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Microsoft has announced that Platinum Games' blistering third-person cover shooter Vanquish is the latest game to receive backward compatibility support on Xbox One, alongside Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light.Vanquish, for those that haven't yet had the pleasure, released back in 2010, one year after the studio's seminal hack-and-slasher Bayonetta. And while everybody's favourite hair-witch might be the more recognisable franchise these days, Vanquish is no less enjoyable.
Directed by Resident Evil supremo Shinji Mikami, Vanquish offers a rather idiosyncratic take on the usual third-person cover shooter formula. It's a game of muted colour palettes, giant stompy robots, and lots and lots of sliding about the place on your knees.
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