CRUMBLING ECONOMY: W!GAMES ANNOUNCE PSN EXCLUSIVE STRATEGY GAME GREED CORP

Though PopCap designer Jason Kapalka recently famously warned that a hexagon’s very shape itself turns off casual players with its “vibe of science, of dirty stuff, of war games,” Amsterdam’s W!Games aren’t letting that stand in their way for their just-announced PlayStation 3 exclusive downloadable game Greed Corp.

Part of that, obviously, is because Greed Corp is a war game, but one that, as is clear from the trailer above with its steampunk-ish self-ambulatory harvesters, is couched in lighter and less gritty territory than your usual tabletop conflict.

W! says the game — which plays off an environmental bent in which four territories are literally ruining the earth beneath their feet in an industrial revolution race for resources — will include both a single player campaign as well as options for 2-4 player local or online multiplayer games, will come with “multiple unlockables for a variety of challenges.” The game is due for release on the PlayStation Network in September.