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While some games have attempted to merge the first person shooter genre with elements from RTS games (The Savage series, Command and Conquer: Renegade) none have been deemed a complete success. Today publisher Reality Gap officially launched Battleswarm: Field of Honor, a sci-fi themed free-to-play online game that was originally developed by Asian developer Gameworld Tech. The game itself has one side (the human solider) in a first person view point. They go up against the other (side the bug-like aliens) who have an RTS game play design.
On the occasion of today's official launch of Battleswarm, Big Download got a chance to ask some questions to Reality Gap's Chief Operating Office Mark Hood as he talks about the game, how Pong creator Nolan Bushnell is involved and more.
Game Blend writes: "GameWorld Tech has developed one of the most original games I’ve played in a very long time and Reality Gap has been hard at work in promoting BattleSwarm to a wide audience of gamers. The company recently updated the game with a series of new features, items, weapons and playing styles to increase both the intensity and the balance of a genre that doesn't actually exist until now: MMOFPS vs MMORTS. And it's a game for the ages."
MMOHut, "Reality Gap, makers of Battleswarm: Field of Honor, has announced a new partnership with Sleepy Giant. Sleepy Giant manages games like CrimeCraft and War Rock. The partnership will allow Sleepy Giant to help manage infrastructure, billing, analytics, and data services..."
Battleswarm: Field of Honor is a unique free-to-play MMO that combines the first-person shooter and real-time strategy genres by pitting FPS Humans against RTS Bugs. ZAM got the chance to sit down with Reality Gap's Mark Hood to discuss how the team balances these gameplay styles and what the company's MetaTIX virtual currency system means for players.
