Amidst a backdrop of worldwide ecological and seismological chaos in the mid-2100s, the United States has been split in two by the "Great Flood". As a result of the polar ice cap melting, the Mississippi River has destroyed the central portion of the United States, causing an ill-equipped Federal Government to fail and literally cutting the country in half. These two halves are left to fend for themselves in the aftermath.

The East, now known as the Atlantic Alliance, symbolic of their union with Europe, puts its faith in surviving this new world in cybernetics, an established yet evolving technology now more than 150 years old. On the other side of the flooded continent, the Western states, now called the Republic of Pacifica and having allied with Asia, resort to solving their problems at the genetic level, effectively restructuring the DNA of its inhabitants - a method the Atlantic Alliance finds morally reprehensible.

By 2161, it only takes a hint of unauthorized military preparation in Pacifica for the newly restored president to order a strike in the heart of Pacifican territory - an outpost in the now dry San Francisco Bay. This strike leads to the unthinkable: an epic conflict with global implications fought on U.S. soil. As a soldier in this struggle, Mason Briggs uses explosive, terrain-deforming weaponry to change the face of battle: He not only destroys the land in his path, he outright transforms it to gain the strategic advantage in completely unscripted ways no game has ever seen. With such a devastating arsenal at hand, Briggs never leaves any battlefield the way he found it.

In addition to extraordinary weaponry that allows players to do things previously only imagined, each side of the conflict, Pacifica and the Atlantic Alliance, boast soldiers with powers beyond those of ordinary men. Genetic augmentations provide Pacifican forces with amazing abilities, while Atlantic Alliance soldiers like Briggs counter the threat with the more "traditional" method: cybernetics. The differing states of superhumanity result in balanced yet stylistically different combat tactics that have never been seen before.

Fracture Achievements :

1. Complete Act 1: Complete Act 1 (20).
2. Complete Act 2: Complete Act 2 (25).
3. Complete Act 3: Complete Act 3 (30).
4. Complete Act 1 on Hardcore: Complete Act 1 on Hardcore (20).
5. Complete Act 2 on Hardcore: Complete Act 2 on Hardcore (25).
6. Complete Act 3 on Hardcore: Complete Act 3 on Hardcore (30).
7. Complete the Tutorial: Complete the Tutorial (20).
8. Von Helsing: Crush an enemy to death with a spike (25).
9. Open Sesame: Successfully open a physics or hinged gate for the first time in single player (25).
10. Zapp!: Successfully block (or unblock) an energy beam for the first time in single player.
11. Clap On/Clap Off: Successfully used a TD switch for the first time in single player (25).
12. Combat Engineer: Successfully raise/lower a bridge for the first time in single player (25).
13. Han Shoots First: Kill an enemy by using TD and forcing them into the beam in single player (25).
14. Use the Force Field: Kill someone by forcing them into a shield (25).
15. Collect a Data Cell: Collect a data cell (5).
16. Collect 35 Data Cells: Collect 35 data cells (35).
17. Collect all 100 Data Cells: Collect all 100 data cells (60).
18. Deathrace 2161: Cumulative 25 kills running over enemies with the TDV-1 (15).
19. Dragon's Breath Specialist: Cumulative 25 kills with the Dragon's Breath (15).
20. Mole Mine Specialist: Cumulative 25 kills with Mole Mines (15).
21. Rhino Specialist: Cumulative 25 kills with the Rhino (15).
22. Catapult Specialist: Cumulative 50 kills with the Catapult (15).
23. ST-4 Torpedo Launcher Specialist: Cumulative 50 kills with the ST-4 Torpedo Launcher (15).
24. Lodestone Specialist: Cumulative 25 kills with the Lodestone (15).
25. Raptor Specialist: Cumulative 50 kills with the Raptor (15).
26. ALM-37 "Deep Freeze" Specialist: Cumulative 25 kills of people frozen by the ALM-37 "Deep Freeze" (15).
27. Invader Specialist: Cumulative 50 kills with the Invader (15).
28. Scorpion Sniper Rifle Specialist: Cumulative 25 kills with the Scorpion Sniper Rifle (15).
29. Bulldog Specialist: Cumulative 50 kills with the Bulldog (15).
30. Pacifican SMG Specialist: Cumulative 50 kills with the Pacifican SMG (15).
31. Bangalore Specialist: Cumulative 50 kills with the Bangalore (15).
32. Black Widow Specialist: Cumulative 50 kills with the Black Widow (15).
33. Dead Aim: Accumulate 25 headshots kills (15).
34. Pugilist: Melee kill 10 enemies in a row (15).
35. What Goes Up: Kill 5 Hydras while they're in mid-air (25).
36. Welcome to the Suck: Kill 5 or more enemies with a single Vortex Grenade (15).
37. Beware falling objects: Kill an enemy using the Stomp Augmentation (30).
38. Super Soldier: Acquire All Augmentations in the Game (30).
39. President of the USA: Accumulate 100 Alliance Wins (25).
40. President of Pacifica: Cumulative 100 Pacifican Wins (25).
41. It's Good to be King: Win 50 Kingmaker games (15).
42. All Your Base Are Belong to Us: Win 50 Break-In Games (15).
43. Gold Plated Shovel: Win 50 Excavation games (15).
44. Standard Bearer: Win 50 CTF Games (15).
45. Inductee: Awarded for completing one multiplayer game (15).
46. Private: Awarded for completing 10 multiplayer games (15).
47. Battle-Tested: Awarded for completing 100 multiplayer games (15).
48. Corporal: Awarded for completing 250 multiplayer games (15).
49. Battle-Hardened: Awarded for completing 500 multiplayer games (15).
50. Demolition Expert: Awarded for completing 1500 multiplayer games (15).

Features

• Truly next-generation gameplay - Groundbreaking terrain deformation allows players to reshape the battlefield on the fly with futuristic weaponry of the year 2161, allowing for unprecedented power, freedom and control.
• All new story and characters from the company that brought you Star Wars and Indiana Jones, as well as Mercenaries and Thrillville - Players assume the role of Mason Briggs, a demolitions expert in the mighty Atlantic Alliance army and the next great action hero.
• Plausible future conflict - As stem cell research continues to proliferate and spirals out of control, ideological differences over genetic enhancement place the player at the threshold of an epic battle of tomorrow between genetics vs. cybernetics as two powerful armies, with vastly differing tactics and advantages, square off. The battlefield will change forever.

Fracture is scheduled for release on October 7, 2008.