Illumina Announced

Irish based game developer Star Cave Studios has announced Illumina which is being touted as an online multiplayer semi-tactical first person shooter set in the year 2046. The development team are also seeking a publisher for the title which is currently in Beta. The Beta features LAN and multiplayer functionality and the single player component will be added just prior to release.

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Illumina features three basic game styles: Team Death-Match, Capture the Flag & Conquest. In Conquest your team has to use its skills to overpower the opponents to capture their bases; In Capture the Flag, each team slaughters their way through the game, ranking up points by stealing the enemy flag and returning it to the home base; Team Death-Match is the wholesome fun of destroying as many opponents as possible – kill or get killed! Illumina also features a multitude of vehicles and other means of transportation such as jeeps, fighters and tanks! Weaponry consist of, among other options, iron sighted machine guns, scoped machine guns, shotguns, sniper riffles, rocket launchers and tactical utilities such as smoke grenades, flash bang grenades