Early access to
Geneshift is now available
on Steam,
offering the chance to experience this genre-crossing action game. This features
top-down
GTA2-style driving in a variety of offbeat vehicles and MOBA elements.
It also has a compelling development history: "Starting as a GTA2/Diablo mashup,
Geneshift eventually evolved into an action extravaganza with enough mutant
skills to give Professor Xavier a headache. The turning point came in 2014 when
the game was Greenlit on Steam. Solo developer Ben Johnson of Nik Nak Studios
decided to quit his day job and go full-time. However, Australia was expensive –
so he packed his bags and moved somewhere cheaper: Peru. There, he worked with
limited savings until the game was completed; now, after eight years of
development, Geneshift has finally reached Steam Early Access." Here's
a trailer and here are
some details:
Geneshift puts you behind the wheel of a number of crazy vehicles – letting
you detonate car bombs and fire out windows for drive-by shootings. Play as a
mutant and unlock more than 30 tactical skills such as teleportation,
invisibility, and fireballs. Stop a zombie outbreak in the single-player and
co-op campaigns – earning cash to level up your character – or face other
players in bloody PvP combat. Hop online and play competitively in Conquest,
Checkpoint Racing, and Capture the Flag – or compete in leaderboards by
speedrunning the campaign as fast as possible.
Feeling more creative than destructive? Make your own sandbox in the built-in
level editor: If other people play your level, you’ll unlock special cosmetic
items!