Guerrilla Working on New IP, More Killzone

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Lee Bradley

Guerrilla Games’ Studio Art Director Jan-Bart van Beek recently revealed that Guerrilla Games are currently working on three different games. Perhaps most interestingly, only two of those are related to the Killzone series.

Speaking during his talk at GDC last week, van Beek said that those three games are; the Vita version of Killzone (developed by Sony Cambridge who are now part of Guerrilla), the continuation of the Killzone series on PS3 and a brand new IP.

When it comes to the continuation of the Killzone series on PS3, that doesn’t necessarily mean another sequel. It could well mean support for the multiplayer aspect of the game, which now exists as a standalone PSN experience. van Beek wouldn’t specify.

He was more open about the new game though. Apparently, team members were encouraged to pitch their ideas, before voting narrowed the concepts down from 32 to just four. van Beek said games themed around zombies, werewolves, steampunk and Ghost in the Shell were pitched amongst those initial ideas.

He even went on to detail one of the concepts that was iterated upon, though it ultimately came nothing. It was the steampunk game. Starting as a steampunk Sherlock Holmes adventure, where the detective fought monsters, it developed into a game called Dark Science. Dark Science featured a gritty character called Jake Crowbar. That's right, Jake Crowbar. Awesome.

Unfortunately, however, Jake Crowbar and his game never came to fruition. Unlucky, Jake.

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  • "The continuation of Killzone on PS3." Hmmmm... more and more hints as to the continuity of this gen of consoles...
  • love the idea of Having killzone on the vita and the continuation of the saga on the ps3! but can someone explain what the IP thing is about?
  • Man, I could totally work in the games industry. I'd make a game with a protagonist named Billy Hammer, he'd just hammer shit in a Dystopian city. Done.
  • Faught? Seriously? Come on, guys, don't you have spellcheck?
  • Killzone 2 and 3 werent terrible enough that they have to go and make even worse games? /sigh
  • double post,but @2 "Intellectual property" basically means a new idea/series/game not based on any current/exsisting media
  • @3 You have no idea how hard it is to come up with an original IP, the amount of times you'll find yourself just sticking two exsisting games together is amazing. Also I call dibs on Billy Hammer.
  • The way Killzone 3 ended, Yeah they're so working on a Killzone 4. You CAN'T fool me GG!!
  • @1 Considering that Guerrilla is "currently working on" a new Killzone for PS3, that's not necessarily true. It could have been in production since Killzone 3 released. Killzone Vita sounds like fun. By the time I actually get a Vita, they'll be plenty of games for me to enjoy.
  • @4 I have NO idea what you're talking about. :)
  • Alot of people including my self werent too happy with Killzone 3... I remember them saying that they want to make the game better in every aspect like Uncharted 2 did compared to the first one, they pretty much made it worse, specially in the multiplayer aspect, the game ending was a little lame in my taste, no real boss battle like in the 2nd game. So now when the trilogy thing is out of the way, they can go and make a good game again, right?
  • Jake Crowbar sounds like a badass name. Must be the name Gordon Freeman would of thought for his weapon. Cant wait to see more on the steampunk project.
  • @9 Either way, if we haven't heard about it yet, then we can safely assume that it's not coming out this year, which means either 2013 or 14, which means the PS3 has to have at least another year or two. Same deal with Halo 4. If the 720 was coming out in 2013, then they would just wait and make it for that.
  • Make the Vita version and the 'new' PS3 killzone 4 or whatever work together, similar to MGS:PW but way better - somehow?
  • Killzone one the vita, excellent when i get one. Killzone 4 is most likely on the horizon due to Kz3's ending and im really looking forward to another solid SP experience as KZ3's SP is the best FPS sp ive ever played. It was amazing. New IP aye, i think a game about werewolves would be interesting.
  • Pretty awesome I love the killzone games. Hopfully in the new one they will have offline matches instead of all the multiplayer online.
  • A Ghost in the Shell game would be really great
  • Got to buy a ps4 then
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