(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale has received an official release date for the PlayStation 3 community (obviously), as well as an announcement containing some pre-order bonuses that're available for the title.

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Yesterday, at Evo 2012, Sony themselves announced two new characters to the exclusive franchise, these characters are none other than Heihachi and Toro.

When it comes to pre-order bonuses, however, Sony has some You must login or register to view this content. before October 23rd, which is the official deployment date for PlayStation All-Stars, on the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita.

If you pre-order the title now, you'll quickly receive a download code, which contains some awesome new skins, which you can view in the photo displayed below. These skins will be in-game and available for those who pre-ordered on said launch date.

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Before the announcement, people were a bit confused as to why only two characters were being revealed, and they were also curious when it came to what characters were being selected. At this year's Evo, which is a tournament, Heihachi and Toro were announced, leaving satisfaction to a lot of anticipating gamers. Heihachi and Toro are now the nineth and tenth characters that've been announced publicly.

There will definitely be more than ten characters in PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale, however. You must login or register to view this content. managed to get a hold of SuperBot Entertainment via You must login or register to view this content., about how many characters are going to be featured in the title. They stated there'll be more than what there is now, and earlier in the past it's been confirmed that more characters will be displayed at the 2012 Comic Con.

Super attacks have three levels of strength, “supers” are the only way of defeating an opponent, known as of right now. Down below is some gameplay demonstrating this gameplay mechanic.

Characters aren't the only thing that will set this title apart from the original Super Smash Bros, though. The feature that's definitely different is that you won't take damage from being hit by other players, if you're hit the attacker will be filling your 'Super Meter'.

These Super Attacks have three different levels of power, and these 'supers' are the only way (that we know of) to destroy the opposing forces. If you'd like to see these powers in action, please refer to YouTube video below.

Here is a list of the current confirmed characters in PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale, as well as what game they originated from in parenthesis:

• Kratos (God of War)
  
• Colonel Radec (Killzone)
  
• Nathan Drake (Uncharted)
  
• Big Daddy (Bioshock)
  
• Sweet Tooth (Twisted Metal)
  
• Sly Cooper (Sly Cooper)
  
• Fat Princess (Fat Princess)
  
• PaRappa (PaRappa The Rapper)
  
• Heihachi (Tekken)
  
• Toro (Sony Cat, Japan Mascot)
  

As for gameplay itself, the title will have both singleplayer and multiplayer, with up to four different characters. When it comes to stages, the environment will contain a few accessible things to give you a step-up in your game, to assist you if needed. There are currently five different stages that have been confirmed, here's a list:

• Metropolis - Ratchet and Clank, God of War - You must login or register to view this content.
  
• Sandover Village - Jak and Daxter, Hot Shot Golf - You must login or register to view this content.
  
• Dreamscape - LittleBigPlanet, Buzz - You must login or register to view this content.
  
• Hades - God of War, Patapon - You must login or register to view this content.
  
• Dojo! - Parappa the Rapper - You must login or register to view this content.
  

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Kratos look different maybe there's another God of War game because he doesn't look like that on the Ascension demo/trailer.

thanks for posting

If I was gonna add people on this game, I would add a bunch of Final Fantasy Characters, Crash Bandicot, Snake, and some other better characters that I can't think of lol.

Snake is pretty much confirmed by Cole's voice actor.