Codemasters have today announced the UK release date of Turning Point: Fall of Liberty as March 14. As you probably know, Turning Point is an alternative take on the WWII title, where following the fall of Europe, Nazi forces launch an invasion on the US. You play as Dan Carson, a construction worker caught in the blitzkrieg. The action goes from NYC, to Washington and finally onto a Nazi-run London.
Head over to the official website for more information.
Press release follows.
Tuesday, 26th February, 2008 – 11am PST – Presenting explosive action in a unique and provocative World War II scenario, Turning Point®: Fall of Liberty™, the alternate reality shooter from Spark Unlimited™, is now shipping to U.S. retail stores nationwide Codemasters® announced today; the title’s UK launch will follow on March 14th .
Pitching gamers into a WWII like no other, Turning Point: Fall of Liberty is set in an alternate 1953 where, following the fall of Europe, Nazi forces launch an invasion on the gateway to the United States. Opening with decimating attack on New York, players assume the role of construction worker Dan Carson caught in the middle of the blitzkrieg.
As the city is taken block by block, players must survive the initial assault before regrouping with a team of resistance workers and lead a fight back against the oppressors. With the Third Reich’s sights set on the seat of government, the action takes players to Washington D.C. and, eventually, to a startlingly different London, which has been flying the Swastika under Nazi rule for over a decade.
Prepare to fight afresh on these very different WWII battlegrounds when Turning Point: Fall of Liberty arrives. See Carson in action and join the resistance online at www.turningpointgame.com
we will be getting a Demo before release ?????
Comment by ross — Feb 27, 2008 @ 3:26 pm
Looks to me like yet another average looking, multi-platform FPS.
It’ll probably be a big disappointment on the PS3 as it’s not maximising the PS3 capabilities (Blu-Ray etc.) as it’s been developed to run on the other console too. Can’t say I’ll be rushing out to get this one in two week’s time.
Comment by Dave Vincent — Feb 27, 2008 @ 3:37 pm
Played this on the 360 - and must say it is a very bland looking FPS, although to be fair - a very interesting premise!
But still - it looks more last gen than Kane and Lynch did!
Comment by JohnSketch — Feb 27, 2008 @ 3:42 pm
meh, no demo no sale
Comment by carl — Feb 27, 2008 @ 3:46 pm
Waaah!
Can it be true?
It isn’t is it?
It is you know!
It’s yet another run of the mill, tried and tested, boring, unoriginal, effortless, lazy and crap first person shooter for my FPS3.
They can actually stick this where the sun doesn’t shine. I wouldn’t even play the demo.
Ultra saturated genre is the phrase that someone should bring to the attention of these idiots.
Comment by Ton Capone — Feb 27, 2008 @ 5:08 pm
BORING
Comment by E-ROLE — Feb 27, 2008 @ 5:37 pm
sorry but i just cant understand how they thought that by having germans attack new york would make for a good game. if all their doing is changin the back drop but keeping a very tierd and tested formular then why cant i have turning point : Oxford or turning point : milton keynes, then at least id have some fun i walking around familiar streets.
Comment by E-ROLE — Feb 27, 2008 @ 5:40 pm
Och!
E-Role you just disclosed the extortionate updates that they’ll be releasing for this game.
Is nothing sacred?
Comment by Ton Capone — Feb 27, 2008 @ 5:48 pm
i’d like to have my fingers crossed…but i’m reading the above posts
ah well…ill wait on reviews…
Comment by seedaripper1973 — Feb 27, 2008 @ 6:09 pm
Utter rubbish.
To the devs: Stop pumping out these dire unoriginal fps games. It’s just insulting, I know you’re doing it for a quick buck or whatever but seriously, enough is enough now. It’s 2008, the likes of valve and infinity ward are pi**ing themselves at you.
To sony: no-one wants this drivel! There’s enough tripe on the system already. Give us some exciting innovative titles - oh wait you just lost the one man who pushed those type of games, didn’t you?
If I wanted tat like this i’d play it on my old pc, not my next-gen system.
Comment by Sabs — Feb 28, 2008 @ 10:25 am
I think it looks quite good. The setting is intriguing, and I’ve been looking for an exciting FPS adventure since Bioshock.
However… No demo = no dinero.
Comment by rooee — Feb 28, 2008 @ 11:18 am
“Turning Point lead platform was XBox 360, as the PS3 was not compatible with the Unreal Tournament 3 engine at the time.”
Quote from EDGE Mag.
That tells me that it is a port, it uses the UT engine and the reason for UT3 itself being late on PS3 was because Epic couldn’t get the engine to work properly, hence missing Xmas ‘07.
To be honest, ThreeSpeech, if you cannot carry the voice of PS3 owners back to SCEE and provide a balanced view of things, then you’re just as bad as the propaganda clips for this game.
Comment by Zed Zee — Feb 29, 2008 @ 9:21 am
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