Separate updaters are available for previous WarBirds users, as well as new WarBirds users looking for a small minimum install or a full install including all cockpit artwork. According to a press release posted to Digital Extremes' Web site, Dark Sector will combine first-person action with a persistent online universe. Dark Sector is set in the wake of world devastation, where survivors are scattered throughout the solar system in a vast crumbling network of outposts and space stations. Anarchy reigns as violent factions wage war over limited resources. The remnants of world government have sanctioned bounty hunting in a desperate attempt to control the growing chaos.
Players carve out their destiny in a violent struggle for fortune and fame.
Begin your career as a bounty hunter tracking your target from Mars to the moons of Jupiter and then face off in an ice mine on Europa. Digital Extremes have offered no release schedule, only saying that the game is presently in development. They also haven't offered specific system requirements. It's important to realize that the company hasn't formally committed to a Mac version of the game, but with Unreal Tournament's existence on the Mac already, it's certainly a possibility. GT Interactive attributes the bulk of the losses to expenses associated with reorganization in the wake of the company's recent acquisition by European multimedia giant Infogrames.