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Coming late September, exclusively for PC, Maelstrom is set to be the most explosive action strategy gaming experience ever where Hollywood sci-fi meets explosive, innovative RTS play.
With progressive gameplay from acclaimed Russian game studio KDV Games (Perimeter), Hollywood-level production values from U.S. creative studio Massive Black, Inc, the game is wrapped in an epic science-fiction script from professional screenwriter James Swallow (Star Trek: Voyager TV, Doctor Who).
Set against the violent ecological meltdown of a future planet Earth, it’s all-out destructive war as you battle for control of the entire planet against fearless aliens, an army of high-tech super soldiers and a rag tag crew of human survivors.
In this ravaged world, the planet’s dwindling resources have divided what remains of mankind in two: the urban freedom fighting ‘Remnants’ and the technologically advanced ‘Ascension’. Now they must wage war against a new threat, the invasion of a savage alien race, the Hai-Genti, and each other in a desperate struggle for supremacy and survival.
Through the game’s missions, you’ll take command from different viewpoints and employ faction-specific tactics and weaponry – from terraforming the land to harnessing the forces of nature to achieve your objectives. Complete with the ability to terraform landscapes and transform units, Maelstrom will provide gamers with the power to harness the forces of nature in the most frantic, destructive, action-packed RTS game yet.
Played from the classic RTS vantage point, but unlike traditional titles, the game’s unparalleled level of detail will enable you to get in close and annihilate your enemies from a third person perspective too. Six player multiplayer takes the action to the next level.
Promising an explosive and varied mix of action-packed strategic missions set in totally destructible environments, Codemasters will publish Maelstrom in late September, exclusively for PC.
Discover more about the future of planet Earth and the future of RTS gaming with the first Maelstrom gameplay trailer movie and more at the game’s new microsite, now live at www.codemasters.co.uk/maelstrom
THE MAELSTROM:
In the space of fifty years, Earth changed from a planet on cusp of a challenging future to a world a breath away from lifelessness and plunged into an apocalyptic time of ecological disaster, global warfare and the meltdown of human civilization. Some survived and gave this time of chaos and madness a name; drawing on a word that describes a storm so terrible it could tear open the world. They called it The Maelstrom.
THE FACTIONS:
The Remnants, Ascension and Hai-Genti form Maelstrom’s three playable factions, each superbly different in terms of theme and play strategy:
The Remnants
Led by ex-US military General James Buchanan, take charge with the heroic Remnants, as you modify your 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 you hack into and control the Ascension’s ruthless transforming tech, the Mechamorphs.
The Ascension
Dominate with the insidious Ascension, headed by Arlan Khan, as you command the all-powerful Mechmorphs with their transforming technology.
Fear no one with your 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 you need to relocate your base or buildings, these too can be transformed and moved on.
The Hai-Genti
Attack the human factions as you command the full strike force of the invading Hai-Genti.
Take on an altogether alien strategy and you 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 your ravenous spores, the literal hearts of your campaign.
Sacrifice your own units to produce even more vicious and deadly mutated monsters. After all, they’re only fodder for the cause.
SUMMARY POINTS
Maelstrom is the evolution of RTS gaming – a stunning mix of action-packed missions set in a totally destructible and immaculately realised environments.
A devastated future Earth becomes the battleground as a divided human race fights for survival against alien invaders.
Through the game, players control each of the game’s three factions – the Remnants, Ascension and the alien Hai-Genti – each with unique identities, strengths and tactics.
Modify the terrain and use the elements as a strategic weapon. Create valleys, carve out lakes, freeze water, melt ice, create tornadoes and even control the wind.
Characters grow experience and level up with new abilities as you progress through the game.
Intense, addictive six player multiplayer gameplay with different modes and online ranking.
Title: Maelstrom
Format: PC
Developer: KDV Games
Publisher: Codemasters
Shipping: Late September
Website: www.codemasters.com/maelstrom
With progressive gameplay from acclaimed Russian game studio KDV Games (Perimeter), Hollywood-level production values from U.S. creative studio Massive Black, Inc, the game is wrapped in an epic science-fiction script from professional screenwriter James Swallow (Star Trek: Voyager TV, Doctor Who).
Set against the violent ecological meltdown of a future planet Earth, it’s all-out destructive war as you battle for control of the entire planet against fearless aliens, an army of high-tech super soldiers and a rag tag crew of human survivors.
In this ravaged world, the planet’s dwindling resources have divided what remains of mankind in two: the urban freedom fighting ‘Remnants’ and the technologically advanced ‘Ascension’. Now they must wage war against a new threat, the invasion of a savage alien race, the Hai-Genti, and each other in a desperate struggle for supremacy and survival.
Through the game’s missions, you’ll take command from different viewpoints and employ faction-specific tactics and weaponry – from terraforming the land to harnessing the forces of nature to achieve your objectives. Complete with the ability to terraform landscapes and transform units, Maelstrom will provide gamers with the power to harness the forces of nature in the most frantic, destructive, action-packed RTS game yet.
Played from the classic RTS vantage point, but unlike traditional titles, the game’s unparalleled level of detail will enable you to get in close and annihilate your enemies from a third person perspective too. Six player multiplayer takes the action to the next level.
Promising an explosive and varied mix of action-packed strategic missions set in totally destructible environments, Codemasters will publish Maelstrom in late September, exclusively for PC.
Discover more about the future of planet Earth and the future of RTS gaming with the first Maelstrom gameplay trailer movie and more at the game’s new microsite, now live at www.codemasters.co.uk/maelstrom
THE MAELSTROM:
In the space of fifty years, Earth changed from a planet on cusp of a challenging future to a world a breath away from lifelessness and plunged into an apocalyptic time of ecological disaster, global warfare and the meltdown of human civilization. Some survived and gave this time of chaos and madness a name; drawing on a word that describes a storm so terrible it could tear open the world. They called it The Maelstrom.
THE FACTIONS:
The Remnants, Ascension and Hai-Genti form Maelstrom’s three playable factions, each superbly different in terms of theme and play strategy:
The Remnants
Led by ex-US military General James Buchanan, take charge with the heroic Remnants, as you modify your 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 you hack into and control the Ascension’s ruthless transforming tech, the Mechamorphs.
The Ascension
Dominate with the insidious Ascension, headed by Arlan Khan, as you command the all-powerful Mechmorphs with their transforming technology.
Fear no one with your 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 you need to relocate your base or buildings, these too can be transformed and moved on.
The Hai-Genti
Attack the human factions as you command the full strike force of the invading Hai-Genti.
Take on an altogether alien strategy and you 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 your ravenous spores, the literal hearts of your campaign.
Sacrifice your own units to produce even more vicious and deadly mutated monsters. After all, they’re only fodder for the cause.
SUMMARY POINTS
Maelstrom is the evolution of RTS gaming – a stunning mix of action-packed missions set in a totally destructible and immaculately realised environments.
A devastated future Earth becomes the battleground as a divided human race fights for survival against alien invaders.
Through the game, players control each of the game’s three factions – the Remnants, Ascension and the alien Hai-Genti – each with unique identities, strengths and tactics.
Modify the terrain and use the elements as a strategic weapon. Create valleys, carve out lakes, freeze water, melt ice, create tornadoes and even control the wind.
Characters grow experience and level up with new abilities as you progress through the game.
Intense, addictive six player multiplayer gameplay with different modes and online ranking.
Title: Maelstrom
Format: PC
Developer: KDV Games
Publisher: Codemasters
Shipping: Late September
Website: www.codemasters.com/maelstrom
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