Secret GTTV Game Is Itagaki And THQ's Devil's Third

Well, that was interesting.

THQ boss Danny Bilson and that "legendary game designer" we've been hearing about have now revealed their new project on GameTrailersTV, called Devil's Third. The world premiere trailer just went on the air about two minutes ago and the video is below: as most of you know, Itagaki - often known as the "bad boy" of game developers - once worked with Tecmo to produce some of the finest action games available; they featured the name, "Ninja Gaiden." Well, Devil's Third is clearly a visceral combination of those classic Japanese influences with Western intensity; there's a huge amount of blood, massive gunplay mixed with sword-fighting, dudes running along walls in traditional ninja fashion whilst dodging incoming minigun fire, etc. Towards the end of the teaser, a female character runs up a wall and decapitates an unknowing enemy with ferocious speed. Itagaki himself made the announcement from Tokyo (and he always looks the same), and he said his new team at Valhalla Games wanted to embrace new forms of movement and action.

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It certainly looks promising. They're combining elements we really never thought we'd see combined; one minute, it looks like a bloodier version of NG and the next, it's a third-person shooter with outlandish platforming. Gotta keep an eye on this one.

6/11/2010 10:29:37 PM Ben Dutka

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BikerSaint
Friday, June 11, 2010 @ 10:52:25 PM
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Hmmm, sounds mighty interesting

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Hitch
Friday, June 11, 2010 @ 10:53:25 PM
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Yep...

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Naztycuts
Friday, June 11, 2010 @ 11:01:01 PM
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Sounds interesting, I wonder how balanced the gameplay will be. Will it be like Devil May Cry or some new innovative (interactive?) approach. I hope it has some depth to the storyline. I think we have enough 'go kill this' games with bad stories where you couldn't care less about the characters. We need more games focused on making the player feel like they are in the story like Heavy Rain did, I'm sure that would really help Move (pun intended) the 3d tech.

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MartyRules
Friday, June 11, 2010 @ 11:05:09 PM
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You should post the link to the video of the game.I thought it was worth a watch.

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Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Friday, June 11, 2010 @ 11:11:43 PM

Didn't realize it'd be up so fast. Anyway, it's in the article now.

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MartyRules
Friday, June 11, 2010 @ 11:37:24 PM

Thanks Ben

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NightHawk17
Friday, June 11, 2010 @ 11:09:32 PM
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So this wasn't the secret game Ben?

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Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Friday, June 11, 2010 @ 11:11:48 PM

No.

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Highlander
Friday, June 11, 2010 @ 11:20:45 PM
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Well, the repeated mentions of bloody in the description pretty much guarantee I won't be going for this one, not that I am a fan of Itagaki or his games.

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laxpro2001
Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 5:16:52 AM

@john

yea it stinks how we have to wait for the ninja gaiden ports, but the graphics look much smoother than the original versions on the 360 and we do get more features such as new weapons, modes characters, etc...

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Condemnedsoul23
Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 9:03:10 AM

Well, the repeated mentions of bloody in the description pretty much guarantee I WILL be going for this one. :)

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Shams
Friday, June 11, 2010 @ 11:22:10 PM
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Is it multiplatform, meaning will we see it on the ps3?

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Highlander
Friday, June 11, 2010 @ 11:56:40 PM

Itagaki is one of those who seems to prefer the company of Red Rings of Death.

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MartyRules
Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 12:14:28 AM

ya its gunna be on ps3.It was only put up on a Playstation news website LRH.

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Hitch
Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 1:24:20 AM

No flaming Highlander. He asked a simple (if obvious) question.

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Highlander
Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 1:28:19 AM

@Hitch,

Who on this forum did I flame, precisely? Don't start with me, it's been a shitty week, and I have absolutely zero patience.

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johnld
Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 2:11:28 AM

i agree with highlander, since all of his games went to the 360 so far, dead or alive and ninja gaiden, he seems to prefer the 360. i know theres ninja gaiden for the ps3, but those are basically ports. itagaki had nothing to do with that at all. the folks who owned team ninja actually assigned a different group to bring sigma to the ps3. if they released ninja gaiden 2 as a multiplatform at the same time instead of hiding it with the sigma term, then i would think otherwise. i mean, how hard is it to develop dead or alive or ninja gaiden to be multiplatform releases.

