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Killzone: Mercenary

2013 76 / 100 Shooter
Killzone: Mercenary is a first-person shooter video game and the second handheld game in the Killzone series. For the first time in a Killzone campaign, players can fight alongside Helghast forces as well as ISA specialists, carrying out missions that regular soldiers cannot. As a mercenary, players are free to decide which tactics and load outs they will use to fulfill their contract; employers will reward players w Show full summary

Killzone: Mercenary is a first-person shooter video game and the second handheld game in the Killzone series. For the first time in a Killzone campaign, players can fight alongside Helghast forces as well as ISA specialists, carrying out missions that regular soldiers cannot. As a mercenary, players are free to decide which tactics and load outs they will use to fulfill their contract; employers will reward players with money if successfully completed. The game utilizes the PS Vita's touchscreen and rear touch panel.

World design Linear GameplayCombat-focused Game modeMultiplayer

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Starting just after the ending of the original Killzone, and revisiting many of the events from the Killzone trilogy, the game puts players in the rugged combat boots of a mercenary named Arran Danner. Danner, a former UCA soldier, has no qualms about taking on paid contracts from the ISA, as well as the Helghast.

GameplayCombat-focused Game modeMultiplayer GenreShooter ThemeAction ThemeBusiness ThemeScience fiction
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Studio & publishing

Developer
Guerrilla Cambridge
Publisher
Sony Computer Entertainment
Franchise
Killzone
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Spielprofil

Modi
Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
First person
Themes
Action, Business, Science fiction, Thriller
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Platform releases

  • PlayStation Vita Sep 04, 2013
  • PlayStation Vita Sep 10, 2013

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