TimeShift is a
sci-fi first-person shooter developed by
Saber Interactive and published by
Sierra Entertainment for
Microsoft Windows,
Xbox 360 and
PlayStation 3. It was developed using the Saber 3D engine, v.S-3 and Havok. On August 31, 2007 a demo of TimeShift was released on
Xbox Live Marketplace. A PlayStation 3 demo was then released onto the
PlayStation Store on November 1, 2007. The game was released on Xbox 360 and Windows on October 30, 2007 in
North America; November 1, 2007 in
Australia; and November 2, 2007 in
Europe.
Plot
Scientists from the near future have begun work on creating a viable
time machine. The project results in the creation of two devices, the Alpha Suit, a prototype jump suit, and the Beta Suit, a more advanced, so-called military grade model with features the Alpha Suit lacks such as combat-related timeshifting abilities and an integrated
artificial intelligence to prevent the creation of
temporal paradoxes.
The director of the project, Dr. Aiden Krone, takes the Alpha Suit and travels into the past. Once there he alters the timeline, placing himself as the ruler of the Krone Magistrate that controls a dystopic world.
The protagonist, a fellow scientist whose name is never spoken (never mentioned in the game or manual), then takes the Beta Suit and follows Dr. Krone back to the year 1939 (in an alternate timestream) to a place called Alpha District. During the transport, parts of the Beta suit are damaged forcing the...
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