Actually, mediocre is too weak of a word to describe this game. The terrible and utter failure that is stealth-action title Vampire Rain, is being ported to PlayStation 3, publisher AQ Interactive announced today.

Originally released on Xbox 360, the forthcoming PS3 port is entitled “Vampire Rain: Altered Species,” and will feature over 50 hours of gameplay plus 5.1 channel audio and “revamped” character animations.

Critics across the board gave Vampire Rain absurdly low scores when it was released on the Xbox 360 last year. It’s hard to imagine that this port will fair any better, even with the so-called improvements.

The Battle Between Mankind and Nightwalker Continues (PS3)

AQ Interactive is set to release Vampire Rain: Altered Species on the PlayStation 3.

May 8, 2008 - AQ Interactive announced today that it will bring Vampire Rain: Altered Species to the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system. The exciting stealth action game will be developed by industry veteran Artoon, which has developed such blockbuster titles as Blue Dragon, Blinx: The Time Sweeper, Yoshi’s Island DS and many more.

“We are very excited to bring Vampire Rain: Altered Species to the PlayStation 3,” said Artoon President Naoto ?shima. “The incredible power of the PS3, will allow us to give gamers a fully immersive experience. This will include: 5.1 channel audio, over 50 hours of gameplay, extra bonus levels, a lot of completely revamped animations, character interactions and much more.”

Vampire Rain: Altered Species is an intense game that takes place during a dreary night in a suburban, west coast city in the US. For some time now, mankind has been battling the ferocious and terrifying Nightwalkers, a race of superhuman vampires who crave human blood. People have been disappearing at night; the lucky ones are found dead, but those less fortunate are reborn as Nightwalkers, and are bound by instinct to forcefully recruit unwitting victims into the Nightwalker army. Gamers take the role of John Lloyd, a member of a US special government unit created to defeat the Nightwalkers, and the only human to ever survive a physical encounter with them.

Aside from featuring a blood-chilling, story driven single player campaign, Vampire Rain: Altered Species will also feature a robust multiplayer mode.