Arma dev announces new FPS/RTS hybrid that looks like a StarCraft shooter
Bohemia Interactive, the Czech studio behind the Arma games and DayZ, announced a brand-new game on Thursday, one that blends real-time strategy combat with first-person shooting action. Called Silica, the hybrid RTS/FPS is coming to Windows PC via Steam Early Access thanks to Bohemia’s incubator program.
Silica was “mostly developed” by a single person, Martin “Dram” Melichárek, who was the lead developer behind Take On Mars, Bohemia Interactive said in a news release. The game will let players take on the roles of Commander in RTS mode, overseeing their forces from a orbit; or as a boots-on-the-ground Infantry soldier who can control all units and vehicles along, with their personal arsenal, in first-person view.
Silica promises three gameplay modes:
Silica will launch on Steam “soon” and will be available in an early access period of 9-12 months, Bohemia Interactive said.
The first-person shooter/real-time strategy hybrid genre is beloved, but somewhat underrepresented in game, due to its complexity. But standouts in the FPS/RTS space are some of PC gaming’s best, and include the classic Battlezone, Natural Selection, and Enemy Territory: Quake Wars.
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