Soldier of Fortune Payback Announced, Media

by Maarten Goldstein, Oct 09, 2007 11:03am PDT

Related Topics – Trailer, Activision, screenshots

Activision today officially announced Soldier of Fortune Payback, again confirming a retail listing for the game back in June. Due out on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 this November, Soldier of Fortune Payback is said to feature gameplay that fans of the series know and love while including a damage system that "may be shocking to even experienced FPS players". In addition to a singleplayer campaign, Payback also features a variety of multiplayer options including Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Elimination, Team Elimination, Capture the Flag, and Demolition game modes and persistent stat-tracking. Solier of Fortune Payback is being developed by PC-oriented Slovakian studio Cauldron, responsible for 2003's shooter Chaser (PC), 2005's action roleplayer Gene Troopers (PC, Xbox), and 2004's action game Conan (PC, PS2, Xbox, GCN), among others. You can find a trailer here and a set of screenshots here.

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By: shredomatic x Show Full Post

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There's a video here showing off the awesome gore:

http://www.kotaku.com.au/games/2007/10/new_soldier_of_fortune_gorefes.html

Oct 09, 2007 11:08am PDT

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There's a video here showing off the awesome gore: http://www.kotaku.com.au/games/2007/10/new_soldier... : shredomatic
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By: Gandaman x Show Full Post

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Activision Minnesota are the devs on this. I believe they may be using the CoD4 engine ( modded for gore )

Oct 09, 2007 4:42pm PDT

Activision Minnesota are the devs on this. I believe they may be using the CoD4 engine ( modded for gore ... : Gandaman

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By: sigpro x Show Full Post

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Like I said yesterday when the video got posted. GHOUL system looks good, but the game overall looks like budget crap. Fuckers can burn in hell for this. I know most people didn't like the SP part of SoF 2 but I actually enjoyed it along with the MP.

Oct 09, 2007 11:19am PDT

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Like I said yesterday when the video got posted. GHOUL system looks good, but the game overall looks like... : sigpro
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By: razlebol x Show Full Post

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Looks very average. I will be passing. Too many triple A title coming out soon for that one to be worth it.

Oct 09, 2007 2:54pm PDT

Looks very average. I will be passing. Too many triple A title coming out soon for that one to be worth i... : razlebol

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Is Raven involved with it or not?

Oct 09, 2007 11:14am PDT

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Is Raven involved with it or not? : melt_core
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  Nope. The game is being developed by Cauldron in Poland.(Poland= : Anchovy
  - I figured they could be overseeing the project or something..? : melt_core
  - Slovakia not Poland http://www.cauldron.sk/ : yossapw

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By: Madwacker x Show Full Post

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I won't pay full price for this, but if they make it a $30 title... for the amount of meat and blood flying there...thats a definately multiplayer fun fest.

Oct 09, 2007 1:19pm PDT

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I won't pay full price for this, but if they make it a $30 title... for the amount of meat and blood flyi... : Madwacker
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- Yeah, I'll definitely bite around that price point. If I get 8 hours of laughs out of it, that'll be mon... : filtersweep

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By: derean x Show Full Post

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SoF should change its theme and setting a little...

What i mean im a little tired of the whole latino/eastern european/muslim/asian communists/terrorists... how about something along the lines of Redneck Rampage for a change? :)

Oct 09, 2007 12:54pm PDT

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SoF should change its theme and setting a little... What i mean im a little tired of the whole latino/... : derean
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- I'd download this homeland security gone wrong mod : verminer

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If anyone was curious about the quality of developer Cauldron's previous FPS work:

Chaser - 66
http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/pc/chaser

Gene Troopers - 46
http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/pc/genetroopers

Civil War - 53
http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbox360/historychannelcivilwaranationdivided

Personally, I can recall playing the demos of their games Chaser, Conan, and Knights of the Temple 2. Each of these games were promising in one way or the other, but ultimately pretty sub-par in execution. I'm hoping that SOF3 is were these guys redeem themselves, but who knows :/

Oh, and according to this 1up preview, the game is going to be $40 on PC and $60 on 360/PS3 (so, not budget priced, if that's what you were expecting).
http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3163491

Oct 09, 2007 12:47pm PDT

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If anyone was curious about the quality of developer Cauldron's previous FPS work: Chaser - 66 http:/ : hellspit
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- Have to say I like Chaser quite a bit, it's definitely a 7/10 type game -- but it's the good kind of 7/10... : verminer

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By: Tommy Toolbag x Show Full Post

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R.I.P. SoF. You gave me one of the greatest MP games I've played in SoF2.

Oct 09, 2007 11:09am PDT

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R.I.P. SoF. You gave me one of the greatest MP games I've played in SoF2. : Tommy Toolbag
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- I completely agree. SoF2 was a little slice of multi-player heaven. I'd like to be optimistic and hope ... : hoopfam4

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By: freshyk x Show Full Post

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Trailer link no workie.

Oct 09, 2007 11:14am PDT

Trailer link no workie. : freshyk

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By: Dynotaku x Show Full Post

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This is so gratuitous that I'll probably have to get it. I'm surprised it looks as good as it does, I thought it had been turned into a budget title and foisted off on the guys who made Deer Hunter Eleventeen or something, but apparently it's going to be a full price title. ($20 cheaper on PC yeah baby.)

Oct 09, 2007 11:13am PDT

This is so gratuitous that I'll probably have to get it. I'm surprised it looks as good as it does, I tho... : Dynotaku

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By: Silent Wolf x Show Full Post

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Hahaha..just no.

Oct 09, 2007 11:10am PDT

Hahaha..just no. : Silent Wolf

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