Petroglyph announces Grey Goo

Petroglyph Games, a studio that houses some of the founding talent of the real-time strategy genre (Command & Conquer, Dune II), has announced it's next big project following the cancellation of their Kickstarter project Victory - Grey Goo. The game that is to be published by new publisher Grey Box is meant to be the next evolution of the RTS genre.

"Grey Goo has been a real labor of love for us for some time now, and we're incredibly excited to finally start talking about it," said Ted Morris, Executive Producer at Petroglyph. "We have a rich, lengthy background as RTS developers, dating all the way back to our time on the original Command & Conquer at Westwood Studios. We want to bring back some of what made those ‘traditional' RTS games great while addressing all the lessons we've learned along the way. Grey Goo is an experience informed by the collective history of the RTS genre, infused with innovative ideas and a forward-thinking spirit that accomplish something original by incorporating new amalgams for the genre."

Here's an excerpt from the press release to give you an idea of what you're in for.

"Grey Goo features three distinct factions - the Beta, Humans and Goo - each with its own truly distinctive style, strategies and "epic" units (very powerful, rare combatants that tower over the battlefield). The game features an immersive single-player campaign and competitive multiplayer options. Both single and multiplayer modes require diligent planning and intelligent decision making to capitalize on the sophisticated build tree system and multiple tech upgrades available. Built from the ground up based on real-world Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) concepts, Grey Goo's adaptive AI studies and reacts to players' actions, learning rather than running off scripts for a truly unique play experience and near-infinite replay value. In short, every game is different."

Sounds interesting to us. Grey Goo is being targeted for release on Steam this fall. Now try not to make of the title...