10 Video Games Sold On Lies

10. Killzone 2 (2009) - Fake E3 Trailer

Game announcements are the developer's chance to show off their game on a massive stage to get people excited about it. Unfortunately, though, such announcements have a habit of being less than honest with audiences. One of the most infamous examples of this was the trailer for Killzone 2.

During E3 2005, developers Guerilla Games unveiled a trailer for their shooter sequel that would be released on the upcoming PlayStation 3. Made to look like actual gameplay, the footage showed a group of soldiers fighting their way through enemy forces.

It was frantically paced, action packed, and looked a little too good to be true.

...that’s because it was.

It turned out that the footage wasn’t running on the PlayStation 3 as claimed. Instead, it was a pre-rendered CGI trailer designed to look like a section of gameplay. After the lie was outed, the studio only made matters worse by doubling down on their misdirection by stating that the trailer was a “target render” for what they hoped the final game would look like.

Although Killzone 2 was positively received when it launched in 2009, its main legacy was teaching audiences to take game reveals with a huge pinch of salt.