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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Sony’s showing at Play.com Live was secretive before the event and it might not be too hard to see why.

The rumoured Killzone 2 trailer was not new. There was no new footage. It was the 2007 E3 reveal trailer, in a heavily compressed form. Dissappointing, folks.

We were expecting a playable LittleBigPlanet. In fact, I was heavily looking forward to getting my hands on it, and you’d think UK developer’s game would be at this UK event. Another old trailer was there to greet us. Sony are holding this one back.

Oh, and God of War on the Playstation 3? Last year? Oh yes, Ripten was the first to experience God of War: Chains of Olympus for the PSP advertised on an HDTV and under the Playstation 3 logo.

There were, however, playable games. Buzz PS3 made one of its first playable showings, which is especially nice to see since the developers are based in Brighton, UK.

Gran Turismo 5 Prologue made a glowing showing, with full arcade set-ups challenging noob gamers in the impressively rendered London setting to score their best lap. Fastest times won the up-and-coming GT5P PS3 bundle. Echochrome walked in after Everybody’s Golf 5, and God of War PSP broke my fingers.

There were other playable Playstation 3 games on show, including Devil May Cry 4, Unreal Tournament 3, Burnout Paradise, Army of Two, Bourne Conspiracy, Lost Planet, Soul Calibur IV, Condemned 2, Rainbow Six Vegas 2, Lego Indiana Jones, Race Driver: Grid, Rock Band, Guitar Hero 3, and the PS3 exclusive Haze.

The advertised Resident Evil 5 and Street Fighter IV once again only made trailer appearences, but at least this was better than Star Wars: The Force Unleashed’s depressing effort.

In-depth game impressions still to come.

It was revealed last month that a Blu-ray disc wasn’t big enough to hold all languages for the upcoming Metal Gear Solid 4. Since all previous Playstation 3 games have resorted to the more constricted 25GB Disc, it was unclear whether MGS4 was to stray from this trend.

In a Konami retailers meeting yesterday, it was exposed that the game would be produced on a 50GB Blu-ray disc.

Ryan Patyon announced on the Kojima Report Podcast that US/European copies of MGS4 would not contain a Japanese voiceover and visa versa:

Unfortunately because of disc space, we don’t have the space to include other languages, other voice over files for the respective versions.

So the Japanese version’s not gonna have English voiceover, and the North American and European versions won’t have Japanese voiceover.

Many presumed that Kojima decided to go with a 25gb Blu-ray disc to save on costs, but it was yesterday revealed in a Konami retailers meeting that the game is the biggest of the series, and will be presented on a 50GB disc.

What’s taking up so much space we can only imagine. There will be hours of high-quality surround sound, and perhaps HD movies even though previous series had cutscenes rendered in real-time. How much space is taken up by game assets is unknown, but the release of MGS4 might be the greatest production of double-layer Blu-ray discs in the format’s short history.

Source: Gamesmaya