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Hitch
Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 5:20:10 AM

Your shitty week is not my problem. I've had a great one. TRY ME.

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Fane1024
Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 2:32:29 PM

Highlander's right. Itagaki used to say that Ninja Gaiden (1) was on Xbox because he wanted to work with the most powerful hardware, but then he put all his subsequent games on the 360 (and pretty much disowned the Sigma versions on PS3), so I would say he is an Xbox guy.

I also thought I heard that he was actually working for Microsoft now. I guess that was just a rumor.

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FlyingKickPunch
Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 3:54:13 PM

At least his soul is still somewhat intact, then.

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Orvisman
Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 7:14:53 PM

Calm down guys. If you pay attention, the PS3 logo is right there next to the 360 logo.

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Highlander
Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 11:58:49 PM

You aren't worth my time Hitch.

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Hitch
Sunday, June 13, 2010 @ 3:11:19 PM

You've never been worth mine

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B-RadGfromOV
Sunday, June 13, 2010 @ 11:20:42 PM

You guys are really mature! Stay on topic! lol.

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Danny007
Friday, June 11, 2010 @ 11:23:06 PM
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I think it looks pretty sweet.

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Clamedeus
Friday, June 11, 2010 @ 11:33:47 PM

I think so as well, looks smooth and fun to play.

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Oxvial
Friday, June 11, 2010 @ 11:24:08 PM
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Itagaki making a game also for the Ps3? WTF!

Last edited by Oxvial on 6/11/2010 11:24:29 PM

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Clamedeus
Friday, June 11, 2010 @ 11:24:49 PM
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That game looks like a game i would love to play. :p

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Nlayer
Friday, June 11, 2010 @ 11:25:43 PM
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My prediction was right! I am so glad to hear about this. :D

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NoSmokingBandit
Friday, June 11, 2010 @ 11:28:20 PM
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Its obviously not finished yet. The boobs arent near big enough for an Itagaki game.

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CharlesD
Friday, June 11, 2010 @ 11:30:05 PM
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Can't wait to hear more. Combing these elements smoothly might be difficult but I'd definitely like to see how well they do w. it

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Hitch
Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 5:23:29 AM

Should they "comb" the elements or brush them? ;)

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shadowpal2
Friday, June 11, 2010 @ 11:36:38 PM
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I usually enjoy Itagaki san's work as they are action packed, fast-paced, and pretty much just fun looking. For some reason when I saw the first shot of it - I immediately thought of WET. But it'll most likely be better than that.

Looks great Itagaki san - and was that Beethoven?

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Milonakis
Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 12:27:32 AM
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A bit underwhelming for all the things people suggested it could have been. Curse you Jaffe for not bringing us anything. And sadly not FFVIIhd.

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BikerSaint
Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 12:38:35 AM
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Shame the game's art is so darn fuzzy looking though. That's a pet peeve of mine

Guess he doesn't subscribe to the old, but timeless, saying.........
"DETAILS, details, details man, it's ALL in the damned details!!!!!"

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johnld
Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 2:16:49 AM

i agree about the visuals of the game. theres just something that i dont like about it but i cant really put it into words right now.

damn this google ad, its blocking the comment box when i'm typing.

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Fane1024
Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 2:37:12 PM

"damn this google ad, its blocking the comment box when i'm typing."

Hear, hear. Seriously, how is annoying us supposed to make us want to buy their product?

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___________
Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 12:49:43 AM
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ha i told ya it would be Itagakis game!
looks really cool!
hope its out this year, weve had so many game announcements latley and there all set for early next year.
nice to see the blood and missing limbs of traditional Itagaki games are back!
cant believe they removed that from sigma 2, that is my favorite action game besides the removed gore. o and the missing boss battle.
that was the best one of the game!!!!!
it was so brutally hard ive never been so revealed in my life once i beat it.
finishing that 1 boss battle was harder than finishing the entire game of GOW3 on titan mode!

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Temjin001
Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 1:55:12 AM

You really thought the tunnel worm was the best boss battle of the game?

