 in November 2004 with Killzone, and continued on the
PlayStation Portable in October 2006 with Killzone: Liberation.
Killzone 2 was released for the PlayStation 3 in February 2009, and
Killzone 3 was released in February 2011, also for the PlayStation 3.
Killzone: Mercenary was released for the PlayStation Vita in September
2013, followed by Killzone Shadow Fall, a launch title for the
PlayStation 4, in November 2013.The series is set in the 24th century,
showing the galactic war between the Interplanetary Strategic Alliance
(ISA) and the Helghan Empire. The Killzone series follows the
continuous war between the ISA and Helghast taking place on both ISA
Earth colonies and the planet Helghan, the home planet of the
Helghast. The series has featured four main protagonists: Cpt/Col. Jan
Templar (Killzone and Killzone: Liberation), Sgt. Tomas "Sev"
Sevchenko (Killzone 2 and Killzone 3), mercenary Arran Danner
(Killzone: Mercenary), and Shadow Marshal Lucas Kellan (Killzone
Shadow Fall). The main antagonist was originally Helghast Autarch
Scolar Visari; his death in Killzone 2 brought about the rise of two
new antagonists and the hopeful heirs to Visari's throne in Killzone
3: Jorhan Stahl and Admiral Orlock. After Orlock's death and the
unknown details of Stahl's death and the destruction of Helghan, now
covered in petrusite, the Helghast now live on Vekta with a giant wall
dividing them from the Vektans. "The Black Hand", a Helghast
paramilitary terrorist group, was formed under Vladko Tyran, who
became an antagonist, along with Lady Hera Visari (Scolar Visari's
daughter) who has inherited her father's throne. By the end of
Killzone Shadow Fall, it is revealed that the main antagonist is
Stahl, who managed to survive the events of Killzone 3, but is
dispatched by Vektan Security Agency director Thomas
Sinclair.Killzone, Killzone 2, Killzone 3, Killzone: Mercenary, and
Killzone Shadow Fall are first-person shooters. Killzone: Liberation
is presented as an isometric twin sticks shooter. The games were
developed by Guerrilla Games, except for Killzone: Mercenary, which
was developed by Guerrilla Games' sister studio, Guerrilla Cambridge,
and published by Sony. Players can carry two different weapons at any
given time. Players can either obtain ammo or swap out their current
weapons with any weapon dropped by a downed foe or from those
scattered around the various maps. In Killzone 3, players can carry up
to three weapons, with the third weapon spot reserved for heavy
weapons (e.g. machine gun, rocket launcher, etc.).Online competitive
multi-player features up to 16 players in Killzone, 32 players in
Killzone 2, 24 players in Killzone 3 and Shadow Fall, and up to 8
players in Mercenary. There are various modes of multiplayer. There is
an objective based rotation mode, called Warzone (Killzone 2, Killzone
3, and Shadow Fall), where players play all game modes (2 rounds of
Assassination, 1 round of Body Count, 1 round of Capture and Hold, 2
rounds of Search and Destroy, and 1 round of Search and Retrieve) one
after the other until all modes have been played. Shadow Fall' game
modes in Warzone are slightly different. Operations is a new mode for
Killzone 3 which is a cinematic mini-campaign for the multiplayer
mode. Killzone 3 features a classic team deathmatch mode called
Guerilla Warfare. Shadow Fall also has a team deathmatch, simply
titled Team Deathmatch. Killzone and Killzone 3 are the only games in
the series to feature offline split-screen co-op for two players,
while Killzone is the only game in the series to feature offline
split-screen multiplayer in the Botzone mode (Botzone allows players
to play against AI bots and is present in each installment).
Liberation features an online co-op campaign as well as a multiplayer
mode that supports up to 6 players in ad-hoc and up to 8 players on
infrastructure. Shadow Fall features an online co-op survival mode for
up to 4 players; however, it can only be accessed by purchasing the
Season Pass.
video games for Sony Interactive Entertainment's (SIE) video game
consoles. The main series and the PlayStation Portable (PSP)
installment were developed by Guerrilla Games, a subsidiary of SIE,
and the PlayStation Vita installment was developed by Guerrilla
Cambridge. Killzone consists of six games, beginning on the
PlayStation 2 in November 2004 with Killzone, and continued on the
PlayStation Portable in October 2006 with Killzone: Liberation.
