Tomb Raider composer, Nathan McCree has been appointed to design and develop the music and sound for ‘Breed’, the cutting-edge science fiction shoot-‘em up, and debut game of Brat Designs Ltd. Nathan who is most well known in the computer games industry for his work at Core Design (in particular Tomb Raider 1, 2 and 3) is teaming up with an ex Core colleague and graphic designer Jason Gee, now director and co-founder of Brat Designs Ltd.

CDV have been inundated with requests to release the first ingame sequences. The really impatient ones among you can now download a first in game movie (German/English)! The in game sequences of the pre-alpha version feature a clip of a typical mission, from the take-off up to the landing, and of course, they also show the required combats, landing crafts, tanks, and GRUNTS. The in game movie is available in two formats: as MPEG (37 MB) to download under gamesweb.com and as streaming RealVideo at CDV.

CDV just send us some screens from Breed and Imperium Galactica3 : Genesis ... Two of their high profile titles ... and judging from the screens they are quite impressive indeed .. Njoy!

We received a bunch of mail about that CDV tossed up the first Breed Q/A on their official forum for Breed. "Breed is an upcoming science fiction FPS game" There will be further question and answer sessions posted in the forum soon. Here is a clip from the Q/A:

Will there be the usual game types such as Capture the Flag (CTF), DeathMatch (DM), and Capture & Hold (C&H)?

Breed will not only support all the usual modes of multiplayer gaming (Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, CTF, 'Hired Guns', 'Eliminator', 'Assimilation', Co-operative Mission, Opposing Mission) but will also introduce a number of original variants. We'll be revealing more details on these closer to the launch...

Breed is a cutting-edge science-fiction shoot-‘em up, which skilfully blends addictive, accessible, free-roaming gameplay with cutting-edge, state-of-the-art technology to expand not only the gameplay potential, but also the player’s perceived freedom within the game world. Three new screens of the USC Darwin, "the mother of all cruisers", for all of us to drool over!

Breed is a cutting-edge science-fiction shoot-‘em up, which skilfully blends addictive, accessible, free-roaming gameplay with cutting-edge, state-of-the-art technology to expand not only the gameplay potential, but also the player’s perceived freedom within the game world. Today we got a few concept sketches of ground vehicles.

CDV updated some of their webpages with new screenshots on their upcoming blockbusters "Sudden Strike II", "Divine Divinity" and "Breed". Since they are all over the place we slapped em together for you puppies to enjoy ... so check them out!

Anita Rodic, PR Manager with CDV Software in Germany, publisher of Brat Designs' BREED let us know that they have a new 2.8 MB trailer posted. This new BREED trailer displays the actual development stage of the game (the trailer can only be viewed with Divx4-code, freeware available at Divx.com). You find the trailer HERE!

Today the official Breed site offers a new 7.0 MB movie from this 3D action game "Breed" that is in the works at Brat Designs.. SCi has been active today and now they bring up a 21.5 MB movie from the tactical PC, XBox, PS2 shooter game "Conflict: Desert Storm" that is in the works over at Pivotal Games.

The human soldiers have the possibility to travel from the human mother ship, Darwin, to Earth. As battles take place on Earth and in space, players will have hands full fighting battles on both grounds. Take control of flying units, enter Earth's atmosphere and invade the Breed forces on land. How that scene might look like is displayed on the bundle of new screens, to be found on the official website. Today the holiday pics show a USC dropship carrying a unit of ready-to-rock light grunts. Enjoy!

The science fiction shooter BREED by Brat Designs, to be released the 2nd half of 2002, will skillfully blend addictive, accessible, free-roaming gameplay with state-of-the-art technology to expand not only the game potential but also the player’s perceived freedom within the game world. Today the official site for Breed is updated with an example for the development process in the form of USC GRUNT (Genetically Revived UNiversal Tactical Sentient).

The alien "Breed" are already ravaging on www.breedgame.com, having occupied a world of their own in the infinite universe of the web. But now… madness! The countless banner events of Sudden Strike or Cossacks:European Wars have been highly successful, therefore they'll be repeated with •B•R•E•E•D• as well.

In a far away future naughty aliens will get hit badly. With a great arsenal of weapons and a big pool of vehicles the gamer can either choose between 1st or 3rd person view. The official site for Breed is up, filled with lot of information, screens, wallpapers and etc.

Breed is a cutting-edge science-fiction shoot-‘em up, which skilfully blends addictive, accessible, free-roaming gameplay with cutting-edge, state-of-the-art technology to expand not only the gameplay potential, but also the player’s perceived freedom within the game world.