Battleswarm: Field of Honor

Developer(s) Game World Tech
Publisher(s) Reality Gap
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows
Release

August 10, 2009 (Beta) [1]

November 19, 2009 (Launch) [2][3]
Genre(s) FPS/RTS
Mode(s) Multiplayer

Battleswarm: Field of Honor was a free-to-play first-person shooter/real-time strategy video game developed by Game World Tech.[4] Battleswarm featured an item mall which used Reality Gap's e-currency called 'MetaTIX'. Battleswarm was officially launched on November 19, 2009.

On July 1, 2011 Reality Gap announced they were to shut down game servers, while 'in the process of a sale to a new company who specializes in children's games'.[5] On July 16, 2011 the game servers were officially shut down.

Plot

Battleswarm takes place on a foreign planet during a catastrophic war between humans, and a race of giant bugs.

Gameplay

Battleswarm had a unique gameplay concept which pitted two genres of gameplay against one another. The human side was played as a first- or third-person shooter, while the bugs were commanded in the style of a real-time strategy game.

The game had both PvP and PvE gameplay, and had a large selection of game types and maps.

References

  1. ↑ "Reality Gap - Press Release: Reality Gap Officially Announces Battleswarm: Field of Honor Beta(636594)". Gamershell.com. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
  2. ↑ "Battleswarm News". Retrieved Dec 21, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Reality Gap Announces The Commercial Launch Of Battleswarm: Field Of Honor - PC News at IGN". IGN. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
  4. ↑ "About Battleswarm: Field of Honor". Battleswarm.net. Retrieved Dec 21, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Battleswarm to shut down". MMOHuts.com. Archived from the original on 2012-12-21. Retrieved Dec 21, 2012.
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