Overview

Number of Players
1 (Single Player)
Genre
Release Date

PlayStation 3

  • US 19th Oct 2010
  • EU 22nd Oct 2010
  • JP 21st Oct 2010
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Reviews

  • Review Vanquish (PlayStation 3)

    Rocket fuelled

    As Japan tries to tune its output towards Western tastes, many traditionalists, like ourselves, are worrying that the classic style of Japanese gameplay is prone to change. We've enough Western developed third- and first-person shooters to play — the last thing we need is for the Japanese to try their hand at a game of...

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Vanquish News

  • Rumour A Vanquish Sequel Will Be Sliding into E3 2015

    "Get outta the way"

    The E3 rumour mill's in maximum operation right now, as evidenced by the fact that new unconfirmed stories are popping up at an increasingly alarming rate. Next on the agenda is a current whisper that Platinum Games will be unveiling a sequel to third-person shooter-action hybrid Vanquish. The PlayStation 3 title was roughly five...

  • News Vanquish Rocket Boosts onto North American PlayStation Plus

    Feeling all Gideon

    Shinji Mikami’s stylish PlayStation 3 shooter Vanquish will slide into the North American Instant Game Collection this week. PlayStation Plus subscribers will be able to download the exceptional action game for free when the PlayStation Store updates, along with popular PlayStation Portable remake Mega Man: Maverick Hunter X...

  • News Vanquish Slides onto the PlayStation Network Next Week

    Pocket rocket

    Shinji Mikami’s criminally underrated third-person shooter Vanquish will dash onto the North American PlayStation Network next week, Sony has announced. The platform holder failed to attach a price to the ace adventure, but it’s currently available from the Xbox Live Marketplace for $19.99. We’d be amazed if SEGA charged any more...

  • Feature Must-Have PlayStation 3 Games - Jon's Picks

    Looking good

    To introduce you to the team we've put together here at Push Square, we asked each team member for two PS3 games they considered absolutely essential. Here, editor at large Jon Wahlgren argues against gravity and in favour of killer robots. Vanquish: When you think of third-person shooter developers, Japanese studios aren’t...

About The Game

Directed by Shinji Mikami, the creator of the Resident Evil series, VANQUISH™ is a sci-fi shooter of epic proportions with a fast, fluid and frenetic combat system, and an engaging and immersive storyline.

The story takes place on a vast space station in a near future world where nations war over the planet’s remaining energy resources. Against this backdrop, players take the role of Sam Gideon, a government agent kitted out with a futuristic battle suit. A versatile fighter with a huge arsenal of weaponry at his disposal, Sam also has an array of martial arts skills that he can use to take down his robot enemies.

KEY FEATURES

  • Fast, fluid and frenetic.
    This is gaming at its most explosive and exciting, as you storm into battle.
  • Experience a game character like no other.
    Sam is the ultimate weapon, donning a futuristic battle suit of destructive firepower and superhuman speed and agility.
  • Wage war in space.
    Fight your way through the enormous, open environments of the space station. The most advanced, futuristic city in the skies becomes home to the action.
  • Genre breaker.
    Taking the shooter genre to the next level by adding unique offensive and defensive moves, and kinetic melee combat.
  • Challenge and competition.
    VANQUISH will rate players on a variety of statistics, rewarding them for quick reflexes and strategic thinking, ensuring they will want to play the levels again and again.