Apocalyptic Car Combat Game Fractured Lands Is Coming to Early Access

There was once a time in the late ‘90s and early ‘00s when, everywhere you turned, a new car combat game reared its head, from games like Twisted Metal to little-known gems like Rogue Trip: Vacation 2012. Today, developer Unbroken Studios announced that its car combat game Fractured Lands is coming to Steam’s Early Access platform on July 31.

Judging from its announcement trailer, Fractured Lands looks like a mix of classic car combat games with the world of Mad Max. However, it looks like Unbroken Studios wants to bring the genre into the modern age by adding today’s most popular gameplay mechanics.

In Fractured Lands, players “out-drive and out-gun the competition in an intense, ride-or-die online battle where every combatant begins behind the wheel of a customizable vehicle.” You’ll search for weapons, fuel and parts throughout the game’s map. While players can ram into and shoot each other up from the comfort of their cars old-school style, there is also the choice to leave your vehicle for some first-person shooter action. The game is also the latest to implement the “Battle Royale” formula, with players fighting to the last stand and a deadly storm bringing them closer and closer together.

Paul Ohanian, CEO of Unbroken Studios, described the game’s experience:

Fractured Lands combines our team’s extensive experience developing some of the most popular shooters in the world with a thrilling injection of vehicular combat. Fused with the post-apocalypse setting, you get a heightened intensity and desperation of survival that delivers a distinct play experience and introduces a new sense of speed and strategy into the battle royale landscape that we are eager to share with the PC gaming community.

Fractured Lands will be available for $19.99 for players who want to get behind the wheel of this Early Access game. Buying the Early Access version of the game will grant players content for the first season for free when the full game is released later this year.

Watch the Early Access trailer below to see the game for yourself.