According to a YouTuber specializing in virtual reality, Killzone VR could be announced on PlayStation VR 2. He gave a brief look behind the scenes of a turbulent development.
On the eve of a new State of Play dedicated to PS5 and PS VR 2 games, a serious rumor has surfaced about a Killzone VR in development. Explanations.
Killzone VR for the release of PS VR 2?
This Thursday, June 2, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. Sony Interactive Entertainment talks for 30 minutes about the future of the PS5 and its third-party games, but also about PS VR 2 titles. PSVR Probationone of the announcements could be Killzone VR.
He explains it in his latest videoA virtual reality Killzone game has reportedly been in development at Supermassive Games for the PSVR 1 for several years. After producing the excellent Until Dawn: Rush of Blood and the more questionable The Inpatient / Bravo Team, Sony went into the studio to entrust them with the Guerrilla Games franchise. It would be one of their PlayStation exclusives, which haven’t shown a sign of life since 2018. Problem, not everything went as planned.
Apparently the developer wasn’t happy with the progress made by Supermassive Games and would have preferred to take the game in hand and develop it themselves. Information that would date back to 2019. The rest is theory. PSVR Word suggests that given the software wasn’t coming out anytime soon, the manufacturer would have had no interest in developing this Killzone VR for a helmet waiting to be put away. Because of this, he tends to believe that Sony has moved its project straight to PS VR 2 and that it could even be a launch game.
Can the license be returned?
Killzone VR would be one of the 20 big games for the launch of PS VR 2. Is that possible? Yes. PSVR Word really did its job by revealing a preview of PlayStation VR 2’s technical specifications and confirming the rumor about the next State of Play.
But if the development has been taken over internally, who takes care of it? Guerrilla Games (Horizon Forbidden West), the creators of the saga, would they have agreed to come back to it? In any case, the studio has an element in their ranks that can help them revitalize the franchise. In fact, Simon Larouche, a former Ubisoft who worked on Rainbow Six Siege, joined the structure in 2018. Firesprite, one of the newest PlayStation studios, would also be a good candidate. They are behind Horizon Call of the Mountain, another IP guerrilla game adapted in VR.
To see if PlayStation really wants Killzone to return or not, because in 2021 we remember that the official site has closed its doors.
