16Aug 2011

Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor screenshots and trailer

Capcom Kinect heavyweight stomps back into view

Mechanauts, please start your engines. We finally have new footage and screenshots of Capcom's Kinect exclusive Steel Battallion: Heavy Armor.

Set in 2082, and crafted by Dark Souls developer From Software, the new Steel Battallion is the third in the series. Where the first game on Xbox required a dedicated pad, boasting a whopping 42 buttons, the new one doesn't need buttons at all.

A couple of things occur to us at this point. First off, talk about heavy. Secondly, that first-person cockpit view seems a little restrictive. We like the idea of having chatty crewmates to your right and left, though. What's your take on the matter?

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  1. Stubee on 16 Aug '11 said:
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    Nothing kills more excitement for a game than seeing the From Software logo appear at the beginning of the trailer.

  2. OXM ETboy on 16 Aug '11 said:
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    Not an Armoured Core fan, then? ;)

  3. EdDeRs1 on 16 Aug '11 said:
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    did it say the UN, the UN!, were invadeing america? there are some paranoid yanks down south who think the UN is evil but come on!

  4. CunningSmile on 16 Aug '11 said:
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    Can you name a country that has invaded more non hostile countries in the last 50 years then the US? Or has more WMDs? Seems like a perfect target for the UN to me :wink:

    I'm still hoping this game is a hybrid control scheme. I've said since it was first announced I'd like to see movement and basic firing done with a controller and an interactive HUD for heavier weapons. Looks like they heard half my plea, so how about the other bit?

  5. EdDeRs1 on 16 Aug '11 said:
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    i just rememberd something, this remindes me of a Judge Dredd story when a plastic eating bacteria from outer space caused havoc in mega city 1

  6. CunningSmile on 16 Aug '11 said:
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    i just rememberd something, this remindes me of a Judge Dredd story when a plastic eating bacteria from outer space caused havoc in mega city 1

    Your love of Ol' Stoney Face never ceases to make me smile.

    It's also the plot of Michael "Jurassic Park" Crichton's first book Andromeda Strain.

  7. terry cheyne on 17 Aug '11 said:
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    i had the old xbox one :cry: i miss the controler it was the hardest game ever ( i have played ninja gaiden ) having to rember what the swicthes did what gear to be in the massive manuel the box looked like it came from the miltiary and best or worst all was when you died it erased your saved game :cry: i hope this one decent . one last thing the old one had the coolest thing all all time eject buton !