ShellShock: Nam '67 - First Screens

The Killzone creators have another war-themed FPS in the pipeline, and it's horrificly realistic. Viewing discretion advised!

Amsterdam-based Guerrilla, the up-and-comind developers of Killzone which is to be published globally by Sony, has revealed its other first-person-shooter in the workd, ShellShock Nam '67, to be released by Eidos on PS2, Xbox and PC in June. The realistic shooter depicts the true horrors of the Vietnam War for the first time in a video game.

ShellShock focuses on one man's experience of the most controversial war of modern times. You take on the role of a rookie soldier on his first tour of duty as he experiences the fear, chaos and atrocities of the Vietnam War. From the napalm bombardments of civilian villages and the gruesome VC (Viet Cong) boobytraps, to the permanent threat of invisible foes and deadly ambushes, Shellshock: Nam '67 dares to go where no other war game has gone.

Powered by Guerrilla's ground-breaking technology, ShellShock: Nam '67 delivers a graphically harrowing depiction of the terror of combat. You must fight your way through a variety of missions ranging from large scale battlefield encounters with the North Vietnamese Army to stealth-based missions such as assassinating a VC General.

As you progress from a 'grunt' to Special Forces carrying out classified missions, you will have to rely on the same skills and tactics employed in the battlefields of Vietnam in order to survive. Your tour will take you from the lush wetlands of the South to the mountain borders of the North featuring diverse locations including dense jungles, rural Vietnamese villages and claustrophobic tunnel systems.

Although developed in the same building as Killzone, the two projects are entirely separate - when Sony employees have been visiting the studio, they have been told to "look away" when passing the place where ShellShock had been in secret development.

Stay tuned for footage and more on this title which we think is going to be a big one.

Adam Doree
Director, Kikizo.com