Gamers have been hearing for months that tablets and mobile devices are becoming the new way to play video games.
But there has yet to be an iOS title that truly competes with the current generation of video game consoles. Enter Scattered Entertainment's The Drowning, a first-person shooter set during a zombie apocalypse.
The Drowning is being led by former Battlefield: Bad Company 2 executive producer Ben Cousins and several developers who've worked on games like Halo and Far Cry.
According to Scattered Entertainment, "The Drowning pushes powerful modern mobile hardware to its very limits, with visuals that match and often surpass those of current-gen consoles. The end of the world is a beautiful thing."
In a recent interview with USA Today, Cousins explained some of the games and authors that influenced the game's narrative and concepts.
"The team wanted non-human enemies that players could mow-down in the hundreds," Cousins said. "The typical George Romero-inspired zombie felt really overdone to us, so a couple of guys on our team started brainstorming around creepy Stephen King/HP Lovecraft-inspired concepts and we tied it in to people's fears of natural disasters."
The game is looking to redefine the control scheme of touch screen first-person shooters by eliminating the use of virtual sticks. Instead players will simply tap the screen where they want to shoot or walk. Players will also use the touch screen to look around by swiping their finger across the screen and making a pinch gesture to zoom in on areas.
"The team wanted to blend two very distinct genres - the rapid game loop, simple controls and the free-to-play business model of mobile games, with the high-end graphics, serious tone, and incredible graphics of console and PC first-person shooters," Cousins said. "Think Blood Brothers meets Resident Evil 4."
The free-to-play 3-D shooter is expected for mobile devices in early 2013. Watch the game's announcement trailer below or check out its official Facebook page here. Tell us what you think about the new horror themed FPS in the comment section below.
