EL33TONLINE: News tag archive: vanquish
We’ve asked you before what your top pet peeves in gaming are, and we’ve even asked you what popular trends in gaming you wish would end, but with this Question of the Day, we’re flipping it around.
What favourite feature do you wish was in more games?
That header only makes sense if you watch this latest trailer for Anarchy Reigns, a game that’s increasingly looking like a completely over-the-top multiplayer brawling title from Platinum Games (Bayonetta, Vanquish).
Just in case you were scratching your noggin.
News from Japanese game magazine Famitsu has revealed that Platinum Games (Bayonetta, Vanquish) is currently working on a new title for both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 entitled ‘Max Anarchy.’
Rather than focussing on a single protagonist as in their previous titles, this game will feature an online mode with support for a “large number” of players, according to Platinum Games’ Atsushi Inaba.
Platinum Games was in real danger of releasing two serious ‘Game of the Year’ contenders in 2010, with Bayonetta earlier this year, and now Vanquish, the developer’s latest game.
Featuring at least a few new game mechanic tricks and a heap of gameplay refinements, Vanquish is at its heart a third-person cover-based action shooter in the same vein as Gears of War, only once you’ve seen all there is to see in Vanquish, and you’ve carved your way through every combat encounter you’re challenged with in this game, Gears of War’s gameplay situations will seem extremely tame in comparison.
Even during the tutorial I was shaking my head in disbelief at the insane abilities you have access to in Vanquish, and my eyes glazed over thinking of the possible gameplay scenarios to come – pure craziness was sure to ensue!
Not… quite.
I won’t deny that Vanquish includes insane battles with extreme amounts of visual insanity exploding all over the screen, but despite the fun of the core shooting gameplay matched with excellent levels that enable some memorable enemy encounters, the developers don’t do enough to fully exploit what’s unique about their game and unfortunately leave it to the player to have fun in their world, rather than manually renew and refresh the experience with effective pace changers and original challenges.
Continue reading El33tonline’s review of Vanquish.
ZeniMax Media (parent company of Bethesda Softworks and id Software) today announced that it has acquired Tango Gameworks, a game development studio founded and run by legendary game creator Shinji Mikami.
If you don’t know who Shinji Mikami is, then this wouldn’t be of much interest.
But if you knew that Mikami was the originator of the Resident Evil franchise, and has been heavily involved with renowned series such as Devil May Cry and Viewtiful Joe, as well as games such as God Hand and Vanquish, then the importance of the news increases dramatically.
Mikami said of the acquisition deal:
Debut title and massive RPG Fallout: New Vegas managed to become the top-selling game in the UK this past week, claiming No. 1 on Chart Track’s UK Software Sales listing after only two days on sale.
Fallout: New Vegas was able to effortlessly outclass the launch week performance of Bethesda Softworks’ previous Fallout title, Fallout 3 in 2008, as New Vegas racked up 29% more unit sales across its three platforms (PS3, Xbox 360 and PC).
SEGA and Platinum Games’ over-the-top action game Vanquish released across the US yesterday for both Xbox 360 and PS3, and to celebrate you can enjoy an incredible launch trailer for the game below.
Vanquish will be available on the 22nd of October in the UK and Europe. To pass the hours until then why not flip through our previous coverage for tons of screenshots and videos to get you in the mood.
I’m sorry fellow El33tonliners – in the past, I may have personally promised not to post up any more trailers or screenshots showcasing Vanquish in an effort to go on a ‘media blackout’ before the game’s release, but I just couldn’t help it.
This latest trailer is just too mighty.
Even though South African distributor Nu Metro’s line up of games showing at rAge 2010 was relatively low in content, it was huge on quality with heavy hitters like Dead Rising 2, Marvel VS Capcom 3 and Vanquish making an appearance at the show at the Coca Cola Dome in Johannesburg.
But the crown jewel of Nu Metro’s current crop of games is no doubt F1 2010, the just-released Formula One racing game for PC, Xbox 360 and PS3. Crowds continue to gather around the stand set up for the game, itching to get a turn on one of the driving seat/wheel combinations to try it out.
Vanquish, too, has proven to be a massive hit with gamers – once you start playing, you just can’t stop!
Check out a small selection of images El33tonline grabbed from the show floor of rAge 2010 (on day one of the event, mind) to get an idea of what Nu Metro’s presence is like:
To properly put Tokyo Game Show 2010 to bed, the organisers of the event, CESA, held the Future Division Awards ceremony to recognize the top ten videogames to be released in the next year.
The award winners are voted on by Tokyo Game Show attendees over the first three days of the event. This year there were 183 titles to choose from, but only ten could be voted as the best games of the next 12 months.
In no particular order, the ten chosen games were:
We’re all going to have to be a little bit careful going into the release of Vanquish, the next action title from Platinum Games and SEGA. We’ve already seen tons of screenshots and handfuls of videos, and a demo has been released.
It’s at about this time that we need to make sure we don’t overload ourselves with media from the game and burn out on it before it’s even released!
So it’s a good thing that this latest story trailer for the crazy-insane shooter contains healthy doses of both in-game footage and morsels of story hints to keep us going until next month:
Can it get any better than this? From previously released videos, screenshots and information regarding Platinum Games’ Vanquish, we know that the title is super fast-paced and filled with crazy amounts of action, explosions, huge robots and lasers.
Now, from the looks of this newly released Vanquish video, the developers have injected an epic story into the game as well!
So I ask again: Can it get any better than this? I say that it cannot!
Watch the awesome new Vanquish story trailer below:
For all of you European gamers out there whose primary gaming platform happens to be an Xbox 360, spare an eyeball for a minute because the demo for a new action game has just hit your Xbox LIVE Marketplace.
Even though the demo for Vanquish (the ‘action game’ in question) became available in North America over Xbox LIVE and PlayStation Network on Tuesday, and then on the European PlayStation Network yesterday, Xbox 360 gamers in Europe have had to wait until today to be able to download the taster.
Hot dang, we’ve got another major European PlayStation Store update on our hands!
Two massive demos for RUSE and Vanquish? Downloadable content for Bioshock 2, Split/Second and Kane & Lynch 2? Another episode of Sam and Max: The Devil’s Playhouse? Valkyria Chronicles II for PSP? Alien Breed: Impact?
Could this update have been any better?
Well, what if I told you there were also some great price offers on a bunch of cool games, as well as the usual assortment of Rock Band and Guitar Hero DLC, plus themes, Uncharted 2 Avatars and interesting videos?
Ladies and gentleman, the update just got better.
Head on down below to see the full list of content soon to become available on the European PlayStation Store:
It’s a big week on the US PlayStation Store with the much anticipated Castle Crashers finally arriving on the PS3. There’s also a new episode for Sam & Max along with three great demos: RUSE, Vanquish and Castle Crashers.
Of course you’ll also find a whole bunch of specials on the Store as well, especially since Tik Games and Creat Studios are having a sale on all their PlayStation Network titles including Smash Cars, Magic Orbz and Wakeboarding HD.
Check out the full list of new content now available on the US PlayStation Store below:
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