Killzone is coming back — Guerrilla is working with People Can Fly on a remake

PlayStation's long-absent first-person shooter series Killzone is reportedly heading back, with Guerrilla Games teaming up with Polish studio People Can Fly on a remake or remaster. The franchise has been dormant since Killzone: Shadow Fall launched alongside the PS4 in 2013 — a 13-year gap that's left Sony without a credible exclusive FPS while Call of Duty moved firmly into Microsoft's orbit after the Activision acquisition.

According to MP1st, the project is in very early development. The most likely candidate for a remake is the original 2004 PS2 Killzone, though no specific title has been officially confirmed by Sony or Guerrilla.

The studio behind it

People Can Fly are a natural fit for a project like this. The Warsaw-based studio built its reputation on fast, visceral shooters — Painkiller, Bulletstorm, and Outriders are all on their CV. In March 2025, they signed a co-development agreement with PlayStation, codenamed Project Delta, to work on an existing Sony IP. Multiple outlets, including VGC, now point to Killzone as the most likely result of that deal.

The outsourcing model matters here. Guerrilla is not leading development — the studio's current priority is Horizon Hunters Gathering, a co-op shooter that was recently rebooted away from a live-service format following negative feedback. Full-scale production on Killzone won't begin until that project ships or is cancelled. The one firm signal: Killzone is expected to arrive before Horizon 3.

PlayStation's FPS gap

The timing makes sense strategically. Sony has had no answer to Call of Duty since mothballing Killzone over a decade ago. Helldivers 2's breakout success in 2024 showed that PlayStation players still have an appetite for multiplayer shooters, but Helldivers is a third-person game — it doesn't fill the same slot.

A Killzone comeback, even in remake form, would give PlayStation a first-party FPS for the first time in years. The question is capacity: People Can Fly are simultaneously juggling projects with 2K, Krafton, and Microsoft, which raises realistic questions about bandwidth.

DualShockers note that MP1st's report flags these plans as preliminary — subject to change at any point. No release window, platform details beyond PS5, or official announcement has been made.