KillZone 2 uses FOUR-AND-A-HALF of the SIX cores in the PS3's CELL! (56k)

The magazine features 12 pages of Killzone 2 goodness, some of which mentions that four-and-a-half of the six cores of the PS3's Cell chip are being used by Killzone 2 at the moment. Guerrilla Games' Technical Directer, Michiel van der Leeuw also mentions, "Sony basically has an international forum for sharing character technology, animation tools and graphics shaders. ~ We've even taken a few tricks directly from the Resistance guys at Insomniac, and we've even been talking directly to the God of War guys in Santa Monica."

It looks as if Guerrilla is making the best of being a part of the Sony Computer Entertainment family.
The magazine also gives a decent run down the the previous two Killzone games and also reveals Jan Templar's(Killzone's original hero) new role in the Killzone universe. Check out the latest issue of EGM for the full scoop!killzoneunitdotcom

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If it's good, and I'm amazed and I ask :

"How did they do this?"

Then this would be great info, but until it's out, I'm just going to be cautious. They made an awesome PSP game, and an average PS2 game. Hype can hurt games more than help them.

It is just a shame that the RSX is a weak piece of junk. Holding the PS3 back.Kahuna_1

It's a good thing the CELL can act like a GPU. :)

Spin. Epic said Gears of War only used two of the cores on the 360 CPU.Sooshy

in fact, they said they`d maxed up the 360.

then they said they could do even better. then they announced Gears 2. with gears 2, i don`t doubt they`re saying they maxed it out. but when gears 3 is announced, then it will be maxed out.

If it's good, and I'm amazed and I ask :

"How did they do this?"

Then this would be great info, but until it's out, I'm just going to be cautious. They made an awesome PSP game, and an average PS2 game. Hype can hurt games more than help them.

SolidTy

wise words. but i think killzone 2, by it's own, is deserving the hype. never seen any bad preview, or any video or pic from it that doesn't impress me a lot.

What in the **** is that even supposed to tell me?

How is that supposed to make me more excited for this game?

Why can you not see that this is all corporate spin and trumped up PR bull ****?

Where is some damn info for the game itself, to actually tell me whether it will be worth jack ****?

All I've seen is some crappy, uninspired looking gameplay footage, and a metric ass ton of press releases saying that this will be "teh best game evah".

[QUOTE="Sooshy"]Spin. Epic said Gears of War only used two of the cores on the 360 CPU.SambaLele

in fact, they said they`d maxed up the 360.

then they said they could do even better. then they announced Gears 2. with gears 2, i don`t doubt they`re saying they maxed it out. but when gears 3 is announced, then it will be maxed out.

Yep info i really could care less about.... I don't care if it uses 4/6 of the cells. All that matters is if its better than KZ1 especially its targeting system. Though i guess its better than those "KZ2 will Pwn" threads with no backing or facts.

What in the **** is that even supposed to tell me?

How is that supposed to make me more excited for this game?

Why can you not see that this is all corporate spin and trumped up PR bull ****?

Where is some damn info for the game itself, to actually tell me whether it will be worth jack ****?

All I've seen is some crappy, uninspired looking gameplay footage, and a metric ass ton of press releases saying that this will be "teh best game evah".

jethrovegas

[QUOTE="SambaLele"]

[QUOTE="Sooshy"]Spin. Epic said Gears of War only used two of the cores on the 360 CPU.MojondeVACA

in fact, they said they`d maxed up the 360.

then they said they could do even better. then they announced Gears 2. with gears 2, i don`t doubt they`re saying they maxed it out. but when gears 3 is announced, then it will be maxed out.

Yeah that's true. They maxed out the ram not the processors. As a matter a fact I read the interview where they said Gears was only using 1 processor and not even all of that one! ;)

So the PS3 isn't capable of much more than this linear shooter? Weak. :(BioShockOwnz

i think that the TC is refering to GFXs, animations, environments, lightning effects, etc.....btw...have you already played it ?

how is it ??? tell us :)

http://www.xbox365.com/news.cgi?id=GGuHiuuLPL09141133 original source 1up.com

Gears only used 1 core...

Epic's own Cliff Bleszinski stated that the game is only running on the Xbox 360 whilst using one core at it's current state. Which should give you an idea on what this bad boy can do if it starts running on all three legs, something that I myself, am capable of.


According to Epic's Cliff Bleszinski, the game as it is running right now is only using one of the Xbox 360's three cores, and has been up and running on the final development kits for only about two weeks. The game had been running on Beta development kits for only a few weeks before that, so it's clear that the team at Epic is only getting started in terms of finding out how much power they can get out of the system.

