Killzone 2 and 3 Multiplayer Servers Going Offline on March 29 - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 21 December 2017 / 5,445 Views

Sony Interactive Entertainment and Guerrilla Games announced it will shut down the multiplayer servers for both Killzone 2 and Killzone 3 on March 29th, 2018.

"The single player campaign for both games will remain accessible, but online play and related functionality will no longer work," said Guerrilla Games in a blog post.

"As we near the end of the online lifecycle for Killzone 2 and Killzone 3, we’d like to express how grateful we are for all the support and feedback we’ve received from the community over the last eight years. Your enthusiasm is what drove us to hone our craft and grow as a studio. We hope you enjoyed playing Killzone 2 and Killzone 3 online as much as we did creating them."

Killzone 2 was released for the PlayStation 3 on February 26, 2009, while Killzone 3 was released for the PlayStation 3 on February 22, 2011.

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15 Comments

bananaking21 (on 21 December 2017)

Shame. Killzone 2 was the best multiplayer I ever played

Kerotan (on 21 December 2017)

Perfect time for a k3 and k2 ps4 remaster

Mr Puggsly Kerotan (on 21 December 2017)

I would mind that. Maybe even remake the first game with the Shadowfall engine. But I dont think they would bother porting the multiplayer. It wasnt very popular, Uncharted remasters didnt have multiplayer either.

Kerotan Kerotan (on 22 December 2017)

I don't actually care that much if they remastered the multilayer although I did enjoy killzone 2. Someone like Cambridge studio would have been perfect but I guess their gone. I'd also enjoy a remaster of the first. Maybe blue hole will when they are done with SoTC

Knitemare (on 21 December 2017)

The only FPS that I played for real (the only one where I was good at) online. Good memories.

COKTOE Knitemare (on 21 December 2017)

Somebody downvoted you for this...seriously. Anyways, I owned and played 2 and 3, but only tried the campaign. Always kinda regretted not giving the multiplayer a spin, because from all accounts it was quite good.

hunter_alien Knitemare (on 21 December 2017)

Here guys, take an upvote from me :-) Loved both titles and even tough I usually got my ass kicked I still loved them :-)

Knitemare Knitemare (on 22 December 2017)

hahaha, no worries, when I said i was good at it, I meant that I got kicked my ass NOT so hard like in other FPSs. I liked multiplayer because, as the videogame was gory, when you shot another player, and blood started spraying off, it felt like you were really hurting them Xp

ROCKY223 (on 22 December 2017)

my mind exploded when i first time played killzone 2 at an electronics store it was beautiful to say the least

Mr Puggsly (on 21 December 2017)

Kinda surprised theyre still running. Honestly, KZ2 multiplayer was pretty much dead when KZ3 released and that game didnt have a big population either. Which is why they released a multiplayer only version on PSN for like 7 bucks. Futhermore, the PS4 game saw a fast population decline. This series never had a very active MP.