Surprise! Enter Grimsquad, a new squad-based shooter

by Nick Doerr { Nov 15th 2006 at 3:30PM }

Wow, this one came out of left-field. Very cool screenshots. Coming to you by the fellows behind Killzone: Liberation, Guerrilla Games, enter Grimsquad, a new squad-based shooter taking the over-the-shoulder perspective growing more and more popular. Apparently, "this game boasts tons of polygons and over the edge particle effects utilizing the processing power of Play Station 3. The character's armor is divided into 15 parts which gets destroyed when damaged." The destroyed part is okay, but there better be more than "shiny armor" and then "destroyed armor"... you know what I mean?

You control a four-man squad and face off against, you guessed it, an alien threat. Oh, and you can have 4-player co-op if you'd like, or go online in a 24 player bout. What else is surprising the the completion ratio of this game -- it's about 40% done. An expected release area is the first quarter of 2007, but since Killzone 2 was so harshly criticized by gamers, Guerrilla Games is remaining tight-lipped about this game.

Tags: Grimsquad, Guerilla Games, GuerillaGames, Playstation 3, Playstation3, PS3, Sony

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Silver R. Wolfe @ Nov 15th 2006 3:33PM

So they're going after GRAW and GeoW in one fell sweep now?

ElementsUnknown @ Nov 15th 2006 5:28PM

The screenshot looks like the biggest Gears of War ripoff I have ever seen. I really want to see some original IP's to convince me to buy a PS3, so far nothing, even Resistance looks horribly derivitive.

The Enlightened @ Nov 15th 2006 5:44PM

"Their latest title called Grimsquad is a squad-based, over the shoulder view action game with a focus on coverage and flank attack." I know the guys above said it but i think it should be said again, isin't that just GeOW? Also the red glowing eyes make it look more like Killzone and is the quality of the screenshot (graphics wise) an indication of the this game's(and Killzone 2's) graphicaly quality? Just a thought.

Caramella Bongo ... how are you today? @ Nov 15th 2006 6:04PM

Screw FPSs .. I want LocoRoco in 1080p, 60fps using the tilt controls and fruity colours.

get over it @ Nov 15th 2006 6:19PM

Grimsquad's development started concurrently with Killzone's and it is roughly 40% done as of this date.

I'm assuming since they started developing it over 2 years ago it's unfair to call it a Gears ripoff... i've been playing Gears for the past week and it is pretty fun but i wouldn't say it was as original as people hype it up to be or something that would convince me to buy a 360 if i didn't already have one.

Modo @ Nov 15th 2006 6:24PM

I heard this game was a rumor and it's not coming out?

Tha Boondocks @ Nov 15th 2006 6:33PM

Ummm... Hate to burst anyone's bubble. But I do believe this is, as they say in France... FAKE

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=4845554#post4845554

serb @ Nov 15th 2006 8:08PM

looks sweet
and when the hell are u guys gonna put the new banner up i wanna see how it looks

doglet @ Nov 15th 2006 8:52PM

is the pvp still squad based? do i get to command a squad of npcs as i manuvre against other players?

nothingnothingnothing @ Nov 15th 2006 9:19PM

It is confirmed FALSE by a member of the dev team

(fifth post down)

http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/message?board.id=messhall&thread.id=18961

GL @ Nov 16th 2006 8:33PM

"4. Screw FPSs .. I want LocoRoco in 1080p, 60fps using the tilt controls and fruity colours. Caramella Bongo"

LOL! :D HELL YEAH!

... LocoRoco on a 100" HDTV too!

Chris @ Nov 16th 2006 11:39AM

thanks for this information

Ciaran Gallagher @ Nov 17th 2006 7:33PM

if it is fake: good because it looked crap anyway.
As someone said there, LocoRoco WOULD be cool with the whole motion-sensing thing going on there... but only if it was very cheap... it's probably the equivalent to a relatively expensive Xbox 360 arcade game.