Spectre Divide, a tactical 3v3 FPS that will make you look twice

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Witness the evolution of the competitive tactical FPS from the minds behind Apex Legends, Valorant, Overwatch, Battlefield, Halo, and more of your favorite shooters.

Mountaintop Studios is proud to officially reveal Spectre Divide, their innovative competitive tactical FPS. This debut title is built around the never-before-seen Duality mechanic, which promises to reshape the way players approach strategy in a long-overdue evolution of the tactical shooter genre.

Spectre Divide is a competitive 3v3 tactical FPS that advances the genre forward with Duality, a mechanic that intuitively keeps players engaged in the small team format. While there are three players per team, every player will control a “Spectre”, a second body they can freely swap between in real time. This deepens the tactical options available during a gunfight, allowing players to protect both points in the game’s take on classic Attacker/Defender bombsite defusal, quickly cover teammates by switching to the body nearest to them, and more. It also gives them an opportunity for redemption when one body is defeated.
Control two bodies in real-time, letting you defend two sites at once, cover your own cross, or even trade yourself. Duality is an entirely new vector for mastery, bringing a new dimension to tac shooter fundamentals.

Key Features:

  • DUALITY: ONE MIND, TWO BODIES – One mind, two bodies. Freely swap between your second body—called a Spectre—at any moment to outplay the enemy team. Duality is at the core of Spectre Divide, threaded through every gameplay detail, including maps, weapons, and utility.
  • CRAFTED FOR 3v3 COMPETITION – Take turns as Attackers and Defenders to plant or defuse the ZEUS device across 2-site maps. Compete solo or with your team in Ranked to prove your skill.
  • TENSE, TACTICAL, GUNPLAY – Get the most from your loadout with true-to-crosshair accuracy that lets you shoot on the move with aim-down-sights (ADS) gameplay.
  • FUTURE TECH ARSENAL – Sponsors supply the different kits of future tech you can use in combat—like the Partition, Splinter Grenade, NanoSphere, and much more. Each Sponsor is integrated with Duality, so think about your plays with two bodies in mind.
  • VISCERAL, ANIME-INSPIRED WORLD – Spectre Divide’s style is rooted in sci-fi comic book art and the classic Japanese cel animation of the ‘90s. The style presents clean visual reads, perfect for executing next-level plays.
  • FORGE YOUR LEGACY – Compete with your Crew of 60 friends in a weekly, engagement-based competition to score the most points and move up the leaderboard.  Personalize the look of your own pair of competitors and crush the competition in style.

Spectre Divide honors the titles that have come before it by blazing a brilliant new path for the genre. The team’s pedigree includes decades of combined experience on titles like Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Valorant, Apex Legends, Overwatch, Call of Duty, and Halo. That pedigree drives design that exemplifies Mountaintop Studios’ desire to foster incredible communities and bring players together through unforgettable challenges. Further, Mountaintop is collaborating with genre experts like Shroud who, after taking a gameplay consultant role, has brought a heft of experience that helped turn Spectre Divide into a high-paced squad-based shooter that is immediately ready to join the competitive fray.

”Our team has been patiently waiting for this day to show how Spectre Divide will bring new life to the genre,” says Lee Horn, Game Director for Mountaintop Studios. “Our community’s support means everything to us and it drives us to make a better game.  A huge thank you to all of our incredible playtesters who’ve helped make the game what it is over the last few years.

 Players will have an opportunity to experience Spectre Divide for themselves during the first major stress test, taking place from August 3rd to August 4th. To get access, players only need to head to the official Steam Store page and click the “Request Access” button to sign up. Further, the latest information on stress test dates and times can be found on the team’s dedicated post. Players will have access to the full Spectre Divide experience in these tests, but any unlocked content will not carry over to the final game.