Russian developer BIART officially announces U-Wars, though we've already seen a couple of Q&As for this underwater third-person shooter, as it was shown off in May at Moscow's KRI 2009 (thanks Gamer's Hell). The Underwater Wars Website links to a new diary movie that includes gameplay and English subtitles on the YouTube, and here's the announcement, which says the game's release for Windows and Xbox 360 is expected in the middle of next year:

Moscow, Russia / Frankfurt, Germany, 30th June 2009 – Today the Russian developer BIART announce its ambitious next gen Project "U-WARS" on XBOX360, PC and PSP. Starting the developing progress end of 2007 the game will hit the shelves mid of 2010.

“U-Wars” is a tactical sci-fi third person shooter set up an ultra realistic subaqueous scenario. Combining the thrill of an undersea setting with a cinematic approach and a superior story line “U-Wars” is the first lifelike underwater action experience.

In “U-Wars” the player will take control of an elite force and is constrained to accomplish covert operations both on land and undersea. As the PC version is supporting the NVIDIA PhysX technology the XBOX users will enjoy a variety of multiplayer modes via XBOX Live. During this year E3 the game was presented behind close doors and got great feedback from international publishers and journalists.