Sega and game developer Platinum Games have released the first screenshots of their upcoming 3rd person shooter Vanquish. Vanquish is the new action title from Resident Evil and God Hand director Shinji Mikami.

Vanquish features a “high-tension” battle system is slated for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 and scheduled winter release, at least in Japan. Vanquish has just about everything you’d need from a current generation shooter: bad-ass armor, big guns and plenty of sparks. Throw in some fast paced punchy-kicky melee combat and you might have the next great action game from Platinum.