Here are new screenshots of Platinum Games’ Vanquish, directed by Shinji Mikami. The game has had a projected released date for Winter 2010 in Japan, nothing announced for the West yet.
The game will be coming out on both Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.
[Source: Gamermint]
This is something I always wanted to do on a Sunday, this will be a weekly feature where I post links to stories in gaming for the week that I liked or seen around. This means it won’t be SEGA related, most likely.
So what stories did you guys read this week that you guys liked?
OK, they are not really scans, more like pictures. We lied, give us a break, scans sound better than saying “Vanquish OXM Preview pictures.”
“However, this has to be the most intense game we’ve seen since Gears of War 2.”
Am I the only one that thinks the Gears of War games are slow and not very well designed? Can’t go into the dark? Really? The game is looking great, lets hope its nothing like Gears of War.
[Thanks NiGHTS]
A lot of people are very worried when it comes to licensed games or when it comes to resurrecting a franchise. I don’t blame them; I was the same way when I heard that Aliens vs. Predator was coming back. After having a couple of weeks of hands on time, is it what I expected?
The new corporate trend is to show off how many people have downloaded your demo and it seems that SEGA is joining the club, now boosting AVP numbers. 4.1 million people have downloaded the demo, many of those have went out and purchased their own copy.
This beat out EA’s Battlefield Bad Company 2 demo that boosted 3.5 million downloads.
Lets be honest, you can’t see anything on those blurry screenshots released in the Famitsu magazine; so the boys at Platinum Games have decided to release screens for the game.
I got to be honest, this game looks a ton better than Lost Planet, color me interested; especially after seeing it will have fast combat. To see the rest of the shots and description of the game, hit the jump!
The Famitsu magazine (same one that showed the new Project Diva game) also has an interview with Shinji Mikami, director of Vanquish. He confirms that the game will be out by Winter 2010 (at least in Japan) and that it is not a ‘normal’ shooter. You won’t be shooting humans, only robots.
One thing I do see in the magazine though, is that it is a multi-platform game, not an exclusive as rumored before. Maybe this PS3 port will be better than Bayonetta? I hope so. Also screens make it look like a fast paced 3rd person shooter.
[Source: Allgamesbeta]
After the success of Aliens vs Predator, it is not very shocking to hear that Aliens: Colonial Marines is back in development. But we have gotten it confirmed by Gearbox Software boss Randy Pitchfork.
“We have an Aliens game with Sega and 20th Century Fox which we’re really excited about, It’s the thing I’ve been stealing from all my career. Now I’m really working on it, but we’ve been quiet about that so far.”
We expect to hear more about this title in the upcoming months or possibly closer to E3. We hope that this time around, it is actually released! Maybe they can even get that Aliens RPG back in development?
[Source: MCVUK]
SEGA has released some new Resonance of Fate themes in Japan, first up are the PS3 ones. Sadly, they are not dynamic themes, just premium. Meaning it has a static wallpaper and custom icons. There are 2 versions, one called A-Type that features 1 out of the 5 characters from the game and its own icons that have a sort of broken glass look. B-Type is all Reanbell and that theme is shown above.
Hit the jump to see the rest of the themes, including the Xbox 360 premium themes.
Jason Kingsley, CEO of Rebellion, has stated that Aliens vs Predator has been a huge success for the company, so much so that they are already in talks with SEGA to do a follow-up game. This doesn’t mean support for the newly release title is over, they are still planning some DLC.
“We’re also in discussions with Sega about ongoing support for AvP, and also about a sequel to the game,” – Jason Kingsley
Hopefully if SEGA is going to publish another AvP game, that they don’t forget about Aliens: Colonial Marines.
[Source: Gamerzines]
SEGA of Europe have just tweeted that Aliens vs. Predator is the fastest selling game of the year, in the UK. This means it beat heavy weight titles like Mass Effect and even their own Bayonetta.
“News just in; AvP is the fastest selling game this year and also no.1 in the all-formats chart here in the UK.“
I guess critical reception is not needed to sell megaton copies, you just need to sprinkle some badass license characters and watch it explode.
Apparently a man known as Paul Wendling (pictured above) who worked on the CGI/Real Time trailer for Platinum’s new game Vanquish has given some interesting insight into the game.
Including information on the game play and the functions of the suite.
With out further ado, hit the jump to find out more!
There have been a ton of rumors flying around about Vanquish, the new title by Platinum Games. One of the rumors was that it was a Playstation 3 exclusive because of a leak were SEGA mentioned it might have PSP connectivity and after the trailer hit the internet, everyone assumed it was a shooting game. It seems that both rumors might be correct, according to the Official Playstation Magazine podcast.
“Next time we’ll be talking shooters with Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, Vanquish and another very special game yet to be announced.”
Sure this does not make it a Playstation 3 exclusive, but I have yet to see any signs to point at a 360 version and we all know that Mikami is not scared of going exclusive. See: Resident Evil: Code Veronica and Resident Evil 4. Also the guys at OPM have said its a shooter…
(Yes, I know that everyone is excited about the ‘very special game’ that is yet to be announced, that is cool, but its not a SEGA game!)
There has been little to no After Burner Climax information, so we are posting the little information SEGA has posted online. First of all we have a new trailer, that is fast and full of action above.
In one of the game’s blog updates, producer Toru Murayama confirmed that the game will not have online co-op. They decided to “hold off” on the feature after talking with the original arcade team. The game will be shown in playable form next week in the Xbox 360 Shooting Festa.
Hit the jump to see the options screen!
The talking head behind the microphone for Inside Xbox goes and visits Sumo Digital to talk about Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing. If you want to know about why Sonic name is in the title, how Banjo tie-in came along and avatars check out the video.