Robots have taken over 1980s east coast Sweden in Avalanche's new game Generation Zero

Just Cause developer Avalanche Studios has announced a new game - its first self-published game - called Generation Zero.

It's an open-world sandbox action game for up to three people, with strong persistent elements. Unusually, and alluringly, it's set in an alternate version of 1980s east coast Sweden (Avalanche HQ is in Sweden) where machines have taken control.

The odds will be stacked against you. Avalanche refers to Generation Zero as a guerrilla action game, wrote game director Emil Kraftling in an announcement blog. You'll need, then, everything you can loot from the surrounding, largely rural area - and you'll need your wits about you.

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