Just as with Battlefield before it, Section 8 will have vehicles playing a large role in its gameplay. TimeGate was quick to point out that this is not a massive world war but rather an isolated hot spot with the potential to spread into something more if you don't put a stop to it. Section 8 is the prized eighth armored infantry division of the EDF, and as such it's their job to put a stop to Orion's hopes of conquering the land. The Arm of Orion is the tyrannical, megalomaniacal group hell-bent on taking over the installed government. YES NO The story behind Section 8 is centered on two warring factions: the Arm of Orion and the EDF. Hold more capture points on the field of play than your opponent and they'll be backed into a corner until their only option is skulking away in defeat.

Capturing a radar array will let you scan the battlefield while taking over an engineering bay will lessen the cost of vehicles.

Rather than having capture points add to a numerical value, they'll instead provide you with a strategic advantage on the battlefield. We know what you're thinking: 'Capture points? Again?!' But Section 8 plans to do it with a twist. We were shown pieces of the multiplayer in which players are charged with roaming around a huge battlefield - the environment that we were shown stretched for miles - and taking over capture points. Section 8 isn't scheduled to surface on store shelves until late 2009, but the groundwork has been laid for what sounds like a fun gameplay experience. Last week we got an early look at what was being called a 'pre-pre-alpha' build. But Texas-based game maker TimeGate is undeterred thanks to their latest creation known as Section 8, a futuristic FPS that borrows elements from games like Counterstrike and Battlefield and puts them into its own unique universe.

With so many first-person shooters already staring eager consumers in the face, and with such a relatively high percentage of them being of a high quality, times have never been tougher for a fledging game developer to break onto the scene. If you want to make a name for yourself in the console sector of the gaming market - especially the Xbox 360 portion - then you pretty much have to make a first-person shooter that's worth more than the weight of its polycarbonate plastic (Ed's note: that's the material used to make DVDs).

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