Changing the shooter terrain

As Haze recently demonstrated, the modern shoot-’em-up genre is so crowded and high-quality that any new entrant has to really excel and innovate to stand out.

Fracture, due later in the year for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 from LucasArts, certainly has a difficult task ahead. But its "terrain deformation" technology could be the gimmick that makes the game worth playing, letting players raise and lower the ground to create cover or get height on opponents.