Independent Studio Announces The Repopulation

Independent studio Above and Beyond Technologies has announced that it's working on The Repopulation, a sci-fi MMO that attempts to blend both sandbox and theme park mechanics to create a game that's revolutionary, rather than evolutionary. They're targeting the game's launch for 2012.

As far as the game's story is concerned, you begin your adventure as a second generation clone colonist on the planet of Rhyldan, with mankind on the verge of extinction and in the midst of a civil war. It features a three-faction PvP system, a city building system, skill-based gameplay, crafting, epic quests, random events, vehicle combat, pets, NPCs that react to your actions, bosses that can change abilities, and more. You can even switch between action combat (targeting) or traditional MMO combat (mashing keys).

The game's core team consists of only four people, along with other contract and volunteer workers. They're certainly attempting to pack The Repopulation with an ambitious list of features that would appeal to a variety of gamers. Check out the pre-alpha trailer below to see some combat and city building in action. You can read the full list of features after the jump.