We kick off our coverage of Leipzig Games Convention 2008 with some breaking news. Futuremark Games Studio officially announced today their first game project, titled Shattered Horizon.
Here's the official word, straight from the press release.
Futuremark Games Studio unveils Shattered Horizon at Leipzig GCNew game breaks free from gravity to offer unique FPS gameplay
LEIPZIG GAMES CONVENTION, GERMANY – AUGUST 19TH, 2008 - Futuremark(R) Games Studio (www.futuremark.com/games) today revealed Shattered Horizon(tm), a new game where players fight to survive in the aftermath of a catastrophic Moon mining accident that throws billions of tons of rocky debris into near-Earth space. In this multiplayer first-person shooter for PC teams of players experience realistic zero gravity combat surrounded by the broken remains of orbital infrastructure and the millions of asteroids now encircling the Earth.
With simple and intuitive controls players have complete freedom of movement, making full use of the distinctive environment to control the battle. Shattered Horizon rewards players with gameplay and tactics impossible in games constrained by gravity.
(You can find the full press release here)
So, the game is a multiplayer FPS with a twist, and everything is obviously going to be presented with some very shiny visuals. In order to illustrate the story and the setting, we got some breaking news - the official teaser trailer for Shattered Horizon.
Shattered Horizon Teaser Trailer
Futuremark Games Studio also published two early screenshots of the game in action - I'm told these are from an early build that is going to be shown behind closed doors at the Leipzig Games Convention 2008, starting tomorrow.
We'll get into more detail with a preview as soon as we've seen it all in action ourselves. Until then, check out the official site.
Full disclosure: YouGamers is owned by Futuremark Corporation, which also owns Futuremark Games Studio.
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