Killzone 2 demo hitting Euro PSN on Feb. 5 [update]

by Jason Dobson on Feb 2nd 2009 8:30AM

It looks like players won't have to wait until after Killzone 2 rolls onto store shelves to get their first taste of combat. A Sony Europe rep has revealed that a demo for the anticipated shooter will be available on the European PSN on February 5. It will be available on the US PSN at the same time, but only to those partaking in GameStop's pre-order deal. It appears the uncommitted will have to wait for a general PSN release on Feb. 26 -- or attempt subversion via a European account.

"I can confirm that this will be live on the PSN store on Thursday 5th February (same day as SCEA) across all SCEE PSN locales," wrote Sony Computer Entertainment UK Limited's Hugo Bustillos in an email. According to Bustillos, the demo will consist of the first two areas of 'Corinth River,' the game's first level, described as 'beach landing' and 'warehouse.' A tutorial will be included as well, ensuring that all ISA greenhorns will be up to speed when the full game arrives for the PS3 on February 27.

Update: It's live! [Thursday, Feb. 5, 11:00 am ET]

Curious about Killzone 2? Check out our expert opinion in the single-player review. Not enough for ya? Then proceed directly to our ridiculously informative FAQ, featuring everything from Trophies to button layout to multiplayer analysis, and more!

Tags: demo, fps, killzone, killzone-2, scea, scee, Sony-Computer-Entertainment-America, Sony-Computer-Entertainment-Europe

Reader Comments (133)

Sweet, so I don't need the Gamestop preorder then? I'll go cancel it. ^_^

Huh. I can't find anyway to cancel the pre order. 0_0

Help, anyone?

Walk into the store and have them move your $5 over to some other game. Though I seem to remember that you're not near a store or something, right? If so, you might be screwed...but at least you're assured a copy of the game, so that's something.

I live in England. XD

Anyways, I've just sent them email asking them to cancel it for me.

Hyams you ordered online????

why did U do that??? lol.....

didnt you read a few weeks back that the Demo would be on your PSN normal time???

oh and how are you liking all that snow?? lol

I thought it wouldn't arrive on the EU PSN until only a few days before release. *shrugs*

Also, the snow is annoying me. It just won't stop, and I can't go out anywhere.

Snowball fights in the house are fun though. =)

oh ok.

and snowball fights in the house use to be fun back in the day. hell you might wake up to a faceful of snow. lol

Crap, I can't cancel it online. Got to go down the store to do that, which is of course impossible.

Oh well, there goes £3.50 on a demo code I don't need...

damn, has it charged you already??? if not just put a stop on transactions coming from gamestop. lol

http://www.gamestop.com/Profiles/OrderTrackingLogin.aspx?CCTest=1

If you could send that code you don't need to me that would be much appreciated.
Email is stoneNbone420@gmail.com.

No interested but I'll post here nonetheless.

Your input is welcome.

OMG! I knew i was going to get the demo for free because of what SCEE said prior but this is excellent! That means i can get it before it comes out and i can get it in Europe. All i'm waiting for now is the review which is due on here today and the actual release date :).

This, Resident Evil 5 demo and Prince of Persia epilogue DLC will keep me stoked for a few months!

The same day as the halo wars demo.... what a coincidence.

Coincidence? More like 'what a blessing' :D

you going to buy the games anyway right...so why bother canceling the pre order...
you pre order at the store in person..or online...either way...there no canceling..it just 5.00 dallor down and 54.99 totall later anyway...unless you just wanted to forget that five dallor...yeah that the only way you can cancel you order ... i guess...

This Kills Halo wars anyday =/

Ah, so Killzone *is* a Halo killer after all.

:P

Well Halo Wars isnt even FPS.........

Halo Wars needs a bit of the Starcraft chemical, dark and sinister :)

BELIEVE

so people that pre-ordered @ Gamestop get nothing??? lol

Thanx Amazon!!!

You Saved me $10 AND I got a Home Outfit that I will only use a few times.......lol

ok so After the Clarification you guys made I guess I'll just use my EU Account.....lol

*high five*
Amazon is the way to go with this. KZ2 on Amazon also has free shipping and no tax, I guess both of those vary depending on where you live

Yep. I bought it yesterday from Amazon I didn't even know about this, just got it for the $52 deal. I will use the costumes though.

Good thing there is no Pre-Order deal for the Demo in the EU. Though it is sad i will not be wearing the home outfit anytime soon. SCEE will probably charge us like £6 for the whole suit. Go figure. I can't wait for the demo!

You can get an exclusive theme if you pre-order at play.com though

They're at £30 which is the cheapest I've seen, so I might as well.

Ouch! No demo, now i feel bad for those who cancelled their Pre-Order. Then again 75% of people are going to get it from the EU anyway.

Fuckin' Europe.

Way to get my hopes up like that, Joystiq. Well, at least I'll get to play Halo Wars that day.

Just make an EU account, and download it from the EU store.

What he said. Its pretty easy and quick.

yea I have an UK account.....and a HK account....and a JP account....

Big up the EU :P

Except the fact we usually get things last

Big up the fact Guerrilla is dutch :D

@Maverick........you damn sure didnt get Savage Moon Last........Waited a MOnth for that game

Ha! Serves you guys right for getting everything first or second.

Here's a question. Is there any way to set the PS3 to log in to a certain account on bootup? When I just had the U.S. account it logged me in automatically, but a while ago I created an EU account also and now I have to pick the account I want to log into everytime.

Can I make it just log into the US account automatically, and I'll just sign-out whenever I want to log in to the EU account?

Yes, there's a way.

Scroll over to 'Users', highlight the account you want, press Triangle, and change Automatic Login to 'on'.

Fenix, now we have to get some mp action going with Killzone. I keep saying each weekend I am gonna put time into MP only to get distracted. (PoP did it this weekend!) When KZ2 drops, I'm planning on logging some serious time.

@ Fenix: How do you create a EU account in the PSN ? Sorry, I don't know how to do it.

Making a account for a country you don't live in is Illegal but nearly everyone does it =/

Breaking the law, breaking the law.

Ram it Down...

illegal???

how so???

I think it violates Sony's EULA.

Not that anyone reads those things...

Not if nobody knows about it, wink wink

Not sure what world you live in, but I'm pretty sure there is no law against making a PSN account in a country you don't live in.

I read one a while back when I signed up........Dont recall seeing anything about making an account for somewhere you dont stay against the rules.......else why wouldnt they just LOCK it via IP address like they do the US Vid store?? or Home??

not to mention being against the EULA doesnt make it illegal does it?? just makes it Against the rules of the EULA

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