Rumour: Killzone 2 To Get Arc Patch

Radec wants your waggle.

Published 08/02/2010 at 10:00.
By Alex C [nofi].

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Word around the Helghan campfire this morning and drifting over the embers to TSA Towers is that Guerrilla Games’ Killzone 2, probably the PlayStation 3′s finest first person shooter, might get a patch to enable Arc support – along with several other first party titles.

The patch, which will presumably enable full motion control for aiming and shooting in the game, is part of a series of updates being undertaken by Sony in a bid to ensure the fancy pink wand has some AAA titles to back up its launch, something our survey found essential.

TheSixthAxis understands that whilst Killzone 3 is almost certainly currently in development, work on tweaking existing titles is very much part of the Arc strategy. Let’s hope we hear confirmation of this rumour as Sony start to ramp up their motion controller coverage during the year.

We spoke to Sony about this before going to press, but they wouldn’t give us anything other than “we don’t comment on rumour and speculation.”

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Foxhound_Solid | 08/02/2010 10:02
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Where is the 4 Player Co op Patch.

Thats what we want matey boy….
- daveydaver34 | 08/02/2010 12:59
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  I second that, I actually bought KZ2 because play magazine said it would get a patch, which it didn’t. Personally I really liked KZ2, but I feel that not having co-op prevented it from being truely brillant.
Nauraph | 08/02/2010 10:04
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How can we possibly walk with the Arc?
Do we need to use the Arc together with a controller as showed with Resident Evil?
- Porcupine_I | 08/02/2010 10:10
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  i would guess you have to press a “forward” button.
  
  otherwise i do believe the arc will be released as some kind of nunchuck device, or rather a splitable controller as some designs suggest.
- jimmy-google | 08/02/2010 10:27
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  I though it was going to have a analogue stick on it.
  - morbo1993 | 08/02/2010 12:21
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    i think we concluded that there is indeed an analogue stick on it
- DrOf1337 | 09/02/2010 11:45
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  You will be able to walk with the motion controller, it’ll be easy, worry not. :)
parker | 08/02/2010 10:06
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Sony annoy me with their “We don’t comment on rumour and speculation” – the amount of times I must have read that these past few years is unbelievable.

Whilst I hope that Arc has some AAA games at launch, Strangely I don’t think Killzone 2 should be on of them. As you say, Killzone 3 is almost certainly in development, why not just concentrate on that? Instead of going back to an old game (It will likely be 1 year and a half since KZ2 came out, when Arc launches.) But, if it’s easy for GG to implement, they should go for it.

So what games are we rumoured to be having Arc with then?
-LittleBigPlanet
-Resident Evil 5
-Killzone 2

Any others?
- MUKARKAR | 08/02/2010 10:10
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  i heard about fat princess going to have it too.
- Porcupine_I | 08/02/2010 10:11
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  -Flower
- jimmy-google | 08/02/2010 10:26
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  EyePet will have it – pixeljunk monsters could benefit from it.
  - cc_star | 08/02/2010 10:45
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    EyePet 2… rather than working on EyePet – making me part with more money, damn them!
  - jimmy-google | 08/02/2010 11:24
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    They had said a few months back EyePet will be getting it as was part of the reason to delay the release in the US.
  - parker | 08/02/2010 12:00
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    Jimmy-Google: Link please?
  - morbo1993 | 08/02/2010 12:22
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    http://www.theplaystationetwork.com/eyepet-delayed-in-north-america/
MUKARKAR | 08/02/2010 10:08
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all i can say is keep it coming.
Radboud | 08/02/2010 10:10
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Would be cool if they discovered a cool way to do the walking, otherwise it might get a little bit annoying to use…
parker | 08/02/2010 10:13
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Oh, and they still need to bundle it with a “Nunchuck” style device, or I’m not getting it. I’m not going to hold that in one hand, and a DS3 in the other, sounds uncomfortable.
- morbo1993 | 08/02/2010 12:23
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  Firstly, i don’t think it’s gonna be that uncomfortable, just try and hold the left part, with the motion controller in the right hand i can totally imagine using it that way
  - cc_star | 08/02/2010 12:38
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    Tried that after seeing the Resi5 ARC demo, and its bloody awkward, and keeps slipping
a inferior race | 08/02/2010 10:13
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Looking at the picture of the Arc, I’m wondering how easy it will be to break the ball on the top and how clean is it going to have to be in order for it to work.
ManeoriX | 08/02/2010 10:19
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Honestly I can’t see this working very well in KZ2 at all.. I’ve tried using a Splitfish mouse like controller waay back, but the increase of accuracy came at a price. It gimped my movement on so many counts that it simply wasn’t a viable option..

Also I don’t think the sense of weight is going to be hard to replicate with a motion controller..

Although I’d very much like to be proven wrong, I think it could be a lot of fun if it worked well!
toutski | 08/02/2010 10:25
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Still looks like a sex toy…
- jimmy-google | 08/02/2010 10:30
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  And if it has rumble I’m sure there will be a few that use it as one.
- Tuffcub | 08/02/2010 10:35
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  It does doesnt it? Change the ball to something other than “fleshy pink” for the promo shots Sony!
- double-o-dave | 08/02/2010 10:57
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  Aren’t they still concept pictures?
  - shields_t | 08/02/2010 12:03
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    Yeah, I don’t think there have been any released pics of the finished dildo yet.
MUKARKAR | 08/02/2010 10:38
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breaking news. …
its snowing again
- jimmy-google | 08/02/2010 11:25
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  We’ve got snow here too (for the last 3-4 hours).
  - MUKARKAR | 08/02/2010 11:58
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    no way!! 2 hours here in sheffield
  - morbo1993 | 08/02/2010 12:24
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    we have had snow since nov. here in Norway