Ruin is an Action role-playing game

Action role-playing game

Action role-playing games form a loosely defined sub-genre of role-playing video games that incorporate elements of action or action-adventure games, emphasizing real-time action where the player has direct control over characters, instead of turn-based or menu-based combat...

 set in a medieval fantasy

Medieval fantasy

Medieval fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy that encompasses medieval era high fantasy and sometimes simply represents fictitious versions of historic events. This subgenre is common among role-playing games, text-based roleplaying, and high-fantasy literature....

 setting being developed for the PlayStation 3

PlayStation 3

The is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...

 and PlayStation Vita. The game was presented June 2011 at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) where it demonstrated Sony Computer Entertainment

Sony Computer Entertainment

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's new handheld games console, and the consoles' ability to transfer active games between the two consoles.

The game is being developed by San Diego Studio and Idol Minds

Idol Minds

Idol Minds is an independent video game developer located in Louisville, Colorado. The company became widely known for their 2007 ragdoll physics-based game Pain, which was the most downloaded game on the PlayStation Network , and are also co-developing Ruin, a game which the company used to...

.

PS3 and PS Vita versions are expected to be sold together as a combined package.

Gameplay and design

Ruin is an action role playing game player from an perspective

Perspective (graphical)

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 corrected view of a isometric viewpoint, the game-engine includes simulation of destructable environments and ragdoll physics.

A social aspect has been introduced to the game through standard methods including competitive and cooperative play, trading and chat, as well as the integrated ability to post progress on Facebook

Facebook

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 and Twitter

Twitter

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, and by another mechanism whereby players can create and modify their own dungeons (called 'Lairs') where high value items are stored which enhance the player's in game skills, the 'Lairs' as also available to other players as questable locations.

The game also utilises 'cloud storage

Cloud storage

Cloud storage is a model of networked online storage where data is stored on virtualized pools of storage which are generally hosted by third parties. Hosting companies operate large data centers; and people who require their data to be hosted buy or lease storage capacity from them and use it for...

' to store game data, so that gameplay can be transferred almost seamlessly between connected devices (PS3 and PS Vita).