Publisher picks up new first-person shooter from F.E.A.R. Extraction Point developer Timegate Studios.
In the past, a Section 8 was a military discharge for psychiatric reasons. In the future, Section 8 will be a sci-fi first-person shooter from Texas-based Timegate Studios, the developer announced today.
While Timegate is known for its work on real-time strategy games like 2004's Axis & Allies and the Kohan series, it has some experience with first-person shooters as well, having developed the F.E.A.R. Extraction Point expansion for Sierra's supernatural PC shooter. Helping bring Section 8 to store shelves will be the recently established Gamecock Media Group, the publisher behind forthcoming projects from independent developers like Wideload Games, Crackpot Entertainment, Auran, and more.
Details of Section 8 (including its story and the reason for its title) are being kept quiet for now, but the game has been assigned a scheduled release date sometime in 2009. According to Timegate, the "next-gen" shooter is currently scheduled for multiple platforms.
Eurogamer has a "hands-on" pre-beta review here:
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Timegate's made two games I've played: both of them expansions for the original F.E.A.R. I liked Extraction Point, and I bloody-well hated Perseus Mandate, so I'm a bit unsure what to expect from Section 8.
I see that SouthPeak Interactive is getting development credits on this game, too. I played their Imperium Romanum for about an hour before I wanted my money back.
Still, the trailer shows promise.