SCi Release Details on Upcoming Games

The company which bought you ?Constantine? and ?Conflict: Vietnam?, SCi, have today announced details on five of their currently in development, upcoming games. Featuring titles such as ?Total Overdose?, ?Conflict: Global Terror? and ?Rouge Trooper?, SCi look to have a very solid lineup.

Total Overdose
A super-cool, tequila-fuelled rampage through Mexico's gun-toting, drug-pushing underworld. Go undercover with Ramiro Cruz 'El Gringo Loco', an ex-con, bad-ass fresh out of the joint and kicking up one hell of a Mexican storm.

Features:

• A rich storyline taking the player through 18 different environments, from the seedy red light district of Los Toros to the depths of the Mexican desert.
  
  
• A free-style combat and stunt system to take down your enemy with more outrageous moves than you can shake a hot chilli at.
  
  
• Cutting-edge soundtrack featuring Molotov, Delinquent Habits and Control Machete.
  
  
• Uber-cool characters and missions with a strong whiff of tequila.
  
  
• Over 20 weapons: the better you get, the bigger your arsenal!
  
  
• Use the real-time rewind system to make perfect killa combos.
  
  
• Collect and win pickups to enable dual weapons and powerful loco moves
  
  
• Unique combo system earns the player rewards for stringing together multiple kills
  

Battlestations: Midway
Relive the biggest sea battles of World War II as you blast your way across the Pacific from the chaos of Pearl Harbor, through the Philippines, Java and the Coral Sea all the way to the epic Battle of Midway.

Battlestations: Midway's unique blend of intense 3rd-person action and epic, large-scale naval combat brings to life the Battle of the Pacific in a WWII shooter unlike any game seen before.

Unique gameplay lets you take direct control of over 60 different warships, planes and submarines from a 3rd-person perspective. Whether you issue quick orders to your fleet or take command of the overall battle is your choice.

Follow the war through the eyes of new recruit Henry Walker and lead your fleet through 11 huge campaign story missions and test your ability under pressure in 12 bonus challenge missions. If that's not enough, go online and battle for supremacy with up to 8 other players in huge head-to-head or co-operative fleet battles, featuring over 60 Allied and Japanese units.

Battlestations: Midway will be available on PS2, Xbox and PC in Q1 2006, with an expected ESRB Teen (PEGI 12+) age rating.

Features:

• Command the awsome firepower of over 60 powerful war- machines in some of the biggest aerial and sea battles of WWII
  
  
• Experience epic WWII combat from multiple perspectives as you jump between dozens of units, playing as a pilot, a gunner, a submarine captain or even carrier fleet commander.
  
  
• Allied campaign featuring 11 huge missions, 12 bonus challenge missions and an immersive storyline.
  
  
• Huge multi-unit online battles with up to 8 players controlling over 60 units on Xbox Live, PS2 Net and PC.
  

Conflict: Global Terror
Conflict: Global Terror brings the Conflict series into the 21st century. Set within the modern day context of counter-terrorism, the game, using a 100% rebuilt engine, boasts radically enhanced graphics, improved order system, highly detailed characters, hi-tech weaponry and is a clear generation above previous installments.

A new force in global terrorism, 'March 33', is emerging. Descendents from the ODESSA Nazis, and vehement in their task to bring about a new world order, they embark on a campaign of extreme violence and intimidation. Tasked with defeating March 33 is a rapid response counter-terrorist unit: Bradley, Jones, Connors and Foley - the heroes from the original Conflict: Desert Storm games are back. Having been betrayed by a mole within their own command unit they are ambushed and, covering their escape, Foley goes MIA...

They must enlist the help of sniper Carrie Sherman to uncover March 33's plans and force the mole to show its true colours.

Conflict: Global Terror will be available on PS2, Xbox and PC in Autumn 2005, with an expected ESRB Mature (PEGI 16+) age rating.

Features:

• Totally overhauled character appearance with incredibly detailed uniforms and faces.
  
  
• Superior enemy AI. Terrorists now use cover points and attack and retreat tactics in the same way a human player would.
  
  
• The most varied Conflict gameplay yet, taking the fight to real political hotspots around the world
  
  
• Greatly improved character behaviour including vaulting over objects and walls and climbing through windows.
  
  
• All new physics engine with ultra-realistic rag-doll effects
  
  
• Conflict Global Terror is playable online!!
  

Roll Call(working title)
A sudden upsurge in seemingly organized gang crime has left the city in turmoil. In response to this unprecedented escalation of violence, the Mayor has declared a state of emergency and formed an elite counter-gang division of the Police Department: Unit T-Zero. Comprised of the cream of police officers in the city, they are specially trained in all areas of urban combat, armed with the very latest in high power weaponry and have special powers of authority.

Roll Call follows a year in the life of Nick Mason, an ex-US Marine turned Unit T-Zero officer. Through his eyes experience the unpredictable life of an elite cop in the middle of a full-scale riot as he works with the emergency services in a desperate fight to prevent his city being brutalized by vicious gangs.

Roll Call will be available on PS2 and Xbox in Q2 2006.

Features:

• Explosive 1st-person action on the streets of a city at melting point
  
  
• Cutting-edge graphics engine with incredible fire effects including lethal backdrafts and Molotov cocktails
  
  
• Stunning game worlds brought to life using HavokTM physics
  
  
• Fully customizable weaponry featuring the very latest in high-power firearms
  
  
• Intelligent AI that adapts to the player's ability
  
  
• Intense online multiplayer featuring unique team-based urban warfare scenarios
  

Rogue Trooper
Nu Earth: a poisoned planet where a seemingly endless war rages between the Norts and the Southers. A futile struggle on a hostile planet with no clear end in sight.

But there are tales of a lone warrior. A man who can appear out of thin air and take out whole platoons, then disappear back into the shadows to which he belongs. A man who knows no allegiance but to his own mission and is hell-bent on revenge. He is the ultimate soldier, the last survivor of the massacred Genetic Infantrymen...

...the Rogue Trooper!

Rogue Trooper will be available on PS2, PC and Xbox in Q1 2006, with an expected ESRB Teen (PEGI 16+) age rating.

Features:

• Intense 3rd person action on the battlefields of Nu Earth.
  
  
• Use Helm, Gunnar and Bagman, Rogue's fallen comrades, to bring about the maximum amount of destruction.
  
  
• Truly freeform gameplay, incorporating an unlimited amount of routes and tactics with which to progress.
  
  
• Surprise your enemies and execute dramatic Kill-Moves at close range.
  
  
• Use the unique upgradeable abilities of your Bio-chipped equipment strategically to outwit your foes and set up colossal action sequences.
  
  
• Sophisticated hierarchical enemy AI.
  
  
• Intense split-screen and online multiplayer action.
  

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