Last night I was lucky enough to take my arse down to Leicester Square, a place that I would normally avoid at all costs, to play the latest build of the Killzone 2 campaign. The venue was the VUE cinema and the evening included a screening of Aliens. It also included a LOT of free alcohol, which on an empty stomach can play havoc with a man's brain.

Eurogamer offered 35 pairs of tickets for the event - at very short notice indeed. A friend of mine happened to win and I went along with him. When we got there we were greeted by men and women dressed in army gear with face paint. It was a nice touch, but even nicer was the trays of champagne floating around. Within two minutes I'd sat down at one of the many wide screen TVs, killed a few Helghan scumbags and necked two glasses of bubbly. I was in heaven.

I had a good chat with one of the Playstation promoters; a girl in cammo with a great military beret to match. It was only twenty minutes in and I was merry and talkative and she was pretty cool... A massive LBP fan for me to pour my heart out to about my custom level getting moderated. She was also very keen on Killzone 2 and we stood there gushing at the graphics.



Ten minutes and five glasses of champers later and I find myself propped up against the bar, looking around at the twenty odd TVs and two or three huge projector screens around the room. Beer was also free now and I was making the most of it. I'd had my Killzone fix and it was fantastic (although a build I'd played at the Eurogamer Expo in the past). They showed us a preview trailer for the game, which was pretty damn impressive and received a round of applause at the end. It had Brian Cox back as Scolar Visari... always a good thing and some mightily glorious graphical prowess on show.

We were then ushered into the screen to watch Aliens. There was a goodie bag awaiting us on the chair, containing a Resistance 2 t-shirt, Killzone 2 t-shirt, Playstation cup and some other bits and bobs - the bag itself was pretty sweet too. Anyways, I was too pissed up for the film so decided to go home and pick up some cans on the way. Big mistake, which I'm paying the price for today.

Happy days.