While the latest The Mandate Trailer has slow pans across artwork and possible screenshots but no video it’s the vocal talents of one David Bradley who will be voicing Lord High Admiral Suvarov. It’s a powerful bit of text Bradley delivers while a very fitting almost movie like soundtrack plays in the background.
The Mandate is about the relationship between you, the captain, and his crew and hopes to build that relationship and make you car about the day to day goings on of everyone who helps you run your ship. You and five other players will be living the life among the stars in your very own dynamic world. Don’t think it’s all talk either, the relationships you build will make those epic space battles even more intense! Now it’s not just nameless, faceless people being flung out the airlock when you take a direct hit but people you could actually care about. The Mandate has already surpassed its asking goal of $500,000 on kickstarter and is in its final week of funding. You have until December 2nd 2013 to help fund this amazing concept. Be sure to had down past the jump and check out the trailer below.
PRESS RELEASE
Wish Upon a Tsar
New story-based trailer from ‘dream game’ released to celebrate record-breaking campaign week |http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1964463742/the-mandate
25 November 2013 – California, USA/… Perihelion Interactive today released a new trailer from The Mandate, which has already raised over $475,000 of its initial Kickstarter funding target of $500,000. The campaign, which will likely be funded within the next few days, still has one week to go and is set to end on 2 December 2013.
Ole Herbjørnsen, Executive Producer, Perihelion Interactive said:
“The past week has been a record-breaking one for The Mandate and everyone at Perihelion is excited and humbled by the support we’ve received from the media and gaming community. As a thank you for helping us come one step closer to making our dream game, we’ve released this new trailer featuring David Bradley, which sets up the events that players will find themselves embroiled in within The Mandate.”
Called ‘The Captain We Need’, the trailer is focused on a speech given by Lord High Admiral Suvarov (David Bradley) to the ragtag collection of criminals and disgraced officers who have been drafted in to fight for the Empress of The Mandate and restore glory to the decimated Grand Fleet.
Watch the trailer here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F90Zu3LfrUU
Perihelion has confirmed that the six-player, cooperative, sandbox sci-fi RPG will also be playable over LAN. This allows players to enjoy The Mandate’s co-op aspect with friends and family with or without an internet connection, just like the golden era of PC gaming that inspired the development team at Perihelion.
To request an interview with Perihelion Interactive about The Mandate, contact Stu Taylor at Dead Good Media: hello@deadgoodmedia.com
About The Mandate
The Mandate is a six-player, cooperative, sandbox sci-fi RPG, planned for release Q1 2015 on Windows, Mac and Linux. Set in a dystopian future controlled by a Russian Empire inspired by the Tsars of history, you take on the role of a captain at the helm of an evolving, dynamic ship that a crew of hundreds call home. As captain, you’ll command a crew of officers selected and honed by you, taking them into epic space battles, boarding operations and galaxy exploration. Whilst epic in scale, The Mandate takes the concept of sci-fi RPGs to the next level by rooting the drama in your relationship with the crew – they and the galaxy map will adapt and react to the strategic choices you make, the battles you win… and those that you lose.
Drawing inspiration from the likes of X-Com, Fallout, Mount & Blade, Sid Meier’s Pirates! and Star Trek Online, The Mandate was in the top 3 games on Steam Greenlight before being successfully Greenlit on 29 October 2013, and has already raised over $475,000 in its Kickstarter campaign, due to end on 1st December 2013. The Perihelion team is comprised of industry veterans, who have previously worked on projects including Assassin’s Creed, Assassin’s Creed II, Mafia II, Far Cry 2, Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures, Call of Duty 3and The Secret World.
The game is planned for a Q1 2015 release and can either be played solo, or with five other friends for additional strategic and tactical challenges. Perihelion has designed the game to be a no-compromise experience for multiplayer and single-player, and players should not notice a difference in enjoyment level or depth playing either alone or with friends.
Game information
Title: The Mandate
Developer: Perihelion Interactive
Genre: Sci-fi RPG
Launch Platforms: [Windows, Linux, Mac + TBD]
Release date: [Q1 2015]
Press kit: http://factions.mandategame.com/images/press_kit.zip
Website: www.mandategame.com
About Perihelion Interactive
Founded in 2013 by a team of internationally based veteran game developers, Perihelion Interactive’s first project is the science fiction RPG The Mandate. Members of the Perihelion team have previously worked on projects including Assassin’s Creed 1 and 2, Mafia 2, Far Cry 2, Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures, Call of Duty 3 and The Secret World.
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Stu Taylor
Dead Good Media
E: hello@deadgoodmedia.com
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