Resident Evil creator, Shinji Mikami, has been hard at work on looks to be a crowning jewel in Platinum Games' arsenal and a win for SEGA with Vanquish, a sci-fi action shooter set aboard a giant space-ship.

The game has been given a rather close release date for Australia of October 21 (22nd in New Zealand), which means we'll be filling the shoes of protagonist Sam much sooner than anyone expected, which is fine, because the game is looking amazing, and Mikami's last actual game was Resident Evil 4, and we all know that one turned out to be the goods (God Hand was in there somewhere, but he didn't like Capcom much by then, so we'll forget it exists).

There's the obligatory pre-order DLC bonus as well, which will offer early-birds exclusive access to a Three Weapons Pack for both Xbox 360 and PS3 on launch day. Check out the screens below or even more right here.