So, Nuclear Dawn is going to blend RTS and FPS in titillating ways that no game has pulled off before. It's set in post-apocalyptic real-world cities, and it features a carefully balanced class-based combat system that will rain fiery strategy on the spawn campers and tea-baggers out there.

It takes more than awesome to make a game, however, so here's a more detailed look at some of Nuclear Dawn's other features:

• Achievements: with a tiered achievements system that unlocks new weapons and abilities on completion of specific objectives, it will be a while before players unlock their favourite classes' full potential, and even longer before every secret, power-up and hidden weapon is in their greedy, murderous hands.