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Achron manipulates real-time strategies in new launch trailer
Some of the best science fiction and fantasy stories contain elements of time manipulation -- Doctor Who, Braid, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Harry Potter, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure -- and Hazardous Software's new time-travel RTS, Achron, is poised to join this prestigious group. Achron releases tomorrow on Steam and at the game's official site, and this most recent launch trailer breaks down the intricacies of using time to defend your base. Hint: Use it; don't abuse it.
Indie time travel RTS Achron enters our timeline August 29
We still don't understand how the time-shifting RTS game Achron works -- the concepts of rewinding, summoning reinforcements for things that haven't happened yet, and whatever other kind of chrono-frippery Hazardous Software has put into the game are well, well over our heads. The best way to understand Achron, we suspect, is to play it, which you'll be able to do starting August 29. Hazardous sent Joystiq a note letting us know the new date -- a note we suspect arrived from a future in which the game is already out, hence the certainty of the date. If you'd like to travel into the future yourself, you can pre-order the game for $29.95 and hop into the beta.
Time-traveling RTS Achron now playable, available for pre-order
Indie developer Hazardous Software has announced that you can now preorder its still-in-development time-bending RTS, Achron, on its website. "Pre-order" in this case means something a little different than usual: By giving Hazardous $29.99 now, you'll get access to the game's current alpha version, which includes five single-player levels. According to the release calendar, you'll get access to the rest of the game later this year, with a multiplayer beta in February, a level editor around April and a full game release a year from now in January 2011. We spoke with the developer's rep, who tells us that it's hoping to stick to the release calendar like glue -- he even says the dates there are slightly "conservative." Dear readers of this post in 2011: If time travel does exist in the future, could you maybe come back here to the past and tell us if this complicated little game is any good?
Achron brings time travel gameplay to RTS
Red Alert may have a story revolving around time travel, but Achron puts it in its gameplay. Hazardous Software's new real-time strategy title attempts to integrate the concept of time travel into the RTS genre by allowing its players to go back and undo mistakes and modify actions. This must sound exciting for all the terrible players out there who can't seem to do anything right. But seriously though, how is this actually going to work in a multiplayer setting with a handful of players fiddling with the delicacies of time? It sounds ambitious and incredibly complicated to harness from a logistical standpoint, but it's nonetheless an interesting twist on the genre. Check after the break for some alpha footage and a developer walkthrough on the innovative gameplay mechanics. Currently, Achron is in development for PC, but Hazardous is looking into branching out to the three current gen consoles, too. The game is expected to hit sometime in mid-2010.
