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Enslaved due out in October

Flowery apocalyptic action this autumn.

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Namco Bandai has released its E3 trailer for Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, and it concludes by revealing that the game's due out in October on PS3 and Xbox 360.

Enslaved is being developed by UK-based Ninja Theory, last seen doing PS3-exclusive hackandslash Heavenly Sword.

But while there are visual similarities between the main characters of the two titles - Enslaved's Trip and Heavenly Sword's Nariko - the new game is about an uneasy alliance between Trip and muscular survivor Monkey.

The two find themselves in a gloriously florid post-apocalyptic world up against rampant war robots that were never instructed to shut down when humanity virtually wiped itself out.

Monkey's been slapped with a collar that will kill him if Trip expires, so the two have to join forces to make progress. Trip's trying to head home.

Check out our Enslaved preview for more, or of course check out the new E3 trailer below.

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