Squad (video game)
| Squad | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Offworld Industries |
| Publisher(s) | Offworld Industries |
| Engine | Unreal Engine 4 |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows[1] |
| Release date(s) | Early 2016[2] |
| Genre(s) | First-person shooter, tactical shooter |
| Mode(s) | Multiplayer |
| Distribution | Digital distribution |
Squad is a tactical first-person shooter video game being developed by Offworld Industries. It is set to be self-published through Steam and is a spiritual successor to the multi-award winning Project Reality modification for Battlefield 2. It is currently in a pre-alpha state.
Gameplay
The goal of Squad is to create a "tactical first person shooter built around teamwork and cooperation".[3]
Development
Development of Squad was announced in October 2014 when Project Reality Developer Sniperdog (known as Merlin on the Squad forums) made a post on the Project Reality forums.[4] The announcement carried the news that the team of fifteen was making a spiritual successor to Project Reality on Epic Games' Unreal Engine 4.
Greenlight
On April 5, 2015 Squad appeared in Steam's Greenlight service and it was announced in an update called "Vote For Us".[5] Within 24 hours Squad had been 'Rated up' 9,200 times. Within just three days after appearing in Greenlight, Squad was 'Rated up' over 27,000 times and was confirmed as the most popular game currently in the Greenlight service.
Media Coverage
PC Gamer wrote an article about Squad on April 6, just after the Greenlight announcement. April 7 saw Polish gaming websites GRYonline, Eurogamer and Onet publish articles as well as Czech website Tiscali and the French website Le Journal du Gamer alongside British blog VG247 and Belgian blog 9lives. April 8 saw German website Gamestar publish an article.
Games.on.net posted an article about Squad on April 10th.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack for Squad is being composed by Project Reality composer Scott Tobin.
References
- ↑ "Squad for Linux?". Retrieved 2015-04-09.
- ↑ "Squad Greenlight Page".
- ↑ http://joinsquad.com/faq
- ↑ Merlin / Sniperdog. "Squad: A commercial game made by developers of and inspired by PR:BF2" (Website). Project Reality Forums. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
- ↑ Developer (5 April 2015). "Vote For Us" (Website). joinsquad.com. Retrieved 9 April 2015.