Shadowrun cross platform from 14th June

Mike Bantick
Tuesday, 15 May 2007 16:44

Your IT - Entertainment

One of the first titles to take advantage of the Microsoft LIVE cross platform interface, Shadowrun will be on sale in Australia from mid June.  For the first time ever console players can take on PC gamers to prove finally who has the edge in first-person shooters.

The Microsoft Press Release states: From renowned developer FASA Studio, the team that brought you the Xbox LIVE launch title "MechAssault", and the lead designer behind the original "Halo", Shadowrun incorporates ancient magic and advancedtechnology into strategic and clever team-based gameplay for rich and deep combat experience.

Utilising both the Xbox LIVE and Games For Windows - LIVE network,"Shadowrun" tears down the walls between friends and gamer communitieson the Xbox 360 console and Windows Vista-based PC by letting as many as 16 gamers play together, regardless of platform.

Not only does "Shadowrun" bring these communities together, it also extends thefeatures gamers love on Xbox LIVE, such as gamertags, achievements, friends lists and integrated voice communication, onto the PC throughGames for Windows - LIVE. "Shadowrun" is optimised for a multiplayeronline experience - which requires an Xbox LIVE Gold account on Xbox 360 or Silver account on Games for Windows - LIVE. 

"Shadowrun" will ship with nine unique maps and an additional three map variations, showcasing dynamic environments set in a futuristic Santos,Brazil, and its neighbouring, ancient Ziggurat. "Shadowrun" includes six training chapters, allowing gamers the opportunity to fine-tune their strategy and lethal combinations against bots that can be set to four levels of ability.

Originally a pen and paper role-play game, Shadowrun is set in a cyber-punk-fantasy universe that will provide a unique backdrop to battle.

After a 5,000-year absence, magic has returned to the world of Shadowrun". It is 2031 and global corporations battle a relentlessancient order to harness this reawakened power. Be a part of the RNA, a lobal mega-corporation, and bring order (and profit) to a world ofchaos. Or join the Lineage to keep magic wild and free at all costs. Choose a side and wage war for the future of magic in the new world of"Shadowrun". Players vie for supremacy in an intense FPS experience, in he "Shadowrun" universe, that rewards cleverness, cunning andsplit-second improvisation through a unique combination of modernweapons, ancient magic and advanced technology.

Shadowrun will be available from June 14th for Xbox 360 and Window Vista at AU$69.95