THQ has announced that a multiplayer demo of its
upcoming WWII action title, The Outfit, will be hitting the XBL Marketplace and OXM. The demo will
feature the game's most intriguing multiplayer mode, Strategic Victory.Up to eight players are divided into two teams. Each team starts with several control towers and 150 command points. Teams lose points when their heroes are killed, bases are destroyed, or they lose a majority of their control towers. The first team to reach zero command points is defeated.
Each player will have access to the destruction-on-demand feature, using the team's accumulated F-Us (Field Units) to order in AI reinforcements, vehicles, air strikes, and weaponry. In addition, maps contain neutral resource buildings that, when captured, become spawn points and grant access to special destruction-on-demand items. However, capturing a resource building does not affect your team's command point total, at least, not directly. See, it's all about strategic victory.
An Xbox Live multiplayer demo makes great use of the Marketplace module and is sure to attract a huge number of downloads—especially considering that the Xbox 360 is starved for some decent online multiplayer content. The Outfit demo is scheduled to arrive on Friday, March 3.
