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Captivate09: Dark Void

Apr 28, 2009 // Snow

Dark Void is cooking up to be one faced paced, jet packing, watcher pwning, explodifying batch of awesomesauce. And we’ve got the video and screen shots to prove it. You’ll be able to battle your way on foot or in flight with your jet pack or even highjacking a UFO. 

New video, screenshots, and more after the jump.

Dark Void is a sci-fi action-adventure game that combines an adrenaline-fuelled blend of aerial and ground-pounding combat. Set in a parallel universe called “The Void,” players take on the role of Will, a pilot dropped into incredible circumstances within the mysterious Void. This unlikely hero soon finds himself swept into a desperate struggle for survival, joining forces with a rebel human group called The Survivors.  Trapped in the Void, these resistance fighters are battling to hold off a mysterious alien race that plans to threaten Earth.

Dark Void’s unique combination of jetpack-booster aerial dog fighting and third-person combat creates a thrilling new gameplay dynamic to the third-person shooter experience.  Taking 3D action to a whole new level, Dark Void’s unique vertical combat system allows players to dangle from thousand foot drops as they take cover and hurl enemies to their doom, bringing a whole new sense of tension and thrill  to the player.  Will is also equipped with a powerful rocket pack which allows for fierce in-air combat, hurtling through the Void at blistering speeds while shooting down anything that gets in his path. 

Features 

Sci-Fi action/adventure combines aerial and on-foot combat for a totally unique third-person shooter experience

Will’s jetpack delives total freedom of movement allowing players to race against UFOs in high-speed chases and rain death from above onto unsuspecting otherworldly foes

Speed and scale unmatched by any other action title: send Will zipping through tight corridors and then out into immense canyons and futuristic geoscapes

Gravity-defying vertical combat system, where moving up is the only way to bring your enemies down 

Seemless transition between jetpack flight, ship-to-ship dog fighting and third-person shoot-‘em-up action all exists within the same level – not broken up into different “areas” 

Unique grip system that allows the players to scale walls by jumping from surface to surface and hijack UFO’s while in mid-air

Huge bosses that require fast reflexes and aerial barnstorming manoeuvres to defeat

Developed by Airtight Studios, a new group featuring team members from the Crimson Skies series of video games