Earth vs. Mars Announced by Company of Heroes Developer Relic Entertainment

Relic Entertainment, the studio behind Company of Heroes, is venturing into a new, smaller-scale turn-based strategy game: Earth vs. Mars. Launching this summer on PC via Steam, this title challenges players to defend Earth from a Martian invasion. The key to victory? The Splice-O-Tron, a device that creates bizarre and powerful creature-human hybrids like the Squirrel-Cow, Human-Rhino, and Cheetah-Fly. Gameplay draws inspiration from the classic Nintendo DS title, Advance Wars.

According to Relic, Martians have secretly visited Earth for decades, abducting humans and animals to harvest their atomic essence. Now, a full-scale invasion is underway, and a ragtag group of commanders must lead Earth's resistance. Players will command Earth's military against advanced Martian saucers, grav-tanks, and elite alien warriors in a desperate fight for survival.

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Earth vs. Mars features a 30+ mission single-player campaign, online multiplayer (playable as either faction), a VS Mode for testing your skills against the AI, and a map editor.

Relic CEO Justin Dowdeswell stated, “We are excited to bring a Relic twist to the Advance Wars style of gameplay, infusing some Relic DNA, while harkening back to some of our earlier titles. Relic Entertainment recently announced a new strategy: Alongside continuing to work on the traditional RTS titles that we’re known for, we’re also going to work on smaller Indie style games in order to explore new sub-genres, experiment, get our creative juices going, and release games more frequently.” Add it to your Steam wishlist today!