"WorldShift is a next-gen cyber-fantasy RTS game designed to be quick and very easy to learn and play. It offers hectic, fierce encounters all around the Earth and a fascinating story uncovering ancient secrets about the true nature of the Shard and the Plague. But also, WorldShift introduces many features new to the genre, like modifiable factions, unique cooperative multiplayer gameplay, and more."

So says developer Black Sea Studios about its game WorldShift, which it just announced today. First screenshots have accompanied the unveiling.

As for the storyline, it deals with an artifact known as Shard Zero, which was first discovered in the 21st century. The artifact, spreading mysterious a plague, twisted and disrupted the "very nature of space and life" and collided with Earth bringing an end to our civilization.