Raiden Made Official For PlayStation All-Stars With Announcement Trailer

Well, that certainly didn't take too long. Now that Raiden has been prematurely outed (twice) as a playable character in Sony's upcoming PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, SuperBot Entertainment has made the announcement official, complete with the sword-wielding ninja's own gameplay trailer.

We reported just a bit ago that Gamespot had run a tutorial video for Raiden early this morning, giving fighting game fans a chance to see the Metal Gear Solid character slicing and dicing before the game's developers had actually announced him as being in the game. Now the PlayStation Blog has been updated with a post from SuperBot's Community Manager Daniel Maniago, making the whole thing official.

Rather than address the Gamespot video, Maniago simply states that “to give you a sneak peek at some of the content you'll be able to play on the show floor, we're actually unveiling onf of our new characters a little early.”



It should come as no surprise that Raiden's combat style focuses heavily on swordplay. He's a bit slower than I expected, but that's balanced by a set of moves that allow him to deal out oodles of damage with hard-to-counter, heavy-hitting combos.

The PS Blog post also reveals Ape Escape's Time Station as a new battlefield, complete with a visit from a massive familiar face from the Resistance series.

In case you've lost count, that means SuperBot still has one more character to reveal during this weekend's PAX event in Seattle. Here's hoping they actually get to reveal it themselves this time.