It's a Mad World of leaked video from Platinum Games

by JC Fletcher { May 13th 2008 at 1:15PM }

Yesterday, DS Fanboy reported on the rumor that Platinum Games, the company started by ex-Clover Studio members (and Capcom luminaries) Atsushi Inaba, Hideki Kamiya, and Shinji Mikami), was partnering with Sega for new games to be released on the Wii and the DS. This video of Mad World is not technically confirmation since it could be a total fake, but it sure looks real -- and it sure is getting taken down from Youtube and Gametrailers with alarming speed.

Mad World is a bloody, futuristic action game that looks (from the blurry video) more like a brawler than the kind of operatic sword maneuvering we know from Devil May Cry. We hate to mention it again (because we always do when talking about Clover), but it evokes a futuristic, really bloody God Hand.

It looks like we were wrong about one of the rumors, by the way: Bayonetta is a PS3 game (if any of this is real), and not a Wii game.

The video begins with the caption "CHAINSAW," followed by a beefy guy in metallic, future-armor putting a chainsaw through another guy. There's a high-contrast, almost black-and-white look to the visuals. The video then cuts to "ROSE BUSH" and our hero pushes an enemy into an array of horizontal spikes. Then "HEART SURGERY" and a Kano/Mola Ram heart-ripping maneuver. The character walks toward the camera as a list of wrestling-esque move names fills the screen: "Flat Tire," "Spike Press," "Death Express," and others. Then the logo appears ("World" is inside a chainsaw blade shape). The video ends with the caption "CAUTION SIGN" followed by a clip of a guy being beaten with a sign.

[Via Joystiq]

Tags: action, clover, mad-world, platinum-games, sega

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

samfish @ May 13th 2008 1:38PM

I barely know anything about it and I still haven't been this amped up for a game in who knows how long! My excitement level will multiply by around 1,000 if it really is a spiritual successor to God Hand, especially!

Although to be honest, I don't much like ultra violence usually, so I hope they balance this with God Hand's humor or something. I'd think they would...God Hand, Viewtiful Joe and to a lesser extent Okami all had a very quirky sense of humor about them.

ArmorForVictor @ May 13th 2008 4:36PM

same here samfish if this is a sucessor to one of my favorite ps2 games (God Hand) i will pick it up day one. i'm also liking the more evil feel to it, but i hope there will be just as much humor as there was in god hand. http://youtube.com/watch?v=vAga2AjfZlg