Petroglyph Announces New RTS Grey Goo

Fans of real time strategy games will have a new IP to test against their APMs this fall, as Star Wars: Empire at War developer Petroglyph Games has announced its new IP, Grey Goo.

"Grey Goo breathes new life into the RTS genre by blending classic, established gameplay mechanics and tropes with modern design tools and technology to create a thoughtful, exhilarating strategy experience," said the company of the upcoming title.

Ted Morris, Executive Producer at Petroglyph, said of the game that it's "been a real labor of love for us for some time now, and we’re incredibly excited to finally start talking about it."

The game "draws on the best aspects of base building, unit management and all-out warfare for an all-new space saga," said the developer. The game's AI is "built from the ground up based on real-world Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) concepts," and that it "studies and reacts to players’ actions, learning rather than running off scripts."

"We have a rich, lengthy background as RTS developers, dating all the way back to our time on the original Command & Conquer," Morris added. "We want to bring back some of what made those ‘traditional’ RTS games great while addressing all the lessons we’ve learned along the way."

The game will be available this fall for PC through Steam. You can follow the game's progress through the company's website, or by checking back here at IGN for future updates.

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