Lead And Gold: Gangs of The Wild West Preorder Gets Beta Invite

Do you loves you some Team Fortress 2? Do you also loves you some inexpensive downloadable games with high production values? Then you too will be interested in this story I first spotted during GDC.  Joystiq reported during the conference, and today updated their story about Paradox Interactive’s upcoming downloadable shooter Lead And Gold: Gangs of The Wild West.

While I have had no personal time with it, the description of class based shooting in competitive multiplayer has me very interested.  Furthermore, the art style is very reminiscent of Team Fortress 2 and I have always been a sucker for cel-shading.

No dates have been announced for the planned console releases of this title on PSN and XBLA, however April 8 has been confirmed for PC.  Steam subscribers that pre-order Lead And Gold will be given access to the beta that is on now. According to Joystiq, what gameplay details that have been announced describe “four classes…each equipped with a special ability. One can throw dynamite, while another can ‘˜mark’ an enemy. (Marked enemies take twice the normal rate of damage.)’

So if you’re like me and are resentful every time you have to get off the couch, even to simply slide a disc into a console, then this may relevant to your interests as well. Let’s just hope that this title doesn’t fall into the same chasm that Battlefield 1943 did with the spawn camping and exploits.

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