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More details have emerged regarding Vanquish, the forthcoming shooter from SEGA and Platinum Games.

It seems the game will take an old-school approach to world politics, pitting Russia against the US in a struggle to dominate the world’s few remaining energy sources. Though the world isn’t post apocalyptic, it certainly looks to heading in that direction, with San Francisco already reduced to rubble.

In an attempt to distinguish his game from every other shooter before it, director Shinji Mikami relies heavily on the concept of ‘intensity’. As the heroically named Sam, you’ll be donning futuristic armour and battling to liberate a space station. Vanquish certainly looks and sounds like Halo intense.

Knowing the sophistication, and dare I say it, intensity, of shooters like BioShock 2 and Modern Warfare 2, Platinum Games may have a hard time convincing us that Vanquish is the next big thing.

SEGA has now revealed that Vanquish will be released on 360 and PS3 in summer 2010.