Insomniac announces OverStrike News • News • Eurogamer.net

News PC Xbox 360 PlayStation 3 E3 2011

New multiplatform action title unveiled.

Resistance/Ratchet & Clank developer Insomniac Games has unveiled its new IP – OverStrike for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Due in 2012, it's an action title set in the near future that sees you as one of a team of elite agents tasked with taking down a shadowy organisation threatening to overthrow the government.

The squad is made of up four unique charachters, including a thief, scientist and detective, each armed with different "fringe tech" and "exotic weaponry".

Power-ups spotted in a gameplay-free cinematic trailer shown during EA's E3 presentation today include a foam gun, invisibility cloak and force field.

That's all Insomniac is saying for now. Expect that trailer soon.

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Daeltaja #1 12 months ago

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Ok, we're short of any gameplay footage, but if this is anything like Borderlands, sign me up!
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Ror1984 #2 12 months ago

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The Resistance games are the only Insomniac games I've played. I thought they were painfully mediocre, but this looks really quite good. It had a bit of an Incredibles feel about it in a way.
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captain_Carl #3 12 months ago

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I own every Insomniac game but really didn't like the look of this.

Will keep an eye on it though
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DarthMartious #4 12 months ago

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/bets halfway through you realise that you've been duped by the government and join up with the resistance!
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Ferral #5 12 months ago

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I can honestly say this looks pretty good, some gameplay would have been great, also liked the look of Reckoning.

All in all I thought the EA conference was far superior than the Microsoft one
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Daeltaja #6 12 months ago

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Wouldn't be hard to mistake Reckoning with World of Warcraft.
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God_Octo #7 12 months ago

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Just from the teaser, it looks great fun- Insomniac know their way around banter and explosions.
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randompanda #8 12 months ago

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Yo, Fred - Characters only has one h in it.
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AceGrace #9 12 months ago

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Sounds like The Chaos Engine.
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L0cky #10 12 months ago

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Looks interesting for what we've seen of it.

Kinda reminds me of NOLF for some reason.
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