Who says Facebook games are just for casual players? Social gaming company Crowdstar is hoping to break this trend with its new game, Wasteland Empires.<\/p>\n
With a beta launching soon, the strategy title aims to target hardcore players.<\/p>\n
Set in a post-apocalyptic world, players will lead bands of nomads fighting to survive. Crowdstar claims the game will have “high quality graphics and advanced character interactions”, with the target demographic being younger males as opposed to your typical Farmville player.<\/p>\n
“We believe role-playing and strategy games offer a big opportunity in social gaming compared to casual games, which other developers are focusing on,” said Peter Relan, CEO of CrowdStar. “With our games, It Girl and Top Girl, we went into RPG games. Wasteland is the next step in the direction of strategy based social games.”<\/p>\n
“We think Wasteland Empires is a true innovation in this genre of gaming,” said Jeffrey Tseng, co-founder of CrowdStar. “The game is the first of its kind to combine realtime combat with ranked and skill-based competition. Wasteland also has an extensive and engaging storyline that will involve gamers on a deeper level.”<\/p>\n
It Girl and Top Girl were predictably targeting females, thus Wasteland Empires hopes to expand the reach of the company.<\/p>\n