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___________
Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 9:25:14 AM

yeah i really liked it, it was so different and unique compare to the other boss battles in the game.
not to mention i found it the hardest, besides the last boss obviously.
i really hope temco reveal ninja gaiden 3 at E3 i really miss playing those games.
in fact im going to find a used copy of NG2 tomorrow, been too long since i played it.

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Temjin001
Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 11:31:25 AM

The boss was unique and unforgiving until you figure out his weakness. After-which he becomes one of the easier bosses in the game. You can defeat him unscathed with this strat.

Stand in the tunnel with a cave opening at either side. Charge a UT and listen closely, if you hear the rumbling AND see dust approaching from the distance, hold your ground and wait for the worm to get within UT striking distance. Otherwise, role into a cave hole on the side because he's approaching from the foreground where you can't determine his distance. While he's approaching you unleash the UT while he's a few feet from impacting you. You'll be able to stop him in his tracks and dish out some good damage before he gets moving again. I tend to prefer using the chain weapon's UT for this one.

And yes, NG3 is on my wish list for E3 announcements.

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Shams
Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 1:14:29 PM

Sigma 2 is a highly underrated title on the ps3, and is my personal favorite beat'um-up/action adventure on both consoles.

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Temjin001
Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 6:45:14 PM

Shams, it's my fav too.

In fact, Action Hack 'n Slash games are my favorite style of single player game. I really enjoy examining the combat systems in detail. Which is why I really love the NG games. The more you invest in understanding the system the more rewarding the play becomes. I usually play games like these several times through and on more challenging difficulties. I managed to complete the original Sigma on Very Hard and Sigma 2 on Mentor. I don't know if I have the patience for NG2 Mentor mode on 360... it's truly insane.. like Rocket-Launcher madness insane.

Right now I'm working through Bayonetta on 360. I believe I'm almost through my first play-through as I just defeated what I believed was the end-boss but now I'm playing the Epilogue chapter. It's been a great ride and ranks among the best of this genres kind in my book. It's remarkably unpredictable in design.
Check it out if you haven't done so already.

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OtisFeelgood
Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 12:56:18 AM
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Looks interesting.

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Kangasfwa
Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 1:10:45 AM
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The trailer announced its "legendary creator" while showing some blatant clipping.

Overdone blood effects and shooting galleries? I'm unimpressed.

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chedison
Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 1:23:30 AM
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Reminds me of Wet. And I did not like that game.

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Temjin001
Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 1:48:28 AM

Yes, I agree. The first moments of this trailer made me think of Wet. The stylization of this game has me a little put off. I was hoping for more Ninja action =)

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jaybiv
Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 1:46:52 AM
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That trailer is bananas! I'm not a big THQ fan, but I may have to look out for this one.

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Banky A
Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 2:14:54 AM
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This reminds me of the online PC game GUNZ!
Like the wall running and platform jumping. Go on guys, search up GUNZ to believe me ;D

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johnld
Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 2:15:36 AM
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when i saw it, i thought at least hes doing what he does best. i saw it as another ninja gaiden type game, and thats not a bad thing. the only difference is that this one had guns. i have to agree with bikersaint, something about the game visually isnt drawing me in. man i'm so spoiled by uncharted 2.

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marcusfrommo
Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 3:12:37 AM
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i hope it's better than the game with the chic with the sword, that had the lady from dollhouse as the voice character. what is the name of that game. well anyway, is it just me or do these darn advertisements pop up literally in front of the articles and unlike ign or others for example, there's no way to delete it. are you guys doing this on purpose. please fix it, it is very annoying.

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TEG3SH
Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 4:54:53 AM

the game was called Wet, it was worth a purchase for the music alone

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Snaaaake
Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 4:15:47 AM
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Interesting indeed, and Square Enix can learn from this.

Hack and slash combined with shooting, now that's how you try to appeal to both east and west instead of screwing the east for the west.

And I never was a fan of Itagaki, maybe this will change after Devil's Third, but we'll see.

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kraygen
Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 4:46:54 AM
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Wow, I don't get it. I saw the announcement and the trailer on spike hd and was I ever unimpressed by this "big" announcement.

I'm not a hack n' slash fan to begin with, but the visuals on this game looked terrible. Everything was square-ish, colors were drab, gameplay screams twitch gamer fantasy.

