Battleswarm: Field of Honor was a free-to-play

Free-to-play

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 first-person shooter

First-person shooter

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/real-time strategy

Real-time strategy

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 video game developed by Game World Tech. Battleswarm featured an item mall which used Reality Gap's e-currency

Electronic money

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 called 'MetaTIX'. Battleswarm was officially launched on November 19, 2009.

On July 1, 2011 Reality Gap announced they were to shut down game servers, while 'in the process of a sale to a new company who specializes in children's games'. On July 16, 2011 the game servers were officially shut down.

Plot

Battleswarm takes place on a foreign planet during a catastrophic war between humans, and a race of giant bugs.

Gameplay

Battleswarm has a unique game play concept where it pits two genres of gameplay against one another in a survival for the fittest. The humans are played by first and third person shooters, while the bugs are commanded by real time strategist.

The game has both PvP

Player versus player

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 and PvE

Player versus environment

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gameplay, and has a large selection of game types and maps.