A lot of PS3 owners were pretty disappointed to hear that Killzone 2 had been delayed yet again, this time into February 2009. Of course, a delay normally raises questions about whether the development team ran into some serious problems or if this was for business reasons. Turns out, it’s pretty much exactly like Chris hypothesized earlier: there were just too many PS3 shooters coming out during the holiday season, so one of them had to go. Sony’s Ron Eagle recently stepped in on the Playstation Blog to clarify the specific reasons for the delay:

Just wanted to add a quick reply on the “delay” of Killzone 2 to Feb 2009. To be clear, there is nothing wrong or causing a delay to the development of the title. We (SECA) had to look at the fall calendar with SOCOM, LittleBigPlanet, MotorStorm: Pacific Rift, Resistance 2, plus some PSN titles and make a decision where each game should come out. Killzone 2 was moved to Feb 2009 to make sure we didn’t have three shooters in the marketplace competing for retail dollars during the same holiday season. The game will be great and it will be out in Feb 2009 in both Europe and North America.

Hope this helps - alot of times we gamers read delay and think something is wrong, in this case, it was a pure management decision.

So it’s pretty much a good news/bad news scenario. The game is still on schedule, but it’s being pushed back to give it a fair shot in terms of sales. Still, based on recent screens and trailers, I’m betting it’ll be worth the wait.

Via Playstation Blog

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