GAMING: Sega Announce Vanquish Demo

Sega have announced that the demo for Shinji Mikami developed shooter Vanquish will be available for download from your Xbox 360 marketplace or Playstation Network store September 2nd.

Vanquish is set in the near future where you take control of Sam, a government agent kitted out with a futuristic battle suit. In the demo players are vying for ownership of the planet’s remaining energy resources against Russia on board a huge space station. On entering the third port lobby of the space station, numerous enemy robots are being brought in by dropships.

Players have an array of weaponry and upgrades at their disposal, as well as the ability to hijack “Walkers”, or use the suits unique Boost and AR mode to take down the robots. The demo climaxes with the formidable boss, Argus which you will need to use all your skills acquired throughout the demo to defeat.

Vanquish is the hottest title Shinji Mikami has worked on in over 4 years, achieving high tension throughout the game and delivering a new sense of game merged shooting and action in a finely balanced manner.

The game is set for release October 21st on Xbox 360 and Ps3.