The Scourge Project Announcement and Screens

The Scourge Project

Written Thursday, December 03, 2009 By Alan Pettit

Set in the near future, The Scourge Project throws you into the boots of Echo Squad, an elite group of mercenaries hired by The Tarn Initiative to deal a decisive blow against the power-hungry Nogari Corporation. Your mission: First, to locate and rescue Dr Reisbeck, Tarn's double-agent inside Nogari; Second, to recover a piece of the meteorite fragment that Nogari has used to develop Ambrosia, the powerful new energy source with which they now control the world economy.

Stranded on Nogari Island shortly after being mysteriously attacked during your covert insertion, and surrounded on all sides by hostile forces, you'll need all of your skill to stay alive as you fight your way through the chaos that has consumed the alien-infested facilities that lie before you...

The Scourge Project is a 3rd-Person Shooter created using Unreal Engine 3 for the PC and XBox 360 platforms, and delivers the following exciting features:

Up to 4-Player Co-op Campaign with 5+ hours of gameplay
4 Playable Characters, each with a distinct combination of Special Abilities
Unique Flashbacks per playable character, showing you critical past events that shed a new light on your predicament...
Squad AI for groups with less than 4 Players
Quick-Order-System (QOS) for rapid deployment of Squad-members
9 Weapons to suit your playing style
Up to 16 Players in Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Capture-The-Flag and Frontier Multiplayer Modes with dedicated multiplayer maps
12 Achievements to unlock
XP System to track your experience and skill in Campaign and Multiplayer

Look for The Scourge Project on the XBLA in March 2010. No price has been set.

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User Comments

Forum Posts: 90	Comment #1 by 0o0 ALEX 0o0 Thursday, December 03, 2009 @ 09:47:12 AM	(0)
	Looks very good for an arcade game hope it doesn't cost too much like a lot of arcade games right now.

Forum Posts: 31	Comment #2 by MaleficLuxuria Thursday, December 03, 2009 @ 09:49:57 AM	(0)
	Looks interesting. If the multiplayer is any good and plays well and is balanced, then this is totally a must buy for me.The setting reminds me of Metroid Prime and Dead Space. o_O

Forum Posts: 0	Comment #3 by LUMBERJERK Thursday, December 03, 2009 @ 09:55:02 AM	(0)
	This looks good. I love how arcade games keep getting better and better.

Forum Posts: 4149	Comment #4 by VladimirK Thursday, December 03, 2009 @ 10:05:38 AM	(0)
	Looks really good. Plus it has co-op :D

Forum Posts: 2	Comment #5 by ovahdasturrs Thursday, December 03, 2009 @ 10:11:23 AM	(0)
	This looks to be an excellent arcade game. Definitely looks to be one to keep your eyes on.

Forum Posts: 51	Comment #6 by SumHydroponic Thursday, December 03, 2009 @ 10:39:45 AM	(0)
	Wow looks sweet for an arcade game.

Forum Posts: 229	Comment #7 by BadBoyKillah89 Thursday, December 03, 2009 @ 10:47:01 AM	(0)
	No price is set yet but there's no doubt this "arcade" game will end up at the very least 1200 MSP.

Forum Posts: 743	Comment #8 by l.maciver Thursday, December 03, 2009 @ 10:51:44 AM	(0)
	hope its 1200 and not 1600, cause it looks brill

Forum Posts: 10	Comment #9 by Silent Gaiden Thursday, December 03, 2009 @ 11:02:31 AM	(0)
	Armor looks like Crysis.

Forum Posts: 44	Comment #10 by Phool Thursday, December 03, 2009 @ 11:30:41 AM	(0)
	Or if we're unlucky enough. 1600 Mp. Or maybe, just maybe M$ won't get to greedy with this one. So 800Mp. And of course, the game looks excellent. Kinda like Shadow Complex but without the 2D view.

Forum Posts: 0	Comment #11 by sonicdevron Thursday, December 03, 2009 @ 11:55:15 AM	(0)
	This looks better then Gears 2..and I loved that game.

Forum Posts: 173	Comment #12 by Blue Thunder28 Thursday, December 03, 2009 @ 01:07:15 PM	(0)
	anything more than 1200msp should be Games on Demand exclusive games, that would be great. More achievements too. I love big games on XBLA but the pricey big ones are hard to buy because of the maximum of 12 chieves. This game looks fantastic though. I'll probably buy it either way hopefully the multiplayer doesn't die off too quickly like most XBLA games.

Forum Posts: 2284	Comment #13 by Andreas_loel Thursday, December 03, 2009 @ 02:37:59 PM	(0)
	Thought it was a full game so i was a bit wtf at the 12 achievements only >< Could be cool, coop games are always welcome

Forum Posts: 1000	Comment #14 by Dr Popodopolus Thursday, December 03, 2009 @ 03:29:46 PM	(0)
	One of the better looking XBLA titles.

Forum Posts: 0	Comment #15 by Z DOG NZL Thursday, December 03, 2009 @ 04:31:12 PM	(0)
	Looks a bit like Mass Effect to me

Forum Posts: 243	Comment #16 by Coldgears Thursday, December 03, 2009 @ 05:33:53 PM	(0)
	Announcement? This video was posted in July... 2007... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxtjoNb2dE8

Forum Posts: 409	Comment #17 by Dan261 Thursday, December 03, 2009 @ 06:35:12 PM	(0)
	Echo Squad? What, was Delta Squad already taken? Oh wait ...

Forum Posts: 30	Comment #18 by awise107 Thursday, December 03, 2009 @ 07:58:54 PM	(0)
	that looks................. retarded

Forum Posts: 4	Comment #19 by Fata1Stryke Thursday, December 03, 2009 @ 08:51:24 PM	(0)
	This is an arcade game? Hot damn! Better play as good as it looks.

Forum Posts: 490	Comment #20 by CrossFireZX5 Thursday, December 03, 2009 @ 09:59:36 PM	(0)
	SeriouslY? It's an arcade game? hopefully it delivers good. Who's developing it?

Forum Posts: 59	Comment #21 by MrDudeTheFirst Friday, December 04, 2009 @ 01:52:11 AM	(0)
	Tragnarion Studios ...

Forum Posts: 7	Comment #22 by Chief027 Friday, December 04, 2009 @ 02:16:19 AM	(0)
	"Announcement? This video was posted in July... 2007..." Back in 07 it was an FPS, too. And now they've got a new release date... I dunno. Looks interesting, but at the rate they're going, we'll be lucky if it's released, let alone if it's any good.

Forum Posts: 7	Comment #23 by Chief027 Friday, December 04, 2009 @ 02:19:22 AM	(0)
	Sorry for the double post; it's supposed to be on PSN as well, and the release date for PC should be December 09.

Forum Posts: 30	Comment #24 by I Lugi I Friday, December 04, 2009 @ 03:02:37 AM	(0)
	Gears Much? ...