Releasing next year

Cliff Bleszinski (Unreal Tournament,Gears of War) and Arjan Brussee (Guerrilla Games co-founder) have been off building something calledProject BlueStreakat their new studio Boss Key Productions. It’s a futuristic first-person arena shooter, and now it has a final name:LawBreakers.

Ahead of Friday’s gameplay reveal, the studio released a live-action trailer setting up the backstory. Mankind has recovered from a gravity-altering cataclysmic event and now two factions — a peacekeeping organization and a crime syndicate — are at war with each other.

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If you side with the former, you can yell “I AM THE LAW!” Out loud, I mean. Not in the game.

I’m going to reserve judgment until I seeLawBreakersin action, but I like the sound of gravity being out of whack in a competitive shooter setting. Reminder: this is a Nexon-published free-to-play game.

The opening area of the Whisper mission, in a small grove.

The Divide in the Cosmodrome, where the Guardian was resurrected.

A holofoil Ribbontail, as seen in collections.

The Phoneutria Fera hand cannon, inspired by the Season of the Haunted armor set. It has a unique, galactic glow.

Three Fuses appear in a match of Apex Legends' Wild Card mode.

Mad Maggie opens a supply bin and an item with a symbol indicating infinite ammo appears.

Legends slide through a zipline in King’s Canyon in Apex Legends.

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The Yeartide Apex tex Mechanica SMG with a Holofoil glow.