Although Guerilla Game’s love child has been delayed until 2009, most likely to avoid big name titles like Resistance 2 and Gears of War 2, SCEE’s Playstation day brought us the rare treat of real Killzone 2 gameplay footage. 

First off, how about a spangley new trailer?

What we really want is a full run through of the playable demo, and so we can share Jeuxvideo’s off-screen footage with you here.

If you want to gawk at some 720p gameplay footage, Gamersyde will fulfil your needs at this link.

Though we will get juicy new info and possibly footage of Killzone 2 today, Sony’s Playstation Day also brings the sad news that Killzone 2’s release has been pushed forward into 2009.

David Reeves, who is currently presenting to a crowd of hungry journalists, has revealed that Killzone 2 will not release until February of next year.  At least, that’s the release date for Europe.

The thought that Resistance 2 and Killzone 2 would compete was always worrying, but it’s now amusing to think that Insomniac will have put out three Playstation 3 games by the time Guerilla release their first.

Source: Gamespot

*Update* -  15 minutes of gameplay footage is on the way, so sit tight.  For now, enjoy this new image posted by Gamersyde.

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Playstation Day. Tomorrow. London.  Be there or be round.  Sadly we weren’t invited, but much of the top tier European press will be getting a lucky look at Playstation’s exclusive 2008 titles.  Resistance 2 is confirmed, and the slight promise of a new Killzone 2 demo should make tomorrow a day to remember.

The potential was always there for a storm, with Sony’s new worldwide president Kaz Hirai flying into the capital to give a keynote speech.  Appearances of Playstation Home, Play TV and even LittleBigPlanet are expected, but further surprises might be waiting. 

Insomniac have confirmed the first playable demo of Resistance 2, but only excited press previews and screenshots will exit closed doors.  The first gameplay footage will have to wait until June 13th. However, everything appears to be set for Resistance 2 to impress tomorrow, as expressed by Insomniac’s James Stevenson on Neogaf:

We are off to dinner, but rehearsals went well, Resistance 2 is up and running on its three kiosks and we had a nice game going with the boys in Burbank.

It’s Insomniac’s podcast host who also lifts the curtains on a possible Killzone 2 showing.  In response to a pessimistic neogaffer who said Killzone 2 won’t make an appearance tomorrow, James Stevenson simply says:

Wrong.

Consider us intrigued. So what do we get out of all this?  Well, tomorrow will see an early European Playstation Store update, with a HAZE demo at top billing.  That’s not all.  Two more demo’s, The Bourne Conspiracy and Race Driver: GRid, will take their place on the store this Thursday, along with footage from tomorrow’s event. Interest rising…

*Update* - Here’s the list of content to be shown at Sony’s Playstation day held in London’s O2 venue (the failed Millennium Dome to you and me):

Music:
* Guitar Hero 3
* SingStar PS3 Vol. 2
* SingStar Summer Party
* Dancing Stage Supernova 2
* Movement

Film and Art:
* Blu-ray / BD Live – Sphe
* Lego Batman
* Wall-E
* Kung Fu Panda
* Ghostbusters
* Siren: Blood Curse
* Photo Application
* Movement
* Sponsorships – FWIC Video

Travel:
* Go! Explore
* PlayTV – PSP
* Buzz!: The Master Quiz
* Everybody’s Golf 2
* Secret Agent Clank
* Echochrome
* Crisis Core
* Space Invaders Extreme

Sports:
* MotorStorm Pacific Rift
* Everybody’s Golf: World Tour
* GT5 Prologue
* Euro 2008
* Beijing Olympics
* High Velocity Bowling
* WipEout HD

Friends and Family:
* Buzz!: Quiz TV
* Buzz!: Master Quiz
* EyeToy: Pom Pom Party
* EyeToy: Heroes
* PlayTV
* Echochrome
* Go! Messenger / Skype
* Buzz! Junior Jungle Party
* Elefunk
* PixelJunk Eden
* PlayStation Network
* Folding@Home

Creation:
* LittleBigPlanet
* My SingStar Online
* PlayStation Eye

Intense Action:
* Killzone 2
* Mirror’s Edge
* Super Stardust HD Team

Clan:
* Resistance 2
* SOCOM Confrontation
* Haze
* Warhawk Operation: Broken Mirror
* PlayStation Home

Source: Eurogamer

The Killzone forums have awakened and a Guerrilla developer answers questions where he can. Killzone 2 should get very close to their target movie and in some ways will exceed it.

The rumour merchant Surfer Girl lets it slip that Killzone 2 won’t just be the “biggest multimedia project in Dutch history“, but will be the most expensive videogame at a whopping $60 million. This figure hardly seems worth it. A very dubitable rumour.

Surfer Girl continues to muse:

A nice portion of the team at studio Cambridge is assisting in development. To top this off the game may be pretty but it’s barely mediocre and past the point of no return.

The September release date floating around will without doubt be missed if Guerrilla sticks to their intention of not releasing the game until its done which will be early next year.

It’s not surprising that Guerrilla should be having, since they’ve set their sights so high. Will they meet September without jeopardising the quality of the title? This is a dilemma all developers face.

Nonetheless, Surfer Girl isn’t the only one speaking up. Guerrilla developer EON speaks to the fans:

I think there are certain things in the 2005 target movie that are easy to do in a movie but rather harder to do in a game.

In general I’d say that we exceeded it in certain areas and either met or came damn close to meeting the rest of it.

This should restore some faith, especially when the cooperation with other Sony studios is so high:

Suffice it to say that there is a definite spirit of cooperation between studios within the Sony family. We help each other out to achieve our goals and to get the very best out of the PS3’s architecture.

I could give you a long spiel about Corporate strategy and our position within the Sony Family, but it’s easiest to say that we are lucky enough to work with both SCEE and SCEA closely. We have cordial relations with SCEJ too.

Whatever the state of the game, I’m sure we’ll find out more about it at this year’s GDC.

Source: Killzone 2 Forums