Epic Vice President Mark Rein states he believes Gears of War has the potential to become a bigger franchise than Unreal for Epic, given its focus on storytelling and a strong single-player experience, and based on what we've seen of the game so far, we're inclined to believe him. Microsoft will be releasing new screenshots of the game when the Tokyo Game Show opens on Friday in Japan (U.S. time: 6:00 Thursday night), so check back soon for those and look out for more news on the game from Microsoft's X05 event early next month.

http://www.xbox365.com/news.cgi?id=GGuHiuuLPL09141133 original source 1up.com

Gears only used 1 core...

Epic's own Cliff Bleszinski stated that the game is only running on the Xbox 360 whilst using one core at it's current state. Which should give you an idea on what this bad boy can do if it starts running on all three legs, something that I myself, am capable of.


According to Epic's Cliff Bleszinski, the game as it is running right now is only using one of the Xbox 360's three cores, and has been up and running on the final development kits for only about two weeks. The game had been running on Beta development kits for only a few weeks before that, so it's clear that the team at Epic is only getting started in terms of finding out how much power they can get out of the system.

Epic Vice President Mark Rein states he believes Gears of War has the potential to become a bigger franchise than Unreal for Epic, given its focus on storytelling and a strong single-player experience, and based on what we've seen of the game so far, we're inclined to believe him. Microsoft will be releasing new screenshots of the game when the Tokyo Game Show opens on Friday in Japan (U.S. time: 6:00 Thursday night), so check back soon for those and look out for more news on the game from Microsoft's X05 event early next month.

Patriot298

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So the PS3 isn't capable of much more than this linear shooter? Weak. :(BioShockOwnz

The same could be said for Gears and the 360 :|. The visuals and atmosphere of KZ2 are clearly some of the most impressive this gen has yet to see. Not to mention the fact that MGS4 is "the most technically stunning video game ever made". You've become quite the fanboy lately... say what you like but the PS3's technical power is unquestionable at this point.

So the PS3 isn't capable of much more than this linear shooter? Weak. :(BioShockOwnz

Come back and tell us after you play it.

well, according to Kojima, they used every bit of the cell they could...

at the end of the day, who cares, haha, just make the game fun

R-Dot-Yung

They used the Cell in places seen and not seen ... if you know what I mean.

MGS4 is the graphics king of consoles and maybe overall from what all the editors and reviewers say. If KZ2 is more impressive visually than MGS4 PS3 is unquestioned the graphics king. Personally im skeptical if KZ2 spanks the mighty MGS4 in the visual department.

Seems the sky is the limit with the PS3 (GRAPHICS) and the 360 the limit is the sky aka GEARS 1 AND 2.

MGS4 is the graphics king of consoles and maybe overall from what all the editors and reviewers say. If KZ2 is more impressive visually than MGS4 PS3 is unquestioned the graphics king. Personally im skeptical if KZ2 spanks the mighty MGS4 in the visual department.

Seems the sky is the limit with the PS3 (GRAPHICS) and the 360 the limit is the sky aka GEARS 1 AND 2.

Gamersince81

Killzone 2 still has a ways to go yet and it will continue get better visually. KZ 2 may surpass MGS4 visually. However theres no way that KZ 2 will surpass MGS 4 in terms of "epicness."

Killzone 2 actually looks really great, I can't wait until 2011 when it's released :)Andrew_Xavier

I think you mean 2009.

[QUOTE="Andrew_Xavier"]Killzone 2 actually looks really great, I can't wait until 2011 when it's released :)nVidiaGaMer

I think you mean 2009.

Well, the delay announcements in 2009 will be dissapointing for sure, but, at least we know it'll come out on the ps4 as a real killer app.

[QUOTE="nVidiaGaMer"]

[QUOTE="Andrew_Xavier"]Killzone 2 actually looks really great, I can't wait until 2011 when it's released :)Andrew_Xavier

I think you mean 2009.

Well, the delay announcements in 2009 will be dissapointing for sure, but, at least we know it'll come out on the ps4 as a real killer app.

It will not get delayed and whats up with all these anti-PS3 personel?

[QUOTE="Andrew_Xavier"][QUOTE="nVidiaGaMer"]

[QUOTE="Andrew_Xavier"]Killzone 2 actually looks really great, I can't wait until 2011 when it's released :)nVidiaGaMer

I think you mean 2009.

Well, the delay announcements in 2009 will be dissapointing for sure, but, at least we know it'll come out on the ps4 as a real killer app.

It will not get delayed and whats up with all these anti-PS3 personel?

