En attendant de nous faire saliver à l'E3 - on croise les doigts - Killzone 3 refait surface avec quelques éléments scénaristiques inédits.
 
Une récente interview accordée par Hermen Hulst, co-fondateur de Guerrilla Games, a ainsi été l'occasion d'apprendre que ce nouveau volet permettrait de découvrir la culture helghane et d'affronter non plus un mais deux ennemis en lutte pour succéder au despotique Visari.
 
À ce propos, Hermen Hulst déclare : « ...dans ce titre, nous allons surtout visiter de nouveaux endroits de la planète. Nous allons aussi vous faire goûter à la culture des Helghasts en remplaçant une seule et unique Nemésis par deux gars qui s'affrontent pour le pouvoir. De ce fait, le contexte sera quasiment celui d'une guerre civile. »

Got hold of a HUGE version of the Killzone 3 trailer (59.94fps - yes!). Definitely in-game and seems to have MLAA
http://twitter.com/digital_foundry [...] 6069843537

It's clear, though, that Guerrilla isn't just throwing the effect on and leaving it at that. There's been a conscious effort to not only make sure elements like the aforementioned HUD are maintained in a way that doesn't pull the viewer out of the 3D experience, but that things like the added depth won't let 3D gamers actually have an unfair advantage while playing in multiplayer. It's actually easier to see "around" doorways because of the added depth, and it's something that will be considered for multiplayer (which, of course, they weren't talking about). One final bit of gushing about the 3D: Killzone 3 uses an intelligent set of crosshairs that actually read the environment to see where you're looking. Point at something behind a pole and the crosshairs will slip behind it. Point at the pole and the crosshairs will slip on top. It's a damned impressive effect, and one that happens seamlessly enough that you'd probably never notice it if it wasn't pointed out. We certainly didn't.  
 
There is one major upside to an engine being built for 3D, and if all you naysayers that just can't get behind something that adds this much to a game's sense of immersion see no other positives to the technology, know this: having the engine pull double duty as a 2D/3D hybrid has meant the necessary improvements to the framerate to keep the 3D sync up have paid dividends when playing the game "normally" -- despite the game being 10 times bigger in size than the last outing. The framerate was most definitely above 30 frames a second in many spots, no doubt playing toward the more responsive feel to the controls, but it should be noted that despite all the improvements to the game's detail levels and scope, clearly plenty has been done in optimizations to make it run better too.