Killzone 2 was released for the PlayStation 3 in February 2009, and
Killzone 3 was released in February 2011, also for the PlayStation 3.
Killzone: Mercenary was released for the PlayStation Vita in September
2013, followed by Killzone Shadow Fall, a launch title for the
PlayStation 4, in November 2013.The series is set in the 24th century,
showing the galactic war between the Interplanetary Strategic Alliance
(ISA) and the Helghan Empire. The Killzone series follows the
continuous war between the ISA and Helghast taking place on both ISA
Earth colonies and the planet Helghan, the home planet of the
Helghast. The series has featured four main protagonists: Cpt/Col. Jan
Templar (Killzone and Killzone: Liberation), Sgt. Tomas "Sev"
Sevchenko (Killzone 2 and Killzone 3), mercenary Arran Danner
(Killzone: Mercenary), and Shadow Marshal Lucas Kellan (Killzone
Shadow Fall). The main antagonist was originally Helghast Autarch
Scolar Visari; his death in Killzone 2 brought about the rise of two
new antagonists and the hopeful heirs to Visari's throne in Killzone
3: Jorhan Stahl and Admiral Orlock. After Orlock's death and the
unknown details of Stahl's death and the destruction of Helghan, now
covered in petrusite, the Helghast now live on Vekta with a giant wall
dividing them from the Vektans. "The Black Hand", a Helghast
paramilitary terrorist group, was formed under Vladko Tyran, who
became an antagonist, along with Lady Hera Visari (Scolar Visari's
daughter) who has inherited her father's throne. By the end of
Killzone Shadow Fall, it is revealed that the main antagonist is
Stahl, who managed to survive the events of Killzone 3, but is
dispatched by Vektan Security Agency director Thomas
Sinclair.Killzone, Killzone 2, Killzone 3, Killzone: Mercenary, and
Killzone Shadow Fall are first-person shooters. Killzone: Liberation
is presented as an isometric twin sticks shooter. The games were
developed by Guerrilla Games, except for Killzone: Mercenary, which
was developed by Guerrilla Games' sister studio, Guerrilla Cambridge,
and published by Sony. Players can carry two different weapons at any
given time. Players can either obtain ammo or swap out their current
weapons with any weapon dropped by a downed foe or from those
scattered around the various maps. In Killzone 3, players can carry up
to three weapons, with the third weapon spot reserved for heavy
weapons (e.g. machine gun, rocket launcher, etc.).Online competitive
multi-player features up to 16 players in Killzone, 32 players in
Killzone 2, 24 players in Killzone 3 and Shadow Fall, and up to 8
players in Mercenary. There are various modes of multiplayer. There is
an objective based rotation mode, called Warzone (Killzone 2, Killzone
3, and Shadow Fall), where players play all game modes (2 rounds of
Assassination, 1 round of Body Count, 1 round of Capture and Hold, 2
rounds of Search and Destroy, and 1 round of Search and Retrieve) one
after the other until all modes have been played. Shadow Fall' game
modes in Warzone are slightly different. Operations is a new mode for
Killzone 3 which is a cinematic mini-campaign for the multiplayer
mode. Killzone 3 features a classic team deathmatch mode called
Guerilla Warfare. Shadow Fall also has a team deathmatch, simply
titled Team Deathmatch. Killzone and Killzone 3 are the only games in
the series to feature offline split-screen co-op for two players,
while Killzone is the only game in the series to feature offline
split-screen multiplayer in the Botzone mode (Botzone allows players
to play against AI bots and is present in each installment).
Liberation features an online co-op campaign as well as a multiplayer
mode that supports up to 6 players in ad-hoc and up to 8 players on
infrastructure. Shadow Fall features an online co-op survival mode for
up to 4 players; however, it can only be accessed by purchasing the
Season Pass.
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