Publisher Sega has unleashed a giant, scary-looking monster in a few new screenshots for Stormrise, the futuristic strategy game from Total War series creator Creative Assembly.

The game was originally announced as a console exclusive, made only for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, but hardware maker AMD outed a PC version is also in the works.

Featuring a story with a post-apocalyptic world following a monster invasion, Stormrise will hit sometime next year.

Sega has released a new video for the upcoming sci-fi strategy game Stormrise, showing the Echelon sniper in action as he uses his elevated position for strategic advantages.

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In development at Creative Assembly (Total War series), Stormrise will be released some time in 2009 for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

The Creative Assembly's futuristic military RTS game Stormrise, EA Phenomic's RTS-CCG hybrid BattleForge and NHN's RPG Cloud 9 will all support DirectX 10.1 upon their release on the PC platform, hardware maker AMD announced today.

According to AMD, only its ATI Radeon HD 3000 and ATI Radeon HD 4800 cards currently support the DirectX 10.1 technology.

Upon its announcement, Stormrise--the latest title from Total War series maker Creative Assembly--was said to be "built from the ground up specifically for high def consoles" with controls that would "revolutionise the way RTS games are played."

Stormrise is slated to hit next year, with Sega Europe CTO Chris Southall labeling it as "one of next year's most technologically advanced titles." BattleForge, meanwhile, is expected to arrive this fall, with NHN yet to detail a firm release date for Cloud 9.

Currently making their way online are screenshots from upcoming Sega games. We have images from Alpha Protocol, Empire: Total War, Golden Axe: Beast Rider, Madworld, Samba de Amigo, Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood, Sonic Unleashed, Space Siege, Stormrise and Valkyria Chronicles.

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Creative Assembly, the studio behind the Total War series of PC real-time strategy games, has unveiled Stormrise, a console-exclusive RTS due on Xbox 360 and PS3. As with most console RTS projects, the game promises a simple control scheme that will "revolutionise" the genre. Multiple vertical layers of combat--air, surface, underground--are said to set the game apart from other RTS efforts.

"Stormrise has been built from the ground up specifically for high def consoles to provide a more intense, frenetic style of game that, coupled with the all new control mechanic, will revolutionise the way RTS games are played," claimed Sega Europe marketing director Gary Knight.

Published by Sega, Stormrise is expected to arrive in 2009. As with most recently-unveiled titles, expect more details to surface during next week's E3 Media & Business Summit.