Fractureadvances players to the year 2161, where ecological and seismologicaldisasters have radically altered the planet's landscape, and a clash inideologies places society on the threshold of war. Players set foot onthe frontlines as Mason Briggs, a demolitions expert fighting for theAtlantic Alliance. Pitted against the genetically enhanced soldiers ofthe Pacifican army, players will experience a revolution in22nd-century warfare.

In utilizing the core gameplay mechanic ofFracture, a destructive technology known as Terrain Deformation,players are equipped with an arsenal of futuristic weaponry tostrategically reshape their surroundings on the fly. Every action theyperform dynamically reshapes the earth in ways no videogame has everseen. When Briggs throws a tectonic grenade on a level battlefield, theground blasts upward to provide access to an otherwise unreachablearea. Moving on, when he comes across what appears to be animpenetrable structure, Briggs utilizes the alt-fire functionality onhis rocket launcher to create enormous craters to burrow underneath thewall. Surrounded on all sides by enemies, Briggs heaves a vortexgrenade, creating a swirling tornado-like mass of boulder, dirt anddebris to dispatch his foes. These are just a few samples of thepossibilities for Terrain Deformation. Players not only change thebattlefield a