When I first saw some of the images, they really reminded me of the Kill Bill movies and that seems to be accurate enough.  The gameplay features a combination of shooting, swordfights and acrobatics.  Naturally, the main character Rubi (voiced by Eliza Dushku) can attack and look hot while jumping through the air, running on walls (or people) and even sliding on her knees.

I read that during those intense acrobatic sequences, the game goes into slow motion and I’m not sure if I’m going to find that annoying or cool since there is a purpose – the delay allows Rubi to aim at a second enemy.

The girl’s a real bad ass too since she regains her strength by finding bottles of whiskey, taking a swig and then, after throwing the bottle in the air, she shoots it.  Kinda unnecessary but whatever.

As if that didn’t clue you in to how scary she is, when Rubi’s face gets covered in blood, the game goes into a noir style (featuring the red, black and white visuals like the image above) and she actually goes on a murderous rampage.  The more enemies she kills, the longer the psychotic fury lasts.  Sounds like Rubi could use some serious help.  Check out the trailer:

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“WET” For Xbox 360 and PS3

I will write a more detailed post when the game is released but I have to say that, judging from the screenshots, this looks like a pretty cool game.  It kinda has a Kill Bill feel to it if you know what I mean.

The game is supposed to feature innovative 3rd person shooter gameplay so I’m definitely looking forward to trying it especially since the plot takes you across three continents which is a nice switch from just being in some futuristic wasteland or Mars (or some other dusty place).

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Pre-order “Wet”

Eliza Dushku lends her vocal talents to Wet, a stylish new shooter from Bethesda Softworks, the people who brought you Fallout 3.

Images: Copyright 2009 ©Bethesda Softworks.

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E3 ‘09: Wet

Today brings with it some news of demos, new game releases, a fancy new PS3, and some great new screens from a pair of high profile games. SO let’s not waste any time and head straight into the headlines.

• A special, limited edition (only 10,000 will be released) ceramic white, Yakuza 3 PS3 is being released in Japan. If you want one, get ready to pay some extremely high eBay fees in the near future.
• Board game fans are in luck, as EA is bringing the classic word game Scrabble to the PSP in March.
• If you want to get early access to the Killzone 2 demo, it looks like you will have to pre-order the game from GameStop. Otherwise, the demo will be released alongside the game on February 27.
• According to Sony, PS3 sales increased by an impressive 130% over the holiday season.
• Though it had been forgotten by many, it looks like the shooter WET hasn’t dried up yet, as evidenced by this new batch of screenshots.
• Speaking of screenshots, some new images of the ever-elusive Final Fantasy XIII have popped up. Now we just need a release date.

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Today in PlayStation: January 6, 2009