Rebellion, qui a autrefois fait de bons jeux (le premier Aliens VS Predator, voire Judge Dredd: Dredd VS Death), annonce sa participation au développement de PRISM: Threat Level Red, en conjonction avec Rival Interactive. Le tout est édité par Playlogic avec la bienveillance de la Garde Nationale américaine, qui sponsorise le jeu et son contenu. Au passage, on apprend que PRISM: Black Shield, la version gratuite « à la America’s Army » du jeu, est désormais nommée PRISM: Guard Shield. Une info indispensable. [–SUITE–]Le communiqué de presse :
Rebellion develops US Army National Guard game “PRISM” for Playlogic
AMSTERDAM – Jan. 23, 2006 – Interactive games publisher Playlogic Entertainment, Inc. and award- winning U.K. games developer Rebellion today disclosed that Rebellion is developing the anti-terrorism game « PRISM ». The game is scheduled to be released in the third quarter of 2006 for PC and is being developed in conjunction with Rival Interactive, which is the liaison between Playlogic and the U.S. Army National Guard.
« PRISM: Threat Level Red » is a first-person shooter game with a unique blend of stealth operations and fast action gameplay. PRISM is being developed simultaneously with a game for the US Army National Guard; a version of the game which will be used as a recruitment tool by the U.S. Army National Guard and is called « PRISM: Guard Shield ». The cooperation with the US Army National Guard adds a high level of military information and expertise to the game.
Rebellion CEO Jason Kingsley said, « We are pleased to develop PRISM for Playlogic. Playlogic is a young and aggressive publisher with an impressive line-up for 2006. We believe that PRISM will contribute to the high quality of the line-up. »
According to Dominique Morel, CTO and Development Director of Playlogic, « Rebellion is one of the best development studios in the U.K., in possession of impressive technology, which is promising for quality. The studio is extremely experienced, especially in the first-person shooter genre and is therefore the ultimate partner with which to work. The game is another example of the growth of Playlogic’s line-up and follows the strategy of seeking high-quality games and known IP. »
The core PRISM experience focuses on the unconventional application of new and emerging weapons and surveillance technologies in the war against terrorism. The compelling campaign mode contains scenarios that include attacks on key U.S. infrastructures.
PRISM takes place in the very near future with the player becoming the newest member of a highly secretive homeland defense unit known as PRISM. PRISM is also an acronym for « Pre-emptive Reconnaissance and Identification Security Mainframe », a new computer system that the government is using to wirelessly hack into video surveillance equipment across America.
