Along with the announcement, Vanquish community manager, Julian Mehlfeld, issues a challenge to players.

Adjustments have been made to ensure that players find no noticeable differences between the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of the game, according to PlatinumGames.

The Vanquish demo launches in North America first on August 31. Europe gets it next on September 1. Finally, Japan and Australia meet Sam on September 2.

Boosting, the ability that makes Sam rapidly slide towards or away from laser shooting robots, is one mechanic that makes Vanquish stand out from third person shooters.

After bits of story this Vanquish trailer shows a scene of Sam giving a mech an uppercut.

Following in the footsteps of Bayonetta, Platinum Games created a casual automatic level of difficulty for Vanquish.

Game designer, Shinji Mikami, reveals Vanquish was originally an “open battlefield” game and that the enemies were white instead of red in colour. What led to the change?

Final Fantasy XII’s self proclaimed “leading man” shares something in common with Vanquish, Sega’s hi-speed third person shooter.

Within one month, Vanquish will be released around the world.

Sam Gideon can arm himself a laser cannon if you pre-order Vanquish in Japan.

Famitsu has a Vanquish spread in this weeks issue and a release date for Japan. The magazine’s handy info box says Vanquish will be ready on October 21.

While Mikami feels Vanquish has Western style, he was originally inspired by Casshern.

What makes Vanquish different from other cover to cover third person shooters? Power suits.

Sam, the combat suit creating hero in Vanquish, can light a cigarette and toss it to decoy robots while he boosts to a different cover point.