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Seed Studio Developing 'Blue Shift' And 'Epoch Wars'

by Rainier on Sept. 1, 2008 @ 7:38 p.m. PDT

Taiwan based indie studio Seed Studio is developing two new titles, for yet unspecific platforms. While details are slim, Blue Shift is a futuristic post apocalyptic game where you embody a female lead accompanied with a wide range of supporting allies. Epoch Wars is a casual RTS game that allows a player to leap right into the action from game start, with no resource gathering or management and no construction required.

Blue Shift

You break left just as the massive fist slams into the wall; the impact manages to actually chip the concrete and a fleck manages to scratch your face. As his associates gather to rush you, you realize it’s time to kick in the burners. A moment’s concentration and you are suddenly far more than human, your enhanced abilities allow you to move with blinding speed while your precog sense lets you know your enemies moves before he does. As the leader tries to hit you again, you catch his fist with you hand and bring him to his knees as you crush the bones in his hand. His associates’ eyes go wild in terror as they realize what you are. In a hushed voice one whispers “Eli!” A few seconds later and your opponents lie sprawled out in the mud before you. You grab the leader, and lift him up to you. You rub your scratched face and snarl.

“First hit is free, the others you pay for…with interest!”

In the world of 2064 the future isn’t what it used to be. The Great collapse of 2030 has devastated the world in ways man could never imagine, for many it seemed as if the planet itself was making a concerted effort to eliminate it’s most troublesome specie: Man

The great collapse was a series of environmental failures on a global scale, each one cascading into the next to bring more hardship and misery. After years of abuse Mother Nature struck back by simply rolling over and dying. Melting icecaps flooded coastal areas, which led to massive inland droughts, these generated punishing sandstorms and enormous forest and prairie fires, the dust and soot then blocked the sun causing northern temperatures to plummet to near ice age levels. With the drought came crop failures on a scale unimagined. The famine forced people to flee some cities in droves. Some searching for food, others trying to escape rising waters or plunging temperatures

This is the world of Blue Shift, set in the world of the near future; it is a world of extremes, fire and ice, mega wealth and grinding poverty, predators and prey. Here there is no middle ground but there are shades of gray, where someone with the right blend of smarts, luck or ruthlessness just might come out on top.

Epoch Wars

Epoch Wars is a causal RTS game that allows a player to leap right into the action from game start, with no resource gathering or management and no construction required. Players control a battalion of soldiers and their commanding officer in which abilities deployed and territories captured and other exciting elements in maps will become the deciding conditions for victory.

In addition to the characters, the game world will be unique. Consisting of a number of integrated maps of varying complexity, each seems deceptively simple to play. It’s only when the player is fully immersed in the game that he discovers just how much strategy is needed for success

Key Features :

  • Fast paced action strategy game
    • Includes simplified elements of RPG and RTS genres
    • Unique characters and extraordinary environments
  • Simplified control system
    • Contextual commands will give players more fidelity in controlling their armies
    • Simplified control allows a lower learning curve
  • Multiplayer Support
    • Cooperative team-based game play
    • Voice chat support and emotes
    • Ranked games and unranked games
    • Tournament support and downloadable content

Seed Studio's Epoch Wars is a Multiplayer Action Strategy scheduled for Q2 2009

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