Syndicate is just about to hit retail shelves and EA South Africa has provided us with one PS3 copy of the game to give away to the MyGaming community.

Syndicate is a reboot of Bullfrog’s iconic tactical shooter, although the modern re-imagining is a shooter developed by Starbreeze Studios (The Chronicale of Riddick, The Darkness).

Syndicate paints a world where civilians volunteer to have microchips implanted in their brains. These microchips allow them to access a wide selection of services, but they come at a price. The Syndicates that implant the chips and manage the services are able to exert subtle control over individuals, and also gain insights into the most private corners of their participants’ minds.

Without proper government moderation, the Syndicates have free reign over society, and are constantly at war with each other. At the forefront of this war, are the Syndicate Agents: bio-engineered and chip-augmented super-humans.

The player takes on the role of just one such bio-engineered harbinger of corporate enforcement.

Syndicate PS3 box art

Syndicate is being released on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360, and becomes available in SA this Friday, 24 Feb.

Head on over to the MyGaming competition forum for your free brain-chip implant and to enter the competition.

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