Who doesn't love destruction? Don't tell me that when you jump into a brand new FPS, you aren't shooting more than just the enemies – you're shooting the walls, the cars, and you're wanting to see what explodes, takes damage, and what doesn't. In walks Warmonger, an upcoming FPS where the destruction of the environment plays as much – if not more so – a part than the actual killing of the enemies themselves. Oh, did we forget that the first installment is free? Yeah, destruction at no cost – what's not to love?

Let's get the first real goods out of the way – free. There are many reasons why the first installment of Warmonger will be completely free to the player. For starters, the game will be a pretty hefy system hog, as it will be powered by AGEIA so physics will be a huge factor in the game. Once you learn about what they want to do – which will be discussed in just a paragraph or so – you'll see why physics play such an important part in the game. Another reason the game will be free is because it is very much an experiment to see what will work, what won't work, and what players will or won't find fun. All the destruction in the world doesn't mean anything if a game isn't fun, and that is exactly what NetDevil seems to want more than anything.

So what are you going to get with your big booms? Have you ever hunkered down for a battle and a simple wooden post of a fence has provided adequate cover fire for round after round of constant damage? Yeah, not very realistic is it? So imagine taking cover hind that once impenetrable defense and suddenly gunfire is ripping away that comfort and you're taking damage left and right. Now suppose you take cover behind a stronger building and someone starts shooting at you with a pistol – no worries. You see, though the maps of the game will be highly destructible, you might ding the sucker a bit, but there won't be a big problem other than a cosmetic blemish. However, if that player approaches with a rocket launcher, oh jeez, you better be running, because be prepared for one major boom and building debris and cover flying everywhere.

Don't go thinking that destructive damage is just to make you go "ooh" and "aah" because it is really just as much about purpose than look. So imagine taking that rocket launcher, blowing up a wall, and though you partially did it because you wanted to see what it looked like, you can also use that newly blown up debris as cover. Or, for instance, say there is a sniper sitting up way up high on a perch. Oh sure, it would be easy to line up a sniper shot yourself and pop them right in the head, but imagine instead taking a rocket launcher, send it zipping at them, blowing up a balcony up above their head, and suddenly the debris is crashing down on their heads from above, killing them instantly, or what about the debris knocking them over and sending them crashing to the ground. Yeah, cool huh? And that's the point.

And it will all be looking silky sweet as the game is using the Unreal Tournament 3 engine to render everything in lovely detail. And though great looking graphics and heavy physics might seem way too taxing for a game to allow anything more than four or six players in a multiplayer match at one time, NetDevil says that maps will allow for up to 32 players at one time. 32 players playing on one field with destruction flying everywhere – are you play a game or living a war zone? No matter the answer to that question, we're still in awe at the possibilities and can't wait to see the game, which shouldn't be too far away.