Global Outbreak is an indie developed by ShortRound Games, released 1 July 2014 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Global Outbreak is
Global Outbreak is an indie game developed by ShortRound Games and released in 2014. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Take control of Blackhorne Industries, an international private military contractor. When the world is hit by a sudden and unexpected meteor shower that unleashes a deadly pathogen, Blackhorne are called in to clean up the mess. Can you lead your elite troops to victory before the mysterious meteorites destroy life as we know it? The fate of the world rests in your hands! Global Outbreak combines Real-Time Strategy and Top-Down Shooter in a unique and exciting package. Fight back the infection from above on the tactical globe, and then send in your troops to battle off the infected on the ground and destroy the devastating “Zompods” that are spreading the mutant plague throughout the world.
How it plays
Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Global Outbreak launched on 1 July 2014, within three weeks of Shovel Knight, Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove, Divinity: Original Sin and Valiant Hearts: The Great War.
Released around the same time: Shovel Knight, Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove, Divinity: Original Sin, Valiant Hearts: The Great War.
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When did Global Outbreak come out?
Global Outbreak was released on 1 July 2014 for PC (Microsoft Windows).
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