Konami heeft The Regiment aangekondigd, een contraterrorismesimulator waarin de S.A.S. centraal staat. Op het eerste gezicht lijkt het een antwoord op SWAT 3 van Sierra, dat overigens al een paar jaartjes oud is.
In The Regiment neem je het met teams van vier personen door middel van close quarters combat op tegen allerlei terroristen op allerlei plaatsen. Zo kun je de aanval op de Iraanse Ambassade van 1980 zelf beleven, of een overname van terroristen van een metrostelsel ongedaan maken.
De features van de game zijn:
- An intense, fast paced first person shooter based on real-life tactics and procedures of the CRW (Counter Revolutionary Warfare) wing of the British Special Air Service (S.A.S.)
- Designed in collaboration with former S.A.S. staff instructor Rhett Butler.
- In-game video briefings given by John MacAleese – S.A.S. veteran of the Iranian Embassy Siege
- Real-time ordering system: Take command of an S.A.S. assault squad and guide them through brutal close quarter battles! Your mission – to save the lives of the hostages!
- Action focused gameplay from insertion to extraction! No need for tedious mission planning, as in real-life once the S.A.S. get deployed – negotiations are over!
- High realism AI – realistic terrorist, hostage and squad behaviour.
- Single player campaigns based on a variety of historical and fictional scenarios – including a recreation of the Iranian Embassy Siege of 1980
- Train in the world famous S.A.S. ‘Killing House’. Learn room clearance skills and perfect the dark art of double tapping!
- PC and PlayStation 2 multiplayer game modes
- Multiplayer team training – hone the skills of your multiplayer team before going online and challenging others
- Community based “The Regiment” web site featuring individual player and team rankings – compare yourself against the best of the best!
- PlayStation 2 voice-over IP support (requires USB headset)
- Powered by the Unreal™ Engine includes Karma Physics
The Regiment moet in 2005 op PC en PlayStation 2 verschijnen. Meer informatie en meer screenshots vind je op deze website.