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06/16/2010 Preview: Vanquish Vanquish was introduced to us at Sega's pre-E3 event as Shinji Mikami's take on Gears of WarAnd even though I only got to play through a short battle that 's exact description. The game combines crazy over the top action that Platinum Games is known by names such as Bayonetta and MadWorld, and brings it into the setting of a high-tech, cover-based third person shooter. The result, as you can imagine, is pretty satisfying.

The basic scenario is a future with the world's last two superpowers, Russia and the US, fighting on an American space station designed to harness the energy of the sun (after all of the Earth's resources have already been depleted). Sam Gideon is the game's hero, and it's his job to go into the station with US troops and save the day. Fortunately, he's outfitted with a power suit that allows for all sorts of technological and acrobatic wizardry.

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