What were you hoping to see next from Platinum Games? Given the studio’s back catalogue boasts the likes of MadWorld and Bayonetta, you were probably anticipating something fiercely original, impenetrably bizarre and ultra violent. Well, it looks like you’ll have to make do with one of the three as the announcement trailer posted above suggests that Vanquish could well be Platinum’s most pedestrian release yet.

The game seems to be set in the immediate aftermath of an attack on the United States, a country that has suffered more at the hands of video game developers than the rest of the world combined. While the President will undoubtedly mobilise the armed forces, you can be certain the fate of the nation will eventually rely on the actions of just… one…. man.

It all sounds depressingly familiar, doesn’t it? Having said that, Platinum and its publishing partner SEGA have revealed precious little about the game, so Vanquish may yet surprise us.

SEGA is yet to a release window or target platforms.