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Vanquish features suicide and M rating

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ESRB has agreed and given Vanquish the M rating, for Mature audiences only. I was a bit shocked, since Mikami said he wanted to make the game about killing robots, if Halo is not rated M, why would this game?

I guess human soldiers can be killed, when they are killed or blown up, there is blood (and limbs). They also revealed that some cutscenes will have violence and one even has a random character committing suicide. As they say, assassinating himself.

[Via: Zombie Gamer]

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Vanquish will get downloadable content

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SEGA Japan have confirmed paid downloadable content will be hitting Vanquish. The first set of DLC are the three guns you see above and will be free for pre-order customers. The pack includes a Boost Machine Gun, Laser Canon and Anti Armor Pistol.

It has been confirmed that those who didn’t pre-order will be able to buy the weapons. Talking about Vanquish, Shinji Mikami has launched the blog for the game today.

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First gameplay trailer for VANQUISH

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Shinji Mikami’s VANQUISH gets its first gameplay trailer and it seems to have delivered on all fronts. At least to me, this looks like an excellent game.

I love the cheesy voice acting, I love how crazy fast, big explosions, and how it does not take itself seriously. Moving train levels, big bosses and fast combat? I want. Though the facial motion capture looks pretty bad.

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Kamiya speaks out about Bayonetta porn

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I guess Hideki Kamiya, director of Bayonetta, has never heard about rule 34 because he is shocked that someone would make pornography based on Bayonetta.

It seems there’s pornorgraphic doujinshi based off Bayonetta… There are fans who will resent that, and I hardly think those responsible [for the doujinshi] hold any love for the game…

Kind sir, it has been out ever since you showed off the game in 2008. That is what happens when you put a sexy female in your game.

[Source: Gamegrep]

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MadWorld director leaves Platinum Games

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Shigenori Nishikawa, director for the Wii exclusive MadWorld has left Platinum Games. The reason for his departure is unknown.

Though, he did not go that far away, he joined TANGO, Shinji Mikami’s studio. Seems that Platinum Games staff might be split with TANGO in the future? Who knows, but SEGA should try to work a publishing deal with them as well.

[Source: PGFaction]

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Shinobi character designer working on Vanquish

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Makoto Tsuchibayashi, character designer for games like Mega Man Legends (personal favorite of mine), Devil May Cry, Shinobi and Nightshade is working on Vanquish, they upcoming title by Platinum Games.

He confirmed his involvement via the hip social networking site twitter, by doing what all hipsters do, “tweeting.”

[Thanks Pao]

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New Vanquish screenshots!

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Now these are screens worth getting excited about! Bayonetta is easily one of
my favorite games this year and I just can’t wait to see what the boys at Platinum have in store with Vanquish!

Really what I want to see is some game play and maybe some new environments but I’ll take what I can get!

Enjoy these new screens, See more HERE!

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New action packed Vanquish screens

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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]

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First Vanquish screenshots released

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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!

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Rumor: Vanquish to be a shooter

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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!)

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