Hired Guns: The Jagged Edge

Hired Guns: The Jagged Edge

"The story is delivered via e-mails and radio conversations mostly, casting the player as a mercenary called in to eradicate a well-armed rebel group. The player is tasked with hiring and managing further mercenaries and recapturing enemy outposts across a map. Each outpost captured grants additional financial bonuses in addition to those earned on the battlefield, allowing you to hire more mercenaries and purchase better equipment."

"The Nintendo DS remake of the 1994 MS-DOS release, Jagged Alliance, has recently been made available in North America, though it seems that the European release has hit a rather critical stumbling block, according to report at Blend Games."

"Kalypso Media have today released a trailer for GFI’s and Morphicon’s upcoming Real-Time Strategy (RTS) game Hired Guns: The Jagged Edge. Players will lead a desperate band of mercenaries in a mission to overthrow the despotic dictator of The Diamond Shores."

"As a player you plan your strategy on a Global Map that allows you to manage your captured map sectors, mercenaries & finances. The Global Map allows you an overview of the complete battlefield, clearly showing which military factions control each sector. As the mercenaries’ commanding officer you can buy the services of additional mercenaries, weapons and ammunition via the internet on your own personal on screen laptop."

"Kalypso Media have today released details of their forthcoming PC strategy game, Hired Guns: The Jagged Edge, as well as revealing a slight delay in the game’s European release."

"It is essential to plan your operation well, therefore you will be provided with various background information from different in-game sources. You should carefully consider the order of the missions as well as the formation of your team of different combat specialists – the mercenaries all have specific powers. And finally, you should be thorough in choosing between the large number of weapons – from handguns and assault weapons to sniper rifles, machine guns, and grenade launchers."

"Kalypso Media UK and Morphicon Ltd have today announced that they have signed a publishing agreement for the acclaimed PC games Hired Guns – The Jagged Edge and Officers – World War II. The publishing agreement includes the UK together with Ireland, Benelux, Middle East, Greece, Scandinavia & South Africa."