Remember, in my review, when I said that Futuremark Game Studio would be adding free additional content to their game to make up for the relatively light amount of maps included with the purchase? Well, apparently it didn’t take them too long to respond as they have officially announced their first content pack named: Moonrise. Less than a month after the game’s release too. Not bad…

Moonrise will add four new maps to the game’s current four levels, bringing the total to eight. Additionally, and this is my personal favorite part, the content pack will be free. This certainly makes me feel silly for buying all those Halo and Call of Duty map packs for so long.

Players who pre-ordered the game will be allowed into the new maps this week in order to play-test them before being released to the rest of us. The rest of us will have to wait until… crap… until the play testers say it’s ready.

Oh and uhhh… any pre-order people should immediately email the game’s developer and tell them it’s ready for the rest of us now. It’s part of your civic duty as a gamer.

Press release after the break.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Online Press Release:
http://www.futuremark.com/pressroom/pressreleases/56869/

Shattered Horizon™ – “Moonrise” Content Pack Announced

Free content pack will double the number of levels in the game

HELSINKI, FINLAND – NOVEMBER 16, 2009 – Futuremark® Games Studio today
revealed plans for the first content pack for Shattered Horizon™, their
PC exclusive multiplayer first-person shooter. The “Moonrise” pack,
which will be free to all players, will include four new levels
effectively doubling the number of levels in the game.
http://www.shatteredhorizon.com/

In Shattered Horizon, a catastrophic explosion on the Moon has filled
near-Earth space with billions of tons of rocky debris. Teams of
players fight in zero gravity to control the limited supplies that mean
the difference between survival and death in the cold of space. The
Moonrise content pack includes four new levels set around the shattered
Moon, taking the fight deeper into space and showing a new side to the
conflict.

Although a release date for the Moonrise pack has not been announced,
players who pre-ordered Shattered Horizon will be invited to start
play-testing the new levels this week.

“Selected players will help us test the new Moonrise levels from a very
early stage,” said Antti Summala, lead designer. “Level design for zero
gravity combat is a big challenge and we are looking forward to having
real players help us create new experiences that cannot be found in
other FPS games.”

About Shattered Horizon
Shattered Horizon is the innovative first game from Futuremark Games
Studio that immerses you in the cold reality of zero gravity combat in
space.
- Multiplayer first-person shooter set in near-Earth space 40 years
from now.
- Experience intense zero gravity combat and complete freedom of
movement. Use your rocket pack to fly freely through space then land on
any surface.
- Join your friends in action-packed 32 player battles fighting to
control hollowed-out asteroids, huge fragments of Moon rock and the
ruined remains of the International Space Station.
- Dedicated servers hosted by Futuremark Games Studio with server code
for the community coming soon.

Shattered Horizon requires DirectX 10, a DirectX 10 compatible video
card, and Windows Vista or Windows 7. There is no support for Windows
XP or DirectX 9. Suggested retail price: €19.95 / $19.95 / £14.95
Available now from Steam and the official website:
http://www.shatteredhorizon.com/buynow