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Insomniac Games the creators of the Resistance franchise and Ratchet & Clank series seem to be quite fond of the work that Platinum Games is putting into Vanquish, citing it as a stand out title from E3.

According to Insomniac’s Community Specialist, Paul Featherstone, Vanquish is best described as: Read the rest of this entry »

Solid Snake isn’t the only action hero that takes a smoke break from time to time…Sam Gideon from Platinum Game’s Vanquish likes to unwind from battling gun fire with a cigarette, unprotected sex, a little post-coitus Casshern, and some black coffee…

Okay, I made up the coffee and sex part but check out the gallery:

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_{[Source: Playstation Insider]}

Tick, Tick, BOOM!

SEGA of Japan has issued a pre-order bonus for the upcoming Vanquish called the…wait for it…the Vanquish Limited Weapon Pack!

The pack includes three weapons: Boost Machine Gun, Laser Canon and Anti Armor Pistol. The content is also scheduled to appear as paid DLC sometime down the line. There has been no confirmation if this will make it to the West but I imagine it will. Hit the jump pictures:  Read the rest of this entry »

Japan has a firm release date for Vanquish and earlier in the day I was speculating when the title will come out West but apparently I missed the memo that the title was coming out in North America and Europe in October as well.

According to Siliconera:

_{“It appears that Sega is preparing a worldwide launch, a first for PlatinumGames. Back at E3, Sega confirmed October as the month for Vanquish in North America and Europe.”}

Nice…now I just need to decide whether or not to go with the PS3 version or the Xbox 360 one. Hmm…the game is being built on the PS3. [Update] SEGA has actually announced the European release date of October 22, 2010 with the DLC pre-order pack in tow.

_{[Source: Siliconera]}