If you enjoy multiplayer team-based shooters without having to pay any kind of entry price to play, keep your eyes peeled for Firefall, coming in late 2011 for the PC. Firefall is being developed by Red 5 Studios, a seasoned group of game designers who previously worked on World of Warcraft and Tribes.
The third-person shooter has a graphic treatment similar to that of a cell-shaded game like Borderlands. One of the unique things about Firefall is the combat enhancement abilities that come from using “battleframes,” an upgradable mech suit of sorts. This is surely where some of the revenue for Firefall will come into play, with the optional battleframe enhancements.
Here’s a bit on the storyline of Firefall, from Red 5 Studios:
“Firefall paints a beautifully devastating vision of Earth, 200 years in the future. The promise of a new clean energy source, Crystite, leads to the disastrous arrival of the Melding, a hostile energy storm that engulfs most of our home planet. Earth’s surviving humans must band together in the eye of the Melding storm to save our species. Unfortunately, a new danger emerges as a bloodthirsty race known as The Chosen threatens humanity’s survival.”
You can now apply for participation in a beta test of Firefall at www.firefallthegame.com.
