Gaming News - May 2002
Scottsdale, AZ (May 20, 2002) - ARUSH Entertainment, in conjunction
with Groove Games and Digitalo, today announced Devastation, a new team-based
first-person shooter (FPS) built on a heavily modified next-generation Unreal
engine. Set on a post-apocalyptic Earth, Devastation pits teams of rebelling
gang leaders, street fighters, mercenaries, and ex-military operatives together
against armies of corrupt, high-tech corporate police in a battle to win control
of a devastated world.
"I was blown away the first time I saw this game," said ARUSH Entertainment
president and CEO Jim Perkins. "Devastation is a gunshot-to-the-head kind of
experience: it's edgy, it's raw, and it'll shock your senses. "
"We have made significant enhancements to the already amazing Unreal
technology," said Vic DeLeon, Senior Producer of Digitalo. "The graphics in
Devastation are so in-your-face that you'll think you're in the latest Hollywood
thriller, and the environments and gameplay will suck you right in."
From ARUSH:
Devastation has a dynamic tactical component that allows the gamer to decide
how much control to exert over non-player character teammates, from giving
individual commands to giving no commands at all-game players can coordinate an
8-person attack, or go in guns blazing, it's their choice. With 32 different
areas, more than 30 different weapons, numerous multiplayer game styles and
over-the-top graphics, Devastation offers FPS fans a captivating experience.
The game not only uses next-generation Unreal technology, but it also
incorporates real-world physics, providing for realistic object movements and
incredible rag-doll deaths. The environment is completely interactive, where
everything can be destroyed or manipulated-use garbage in the streets to set
traps, or pick up broken bottles and slash your enemies. The use of sound in the
game is dynamic as well--it can be manipulated or muffled to create diversions
or to move around stealthily.
The advanced artificial intelligence controls enemies and teammates with
micro-behaviors and heightened awareness. Teammates provide intelligent
cooperation and assistance-they almost seem too real. Also, bots react
differently each time the game is played, lending incredible replay value.
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