[b]Denver, Colorado – March 1, 2013[/b] – New World Interactive announced today it is opening its doors to the gaming community with “Early Access” to play [b][i]INSURGENCY[/i][/b], its tactical first-person shooter, currently in development. Through its “Early Access” program, NWI will make [b][i]INSURGENCY[/i][/b] available to the public today at 6 pm PST -- and livestream it to the world via Destructoid’s TwitchTV show Mashtactics, [url=http://www.twitch.tv/destructoid]www.twitch.tv/destructoid[/url] at 4 pm PST. [img]http://www.playinsurgency.com/images/media/INS_Siege_01.jpg[/img] [b][i]INSURGENCY[/i][/b]’s “Early Access” invitation is an example of an indie development team working directly with its community to create a compelling combat experience, while distinguishing itself from mainstream shooters. The game moves away from a release-package publishing model to a persistent development process that adapts an established genre with the future of social gaming. [img]http://www.playinsurgency.com/images/media/INS_Siege_02.jpg[/img] “Early Access,” a pre-beta look at the development of [b][i]INSURGENCY[/i][/b], enables participants to talk and play with the developers, for the price of $19.99. This will provide players with the Early Access build, the subsequent Beta, and the final game when it ships later this year. To Join “Early Access,” go to the [b][i]INSURGENCY[/i][/b] site at: [url=http://www.playinsurgency.com]www.playinsurgency.com[/url]. [img]http://www.playinsurgency.com/images/media/INS_Siege_03.jpg[/img] [b][i]INSURGENCY[/i][/b] is a first-person team-based shooter for up to 32-plus players designed for Windows® PC and Mac OS X (and in the future, Linux), using Valve’s Source Engine and distributed through the Steam platform. If the name [b][i]INSURGENCY[/i][/b] sounds familiar, that’s because it is based on the popular total conversion for Half-Life 2 -- Insurgency: Modern Infantry Combat -- that saw more than a million free downloads and was awarded the ModDB “Player’s Choice Mod of the Year” in 2007. [img]http://www.playinsurgency.com/images/media/INS_Ministry_01.jpg[/img] Key features to INSURGENCY include: [list][*]Intense 32-plus player online action with a focus on teamwork[/*] [*]Customizing the game’s arsenal to player’s preferred style[/*] [*]Choosing from three unique classes that affect movement on the battlefield[/*] [*]Highly immersive audio with 3D VOIP to coordinate with and track other players[/*] [*]Playing the most popular maps and game modes, and helping the development team prototype new ones[/*][/list] [img]http://www.playinsurgency.com/images/media/INS_Heights_01.jpg[/img] For more on [b][i]INSURGENCY[/i][/b], check New World Interactive’s forums [url=http://www.playinsurgency.com/forums/]www.playinsurgency.com/forums[/url] and ‘Like’ us [url=http://www.facebook.com/insurgencygame]on Facebook[/url].