Studio Day 1 Studios has begun work on a tactical third-person shooter. The new project from the creators of MechAssault will be re-dedicated to the theme of confrontation, combat vehicles and will be called Reign of Thunder. Announcement of the game took place on the official website of the studio.
Reign of Thunder will be distributed on a shareware (Free2Play) model. The list of available platforms is not currently announced, but it is assumed that the primary will be the PC.
"It's great to be back in the mech-genre and the communities in which we played games and did two decades - said executive producer studio TJ Wagner (TJ Wagner). - Make a game that combines elements of role-playing games early MechWarrior, rapid arcade action and the shareware model - it's a great opportunity to be part of this community. "According to Wagner, the release of the game will happen "very, very soon."
Studio Day 1 hinted at developing a new game February 17, 2012, when released nameless rolik- "teaser" with the staff walking robot. Developers are known primarily dilogii MechAssault, which was published in the mid-2000s for the console Xbox. Both games were arcade fighters in the universe MechWarrior and have been positively evaluated profile press. Last completed game studio is a shooter FEAR3, released in summer 2011.
2012 planned out two more games in the universe MechWarrior. On the first, shareware network game MechWarrior Online, currently occupied by developers Piranha Games.It should appear in the summer of 2012 only on personal computers. The second project codenamed MechWarrior Tactics should be declassified today, February 21, 2012. Presumably, this is a browser online game for the PC.