After an interstellar colony ship is almost destroyed by an asteroid, its crew breaks into seven factions, each with different goals and designs for their new planet. Players start with just a few vehicles, and they must explore the planet, build cities, research and design vehicles and weapons, and fight their enemies. Using terraforming technology, they can alter the terrain to make things easier for themselves and more difficult for others. Economic, social and military decisions all come into play, and Firaxis, the game's developer, promises that the artificial intelligence will be tough to beat. In MechCommander , players take up to 12 BattleMechs into combat against enemy Mechs, tanks, and bases.
Individual pilots have differing combat abilities that increase with experience.
Facing also plays an important part, as the Mechs have different armor values front, side and rear. In another departure from most RTS games, players won't command ever-growing armies, but will have a finite amount of resources that carry over from mission to mission. The good news is that working hardware can be salvaged from defeated enemies. Oblivion Microsoft Launch date to be announced Oblivion is the code name for a 3-D space combat simulator in the early stages of development for Microsoft's Internet Gaming Zone. In this online game, players will join teams that are based on a space station, and the teammates share in defensive and offensive duties.