Described as the epitome of power, grace, and violence, the six legged Megaera is a Fury, one of three who act as bounty hunters for the Gods. Think of them as repo men…er, women who seek out those who go back on their oaths.

Megaera can also use parasites within her body that can burst out and attack her enemies. The concept art, posted on the God of War Facebook page, showcases the different designs the developer had in mind for her along with the final choice and her in-game appearance.

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Seth Killian spoke about both, and the design process they’ve been undergoing. “I’ve been really happy with the way that Emmett’s trending on paper at least. He’s got a lot of what they call the ‘Build and Battle’ system

“Starhawk had a lot of great technology where you’re always dropping crazy things from the sky, and we’ve tried to really implement that to represent the character. You can assume that some gun attacks will end up in his design as well, but we really wanted to accentuate this construction mechanic.”

Meanwhile, Kat is still “a bit broken right now” but as Killian states, she “moves around the screen right now like nobody else. I’m sure, even if it doesn’t stay in the way that it is right now, that she’ll have a lot of crazy movement options and definitely the ability to play with gravity. Obviously, she’s immune from it, and she’ll have the opportunity to exploit that in battle. She’s got a lot of great combos already actually.”

As of now, there’s no release date or information on the DLC but it will be free for two weeks after launch.

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In an interview with Siliconera, Director Omar Kendall stated, “I think they did. I understand why they occur. Our first leak started out in a focus test, you know. We were really interested in getting fan-feedback for this game, because we feel like fans are the ones that are going to show up day-one to go out and buy this thing.

“I tend to think, maybe guys like me, who are just looking for a new fighting game, will show up, but what will really drive this game are the fans. If I like Sly Cooper. If I like Parappa the Rapper. This is their game. And so, we wanted their feedback. And we started talking about the game, we started conducting surveys, we started having playtests.

“And it was really out of that conversation about the game with fans that information started leaking out. I understand the enthusiasm, but it did hurt the marketing plan for the game.”

So while he doesn’t hate you all for it, he’s kind of disappointed. Wonder how Sony would add to this conversation?

Talking to Siliconera, director Omar Kendall understood the process. “It’s like, ‘Oh, we want to use Kratos.’ We need to go talk to the God of War team. ‘Oh, we want to use Drake.’ We need to go talk to the Uncharted guys, and get their permission. They have the right to say yes, they have the right to say no. They have the right to say, ‘You can use our character this way. He needs to look that way. You can only use these moves.’

“All IP-holders have a right to do that. So, we started that process with the first-party characters and got a really good roster of those guys, and then started branching out to third-parties, because of PlayStation being so synonymous with third-party titles. You have to have third-party characters in a game like this.”

Concerning DLC characters, there wasn’t a whole lot to reveal right now according to Kendall. “We won’t be talking specifically about DLC characters [yet], other than to say that we will absolutely be doing them.” When quizzed about whether the DLC would be cross compatible with the upcoming PS Vita version, Kendall replied, “Yes”.

The game is currently slated for a November 20th release in North America.

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Now, with the latest video, title “The Aftermath”, it seems it may be related to Superbot’s opus after all. Hints of Sly Cooper, Sweet Tooth and bullets on the floor (which could be for either Nathan Drake or Killzone 2’s Radec) can be seen in the teaser if one looks closely enough. Like the other teasers, this one ends with the date 23/10/2012. We’re guessing something happens then. Worth finding out? Let’s hope so.

Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale releases for Playstation 3 on November 20th 2012 for Playstation 3. It features characters from popular franchises like Sly Cooper, God of War, DmC, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance and many many more.

“I think when we first knew we were going to start talking about the game, I think there was maybe some ‘oh, well find a way to act like, while that game exists – Smash Bros. – never mention it by name’, and that just proved impractical, because it’s an unavoidable thing that we’re always going to want to talk about, and people are always going to want to draw comparisons.”

Then again, as Kendall states, “From the SuperBot perspective, we’re just fans of these kinds of games. I think the reason why a four-player, 2D-style brawler sounded like a good idea to us, was because we’ve had such great experiences in games like Smash Bros. Even the idea to make a fighting game is because we like fighting games.”

So to reiterate once more: The crossover idea isn’t new, nor is making a fighting game between popular franchise characters. Hopefully, when Playstation All-Stars Battle Royal releases, we’ll see just how well Sony’s execution of the idea is.

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Sorcery releases later this month for the PS3. Stay tuned for more info and our exclusive review.

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