In Sega’s financial report recently released, the sales figure for their latest action game, Bayonetta, was revealed. Platinum Games’ climax action game rung up 1,100,000 million units worldwide on both platforms the PS3 and Xbox 360 combined. It’s been exactly a month since the game was first released, making the title a success in such little time.
Bayonetta was recently patched to alleviate loading times on the PS3 version of the game. The 135MB patch allows you to install 4.5GB of data to your PS3 hard drive to significantly improve load times significantly and reduce screen tearing as well. It turns out that patch was not created by Sega or Platinum Games, and was instead put together by Sony themselves.
Bayonetta has a serious loading problem on the PS3, as we mentioned on our review. Tomorrow, a new patch will go live allowing PS3 users to install game data to their hard drive, which should dramatically reduce the lengthy load times in the game. The installation of game data will be optional, so those of you running out of space on your console can continue to play the game as is.
STORY: The story of Bayonetta revolves around a witch by the name of (yes, you guessed it!) Bayonetta. After waking up from a 500 year slumber (with finely sculpted polygonal ass intact) at the bottom of a lake no less, she finds she has contracted a slight case of amnesia. This plot point basically gives Bayonetta the licence to kick anybody’s ass that looks like they might have information for her. Through the prologue and various journalistic writings that are collectable throughout the game you learn of Bayonetta’s Witch heritage and their Lumen Sage counterparts who where both tasked with watching over the world; one protecting the light and the other, the dark.
Read MoreBayonetta is a stylish and cinematic action game, directed by Hideki Kamiya. A witch with powers beyond the comprehension of mere mortals, Bayonetta faces-off against countless angelic enemies, many reaching epic proportions, in a game of 100% pure, unadulterated all-out action.
The January 2010 issue of Qore is on the way, featuring Dante’s Inferno, Heavy Rain, Bayonetta and BioShock 2. Veronica Belmont circles around EA to experience how the developer plans to bring the epic 14th century poem to life in Dante’s Inferno. The Heavy Rain coverage includes an extensive preview and an interactive cinema demonstration of the consequences of a few of the choices you can make.
