Gaming News - April 2006
New York, NY (April 18, 2006) - Codemasters today revealed
details on the factions appearing in the upcoming game Maelstrom.
From Codemasters:
Coming late September, exclusively for Windows PC, Maelstrom is an action
strategy game where Hollywood sci-fi meets groundbreaking RTS gameplay.
Set against the violent ecological meltdown of Earth, players will be able to
unleash a tide of carnage with colossal transforming robots, crush enemies by
raining down fire, level entire mountains and freeze the oceans.
In this ravaged world, water has become the most valuable of resources and has
divided what remains of mankind in two: the urban freedom fighting ‘Remnants’
and the technologically advanced ‘Ascension.’ Now, these two groups must wage
war against a new threat, the invasion of a savage alien race, the Hai-Genti
resulting in a desperate struggle for supremacy and survival.
The Remnants, Ascension and Hai-Genti comprise Maelstrom’s three playable
factions, and each is superbly different in terms of theme and play strategy:
The Remnants
- Led by ex-US military General James Buchanan, players can take charge with
the heroic Remnants, as they modify their units on the fly to deal with the
situation.
- Use stealth to infiltrate enemy lines and guerrilla tactics to devise
lethal traps involving napalm, proximity mines, bomb cluster chains and
devastating nuclear weapons.
- Turn enemy units against their masters, as players hack into and control
the Ascension’s ruthless transforming tech, the Mechamorphs.
The Ascension
- Dominate with the insidious Ascension, headed by Arlan Khan, as players
command the all-powerful Mechmorphs with their transforming technology.
- Fear no one with advanced technology and shielded units, with their laser
weaponry, cryogen rays and orbital weapon platforms, which strike down death
from above.
- It’s not just the Ascension’s weaponry that can transform; if players need
to relocate their base or buildings, these too can be transformed and moved
on.
The Hai-Genti
- Attack the human factions and command the full strike force of the
invading Hai-Genti.
- Take on an altogether alien strategy and fire down spores from the skies
to grow an army of vicious bloodthirsty beasts.
- Launch surprise attacks and tear the humans limb from limb to feed
ravenous spores, the literal hearts of players’ campaigns.
- Sacrifice own units to produce even more vicious and deadly mutated
monsters. After all, they’re only fodder for the cause.
Complete with the ability to terraform landscapes and transform units,
Maelstrom will provide strategy gamers with the power to harness the forces of
nature in the most frantic, destructive, action-packed RTS game yet.
Based on an original concept by Codemasters and KDV Games, the Russian team
behind the critically acclaimed Perimeter, and wrapped in a gripping science
fiction scenario devised by screenwriter James Swallow, Maelstrom will launch in
late September exclusively for PC. For all the latest information and to sign up
for exclusive faction newsletters, visit
www.codemasters.com/maelstrom.
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