Let me explain the square-ish comment, The background and scenery was all squared off, no rounded edges, looked like the background was made from painted cardboard boxes. The characters were also squared off, the big decapitation at the end of the video was terrible.

Poor art design, poor gameplay, and from the sound of it, I'm guessing it will have a poor story.

I'm sorry, but I'm incredibly underwhelmed and totally disappointed.

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JackC8
Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 7:01:48 AM
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I really enjoyed Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 and this looks like a ton of fun as well. Destruction, blood, boobs, hey - its got it all :)

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NeoHumpty
Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 9:15:58 AM
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I wasn't interested until I watched the trailer. Looks like a bloody good time. Looking forward to seeing more now.

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ro kurorai
Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 12:39:52 PM
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I really enjoyed NG:Black, 'coz it was one of the few action games that actually were challenging. It also featured the best 3D rendition of Ayane (I didn't like Sigma 2's design of Ayane at all). There were some eater eggs here and there and the original NG 2D games were unlockable (though you needed the original Ninja Gaiden and NG:Black to get them all).

Hope Valhalla won't slack off on the difficulty as they did with NG2(360)/NGS2.

Gonna keep an eye on this one.

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Mr Bitey
Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 12:40:40 PM
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This looks a lot like WET, but with more polish. Looks great.

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Robochic
Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 1:37:12 PM
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Looks good but it's one of those games that doesn't WOW me by watching the video at this point but once more info comes out that'll probably change.

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JDC80
Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 3:21:05 PM
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I rather let the Xbots get Ninja Gaiden III and a year later we get Ninja Gaiden Sigma III just to get the better version that was designed for the PS3.

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A2K78
Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 5:22:46 PM
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Saw the trailer an to be honest I'm left feeling diappointed.

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Orvisman
Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 7:18:11 PM
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I sent Ben an e-mail two days ago with a link to an article on andriasang that pretty much said Itagaki was the "legendary" creator debuting his game on GT TV.

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King James
Sunday, June 13, 2010 @ 12:19:45 AM
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looks like what WET should've been.

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ro kurorai
Sunday, June 13, 2010 @ 8:45:31 AM
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Yea, WET with polish means D1P for me ^^.

Funny though, that the E3 trailer has been censored on all sites (3 minutes GOW3 trailer, anyone?) but the original GTTV E3 all access one.

Last edited by ro kurorai on 6/13/2010 8:48:14 AM

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FlyingKickPunch
Sunday, June 13, 2010 @ 3:07:52 PM
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I'm a sucker for games with awesome dismemberment systems, i.e. Die by the Sword, Ninja Gaiden, and even Soldier of Fortune. This game looks great.

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FlyingKickPunch
Sunday, June 13, 2010 @ 3:09:26 PM

Oh, and Timekillers! Man, I wish someone would bring that game to PSN.

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LegendaryWolfeh
Sunday, June 13, 2010 @ 5:24:02 PM
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Ehhhh, my opinion, I really don't care for Itagaki, yeah Ninja Gaiden was good, but not omg this is the best game good or anything, and DoA has always been a joke to me, he cared too much about pointless details in a game that was supposed to be able fighting, then it changing to crap. I dunno, just don't consider him a Legendary Creator...but eh, rather have seen something new by Kojima or something

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spiderboi
Monday, June 14, 2010 @ 9:55:16 AM
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looks interesting. but the action seems pretty focused, i.e. only happening on one part of the screen. the whole atmosphere broods chaos yet everything happens only on a specific time. compare as I may, UC2 accomplishes the chaotic atmosphere and you SEE mayhem all around the screen. my two cents..

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THE NTMIDTR
Tuesday, June 15, 2010 @ 4:09:29 PM
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Meh... [yawns at this 'earth-shattering', 'secret game info 2010' news] This guy has never been on my radar... and as for the dismemberment system... saw something better on E3 coverage last night... Why do PS3 guys care about this guy?

He must be a disciple of Gates... see how he uses his evil powers to balance that 360 on his fingertips... I'll pass on this one! Probably a plot to YLoD PS3's! LOL Him being the M$ FANBOY and all. LOL

FYI, Don't flame me or thumb me down... it's tongue-in-cheek sarcastic humor...

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