Matrix Games and GFI are pleased to announce that Matrix Games will be bringing the highly
anticipated tactical combat game Hired Guns: The Jagged Edge to the
Matrix Games Online Store for its official online release in late
November! With anticipation for Hired Guns steadily growing since it
was praised as having everything the original [Jagged Alliance] has -
and more," gamers can expect to be hiring mercenaries, planning
strategies and using combat tactics to overthrow (or help) African
dictators and get rich in the process by late November.
David
Heath, Director of Operations at Matrix Games, said "Hired Guns: The
Jagged Edge combines an addictive tactical mode reminiscent of previous
great tactical games with a strategic mode that lets the player choose
where to go and what to do, as well as equip and train all of their
soldiers for maximum effectiveness. Hired Guns takes a solid and proven
game concept and expands on it to create a wholly new but still
familiar experience."
Hired Guns: The Jagged Edge is a turn-based
strategy that puts you command of a squad of specialists for hire in
the genre's biggest game-world yet: the African country Diamond Coast.
Diamond Coast is a playground for the cruel and corrupt, each with
their own agenda. Choose your friends wisely and buy an army of
ruthless mercenaries to unleash mayhem on your foes. Choose "jobs" from
different factions and complete them for cash to upgrade your weapons
and hire more elite soldiers of fortune.
Tons of firepower and
plenty of combat experience will give your team the edge when it comes
to fighting, but smooth talk and a wad of bills can also go a long way
towards ensuring success. With multiple story lines and endings, you're
in total control of your own fate.
- Ally with up to four different factions for unique bonuses.
- Crush your enemies with over 150 upgradeable weapons.
- Hire over 30 mercenaries with various specialties and skills.
- Destroy everything in your path with a fully interactive world and realistic physics.
- Gain territory with brains, brawn or cold hard cash.
- Determine your own fate with multiple storylines and endings
- Train your mercenaries to becomes experts at their craft or create all-around soldiers effective at every facet of combat.
- Attach special equipment to weapons like laser sights, scopes, grenade launches, and more to maximize their lethality.
- Smooth talk your enemies into working for you with the right combination of intimidation, wisdom, and money.
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Survey terrain and buildings in a fully 3D tactical mode. Zoom up close
and personal to your mercenaries or back from the action to get a
larger picture of the battle.
- Complete side missions to gain extra cash or loyalty
• Upgrade captured territories with extra defense or squeeze more cash from them with new facilities and upgrades.
