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Vanquish, the latest title from Platinum Games and Sega, also marks the first game in nearly four years with Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami sitting on the director's chair. "The game is about 80 percent done," he told Famitsu magazine this week. "The foundation is all together, but we still have to work out details on player and enemy AI and so on. Work's going to be a real slog from here on in!"

As shown in the trailer above (released back in January), Vanquish toes the line between Japan-style action and Western-style shooting. "Vanquish is a shooter, but there's no point making a normal shooter," Mikami told Famitsu. "So the conceptual focus here is on speed, tempo, and excitement. There are tons of games where you kill people, so with this game we thought we'd try seeing how much fun you could have shooting robots."

What made Mikami want to make a shooter, though? "One big reason is that we've got our eye on the overseas market, not just Japan," he responded. "Another is that we thought a shooter that retains the uptempo rhythm of a good action game would make it feel different from the rest of the pack. I think shooters right now are built up like a simulation game in terms of logic -- you have enemies placed on a map, and the player gets in position and attacks them; you beat an enemy and advance just a little bit further to the next one. We wanted to reset that and create a shooter with an action-game feel, and it's been pretty tough!"

One aspect of this action-game feel is a "boost" feature that lets your hero travel at very high speed for short bursts, letting him close gaps between enemies and scurry behind cover at a moment's notice. "[Boosting] pretty much destroyed the core of our game design when we implemented it," Mikami divulged. "Shooters are built around the concept of killing enemies and reaching the goal point, but with this boost, you could just zoom right to the end immediately. If we made players hide and use cover more instead, though, then there's no point in having boost in the first place. It was a real dilemma for a while, figuring out why boost needed to be there."

Part of the solution, according to Mikami, was designing the game around boost, filling it with large numbers of enemies to deal with at once. "You aren't going to be creeping around in this game," he said. "I didn't want something where you have to hide behind cover for extended periods, either. Speed and tempo are my watchwords here."

Vanquish is due out for the PS3 and Xbox 360 next winter from Sega. Stay tuned for more info on the game very shortly.

gamingeek said:

Why am I unauthorised to post this update?

It posted just fine for me.

phantom_leo said:

"Surprise" Sony Sequel...

...does anyone even care about Twisted Metal anymore?

Archangel3371 said:

gamingeek said:

Archangel3371 said:

Well I'm up to World 8-4 now in NSMB Wii, the game is great stuff. I've got about 50 lives in reserve and a bunch of items as I've been kind of hoarding them just in case. The worlds have all been done really well and there's been some neat things done in them along with some nice uses of the wii-mote. I don't know if I'd say it's too easy because I have died a lot and there are a bunch of star coins that I haven't collected and Toads that I haven't saved yet. Currently clocking in about 7 and half hours. I'm very happy with the game and really enjoying it. I love the aspects of the game that remind me of SMB3 and SMW.

The **** man??

I only just got to the end of world 8 over two months - it was a Christmas present. How fast are you playing?

I think coins should be used for super skill. For instance, sometimes they place it in such a way that it will be difficult to get to or require crackerjack timing. So they should use coins to incentivise the difficulty more.

Slowpoke. I've clocked in 7 and a half hours into the game. Is that considered fast? I've seen a few star coins that looked tricky to get and some I haven't found at all so making sure I have the right suit and searching the levels over more closely will certainly take some time.

Well I've been playing several games at once for a few weeks. I dont tend to get one game and play it straight. Apart from Endless Ocean 2 which I've done 45 + hrs in already.

Fact Sheet:

Genre: Platform / Adventure / Action Release Date (Europe): TBD
Players: 1 Price (Europe): TBD
Distribution: WiiWare™ Service Release Date (USA): TBD
Size: 36 Mb Price (USA): TBD
Control: Wii Remote™
Rating: Pending
Countries: Europe, Americas

Dive: The Medes Islands Secret is the second game developed by Cosmonaut Games, and it will be distributed online through Nintendo’s WiiWare™ service.

“It was in the Great Medes Monastery, in 1412, where Martin I “The Humane”, leader of an Order of the Temple and long-time resident of the island, was buried. The secrets of the Order were also buried with him, where they would be sealed in the same crypt and kept through the centuries. But two hundred years later, an earthquake split the island in two and the crypt disappeared into the depths of the Mediterranean Sea.”

This is the start of the tale that will take John Sanders, the hero of the story, on an adventure through the 10 levels that make up the came “DIVE: The Medes Islands Secret”, a Platform/Action game that is rooted on the Medes Islands, a fantastic protected natural landscape located at the heart of the Costa Brava in catalonia, Spain.

Dive: The Medes Islands Secret recreates underwater scenes from 10 different real locations from around the world, with large levels filled with enemies, mazes, dangers and treasures. It contains an economic system that will enable players to exchange or upgrade their diving equipment, which is required to reach the deepest mysteries.

Key Features

These are the main features of Dive: The Medes Islands Secret

• Spectacular graphics. The marine flora and fauna have been recreated in detail, making the most of the Wii™’s graphics and storage capacities and of the WiiWare™ service.
• 3 Levels of difficulty. Three different levels of difficulty have been prepared, suited to the requirements of the players.
• 10 Levels: Accompanied by 10 different real locations. During his adventure, John Sanders will travel to the Medes Islands, Cap de Creus, Cayman Islands, Tortuga Island, Bermuda or Santorini.
• Size of the Levels: The levels are very large and filled with mazes and enemies that will make it difficult to achieve the objectives.
• Treasures: There is a wide variety, from sunken ships to ancient underwater civilizations.
• Reusability: With different objectives at each level, players can return to any one of them to complete them, lengthening the total playing time.
• Shop: Economy system and ability to manage diving equipment. Without the necessary upgrades, players will not be able to reach certain areas of the game. Players can upgrade their Wetsuit, Diving Cylinders, Fins, Speargun and Diving Torch.
• Achievements: Where the treasures and discoveries achieved by the player during the adventure can be viewed.
• Expedition Diary: Where John Sanders will reveal the different plots in the game’s story.
• Enemies of all types, from giant Octopuses to Sharks, as well as Barracudas, Jellyfish or Manta Rays.
• Use of the most relevant features of the Wii Remote™
• Orchestral soundtrack that accompanies the entire game and was composed by El Topo Negro.

Iga, I assume you do the Eurogamer mass posts in the evenings.

There are a few repeated stories.