I'm overly pro-ps3 actually, if you look over my post history, or even see that I generally only rate my ps3 games, my blog has a long entry praising sony, I just have a feeling kz2 will get another delay, I mean HOME is getting the boot to 09, psn cards aren;t out, etc etc

It's like this, you could put ketchup, bbq sauce, salt and pepper, tabasco, any condoment you can think of on crap, but it'll still be crap, just like Killzone.

[QUOTE="SolidTy"]

If it's good, and I'm amazed and I ask :

"How did they do this?"

Then this would be great info, but until it's out, I'm just going to be cautious. They made an awesome PSP game, and an average PS2 game. Hype can hurt games more than help them.

SambaLele

wise words. but i think killzone 2, by it's own, is deserving the hype. never seen any bad preview, or any video or pic from it that doesn't impress me a lot.

There were no bad previews of KZ1 either, and look how that turned out...

[QUOTE="Sooshy"]Spin. Epic said Gears of War only used two of the cores on the 360 CPU.SambaLele

in fact, they said they`d maxed up the 360.

then they said they could do even better. then they announced Gears 2. with gears 2, i don`t doubt they`re saying they maxed it out. but when gears 3 is announced, then it will be maxed out.

BIA: Hell's Highway uses the Unreal engine and looks a lot better than Gears

Sorry fanboy but they maxed out the memory ram of the xbox360 no the hardware.
MojondeVACA

Doesn't make things much better now does it?

I could have a souped up Lamborgini (GPU) in my posession. But without gas (ram), it's not gonna get me very far down the road is it?

A year and a half as a PS3 owner, and i still dont know what the hell the cell does.Broman6015

Yeah. The CELL is very weird.

It is the CPU for the PS3 that has parts that can also act like a GPU. lol

[QUOTE="SambaLele"]

[QUOTE="Sooshy"]Spin. Epic said Gears of War only used two of the cores on the 360 CPU.MojondeVACA

in fact, they said they`d maxed up the 360.

then they said they could do even better. then they announced Gears 2. with gears 2, i don`t doubt they`re saying they maxed it out. but when gears 3 is announced, then it will be maxed out.

What about that was fanboyish?

He's just stating that devs state this crap all the time and we should ignore it.

[QUOTE="SambaLele"][QUOTE="SolidTy"]

If it's good, and I'm amazed and I ask :

"How did they do this?"

Then this would be great info, but until it's out, I'm just going to be cautious. They made an awesome PSP game, and an average PS2 game. Hype can hurt games more than help them.

krp008

wise words. but i think killzone 2, by it's own, is deserving the hype. never seen any bad preview, or any video or pic from it that doesn't impress me a lot.

There were no bad previews of KZ1 either, and look how that turned out...

hah no kidding, i remember in the good old days when i had a ps2, and not to mention all the hype from the ps2 magazines saying "killzone will be the new halo killer" ect ect. yeah sure it looked great in the previews.. but it was a massive fail when it came out.

lets just see what happens when its realeased before we make any assumptions and hope its not a flop like killzone 1.

cool the powa of the cell...but truth be told they can't really use the other spe's because one is dedicated to the Os and the other i forget...wait no 7 of the 8 spes are of use so why not use those extra spe's...oh yeah the cell has bottleneck issues i forgot about that, argh lol.LibertySaint

lol thats why it says SIX.

[QUOTE="Sooshy"]Spin. Epic said Gears of War only used two of the cores on the 360 CPU.SambaLele

in fact, they said they`d maxed up the 360.

then they said they could do even better. then they announced Gears 2. with gears 2, i don`t doubt they`re saying they maxed it out. but when gears 3 is announced, then it will be maxed out.

How do you use half a core? That is like using half a car.

It's like this, you could put ketchup, bbq sauce, salt and pepper, tabasco, any condoment you can think of on crap, but it'll still be crap, just like Killzone.

ReverseCycology

Awesome cant wait to read your full review of Killzone 2, when should I expect it to be posted?

How do you use half a core? That is like using half a car.

BosoxJoe5

that is like using half max-speed of the car...

[QUOTE="BosoxJoe5"]

How do you use half a core? That is like using half a car.

Ipik_Fenris

that is like using half max-speed of the car...

Half speed? Do you know anything about how CPU's work?

[QUOTE="ReverseCycology"]

It's like this, you could put ketchup, bbq sauce, salt and pepper, tabasco, any condoment you can think of on crap, but it'll still be crap, just like Killzone.

W1NGMAN-

Awesome cant wait to read your full review of Killzone 2, when should I expect it to be posted?

I was really talking about Killzone 1. I hope Killzone 2 comes out great, I can't wait.

I just hope we'll see some multiplayer footages soon, because the multiplayer is the make it or break it for the game.