World War 3 is a Battlefield-styled game releasing later this year

The studio behind Get Even, and Painkiller: Hell & Damnation, has announced its next game: World War 3.

The Farm 51's World War 3 is a multiplayer first-person shooter that looks to be taking over Battlefield.

The game features infantry as well as vehicle combat in its main mode, Warzone. This attack/defend mode offers combined arms firefights with land and air vehicles, all based on modern weaponry and technology.

World War 3 touts the “most authentic bullet vs. armour system in the FPS genre to date.” Well, that means that it’s promising a ballistic system that takes into account weight, body armour, and incorporates physics-based movement and vehicle mechanics. That much!

The developer is making it as a squad-based game where team play is the focus, which also plays into the game’s other mode, Recon. Recon is a battle royale-style mode where squads of players are tasked with capturing high-value targets.

Like the game’s designs, the maps too are inspired by real-world locations. The above images from Area 51 do give a little hint to it. The ones shown so far take place in Berlin, Moscow, and Warsaw. There’s also a strategic, faction war-style layer where each nation’s performance is tallied up on a world map that lets players use the resources earned in battle to attack or defend targets.

The Farm 51 says customisation will play a big part in World War 3, with the ability to choose from individual weapon parts, attachments, uniforms, and skins based on real-world gear. It's fine to not expect loot boxes or pay-to-win microtransactions, the developer promises.

World War 3 is due for release on Steam Early Access later this year. You can learn more at the official site.