Team-based FPS

The wonderfully namedGhost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex – First Assault Online— GITS:SAC-FAO for short — is coming toSteamsome time in December. It will also be available through publisher Nexon’s launcher.

GITS:SAC-FAOis a team-based first-person shooter more reminiscent ofTeam Fortress 2than than the philosophical underpinnings of the originalGhost in the Shell. It was previously announced for a2015 western release, thenpushed to 2016under the new and current western title, and now it’s seemingly back to 2015 as it is coming “soon,” with a December release month on the Steam page.

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Thankfully this news didn’t again give me the urge to rewatch the 1995 film, as I coincidentally did so two weeks back. Still great! And apparently that live-action movie is still slated for early 2017 and aGame of Thronesactor is playing the villain. Still unnecessary!GITS:SAC-FAOis free-to-play, so I might give it a shot at some point, but the wholeGhost in the Shellbit kind of feels like set dressing.

The opening area of the Whisper mission, in a small grove.

The Divide in the Cosmodrome, where the Guardian was resurrected.

A holofoil Ribbontail, as seen in collections.

The Phoneutria Fera hand cannon, inspired by the Season of the Haunted armor set. It has a unique, galactic glow.

Three Fuses appear in a match of Apex Legends' Wild Card mode.

Mad Maggie opens a supply bin and an item with a symbol indicating infinite ammo appears.

Legends slide through a zipline in King’s Canyon in Apex Legends.

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The Yeartide Apex tex Mechanica SMG with a Holofoil glow.