First details of Activision's new IP "Battleship" revealed

Activision has revealed its new IP titled as "Battleship" for PS3 and Xbox 360. The game is schedule to launch in May 2012. We have the first details about Battleship courtesy to the February issue of GameInformer.

Check out the first details about Battleship below.

• Based on the film’s license
• Developed by Double Helix
• Takes the movie’s premise and uses it as a back-drop for an unconventional FPS that’s otherwise unrelated to the script
• Game demo begins with a short sequence showing Cole Mathis storming the sands of Ni’ihau island from a landing craft
• Then moves to a first-person view
• Looks like a military shooter
• Mathis ducks behind cover, taking potshots, chucking grenades at the alien interlopers
• Switch to a command mode at any time
• This gives player a birds-eye-view of the action
• In-game display is based on a grid
• Grid features intersecting numbers and letters
• Can command Navy ships around to provide support from sea, attack alien vehicles, help with other objectives
• Obtain random tokens that alien foot soldiers drop
• Use coins for power-ups in command mode
• Coin examples: Repair a damaged vessel, bring in an artillery strike, take on direct control of a Naval destroyer for 20 seconds
• Naval destroyer does double damage
• Maintain a balance between both modes of gameplay
• Aliens engage Mathis on the sands and hammer away at the human fleet
• Sounds of sinking ships can be heard if you ignore their dwindling health meters too long
• Important to stay on top of capture points at sea to earn support bonuses