FPS/RTS Hybrid Disintegration Gets A Release Date And Story Trailer

Though its existence was revealed less than a year ago, you won't have to wait much longer to check out Disintegration, the real-time strategy-meets-first-person-shooter sci-fi title from new studio V1 Interactive. The developer announced the game is due to hit digital storefronts for Xbox One, PC, and PlayStation 4 on June 16.

If you're not familiar, Disintegration is a shooter that puts you in the role of the pilot of a Gravcycle, a hovering vehicle equipped with a bunch of guns to use to lay waste to enemies. But you don't do all the shooting yourself; you also command a band of troops who run around on the ground below you. Your job isn't just to shoot at enemies yourself, but to command the squad and use their special abilities to survive battles. Disintegration is directed by Marcus Lehto, who previously worked on the Halo franchise.

The game is set in a future in which most humans have had their minds integrated into robot bodies. That gives them a measure of immortality, but a faction of the integrated want to force everyone else to become robots as well--whether they want to or not. In the single-player campaign, you take on the role of an outlaw called Roamer, an integrated Gravcycle pilot fighting the faction trying to force integration.

V1 dropped a new story trailer along with the release date to give a sense of what you'll be up against when the game drops in June.

Disintegration also includes a multiplayer side, in which you command a Gravcycle and a squad against other players. It sports three different modes and six maps, and instead of specific characters, you choose from "Crews" to play as, which offer different abilities and focus on specific playstyles.

You can pre-order Disintegration from the Xbox store or Steam now; the game will run you $49.99 on all platforms. Pre-ordering also will "a unique Crew Skin, custom emote, Gravcycle medal attachment, and platform exclusive banner," according to V1's press release.