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#gravityofwar Inversion might look like other cover-based shooter, but it's attempting to turn the subgenre on its ear. Literally. The game is Gears of War meets gravity. More »

Is it possible to break the laws of nature? The team behind Inversion says yes! Get the basics and more in this interview!

Check out this CG setup for Namco's gravity-bending third-person shooter.

Following in the footsteps of the host of gravity manipulating games that came before it (most notably Half Life 2), Inversion seeks to make its own mark on the genre. A third-person, cover-based shooter developed by Saber Interactive, Inversion puts players behind the reticle of law enforcement officer Davis Russel...

The invasion is upon us! Take an exclusive look at the story of Inversion!

#video Remember Inversion? If not, it's the gravity flipping shooter that Namco Bandai first announced way back in 2009. We last saw the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 game in action at last year's Gamescom. Now we have a new look at Saber Interactive's third-person shooter... sort of. More »

The world turns upside down in this partly live-action trailer.

A third-person shooter that aims to turn shooters upside-down.

Use the gravity system to pull guys up out of cover and more in this three-dimensional shooter.

In late 2009, Namco Bandai announced a gravity-manipulation FPS from TimeShift developer Saber Interactive. It was to be called Inversion, and it went completely MIA following the announcement. So imagine my surprise when the publisher premiered the first footage of the game this week at its Ignite 2011 event, and then topped that with a hands-on demo.

Inversion's premise remains unchanged all these mysterious months later (even if you don't remember it -- I sure didn't): Ex-cop Davis Russel fights an invading army of aliens -- the "Lutadores" -- with an awesome, gravity-altering gizmo called the Gravlink. In its most powerful state, this device allows players to manipulate objects and enemies as if they were in zero-gravity space: Shoot a car with the Gravlink and it'll float up into the air, at which point the player can lasso the vehicle (still using the Gravlink) and employ it as mobile cover, or simply toss it as an offensive projectile. The shortcoming of the short demo I played, though, is that it didn't feature access to the full capabilities of the Gravlink, as I'd seen in the pre-demo footage.

In the demo, I was only able to toy with smaller objects, like traffic cones and random boxes. Without full access to the Gravlink, the game mostly plays like a straight-up cover-based shooter -- a competent albeit uninspired experience that's highly reminiscent of Gears of War.

Gravity...how does that work?

Saber Interactive's sci-fi shooter, Inversion, was announced back in 2009 and was scheduled to arrive in late 2010 -- and it's still in development. Publisher Namco Bandai has announced today that the game is currently pegged for a February 7, 2012 launch on Xbox 360 and PS3.

Inversion allows you to create isolated zero-gravity fields, forcing objects caught inside to defy nature's laws and provide some cover against enemy fire. You can read our preview of the game later today -- in the meantime, you can check out a new teaser trailer just above below the break.

Get a taste of Inversion in this cryptic teaser trailer!

The spiritual successor to TimeShift under the spotlight.

#gamescom2010 Saber Interactive created 2007's TimeShift, a first-person shooter with a time-twisting gimmick that wasn't particularly well received. Now they're back with Inversion, a third-person shooter with a gravity-twisting gimmick. Will history repeat itself? More »

Gravity effects abound in Namco Bandai's upcoming shooter.

Bring a world of havoc and chaos to the screen.

click to fall up into our galleryNamco Bandai and TimeShift developer Saber Interactive hope you'll flip for their new shooter Inversion. Because it literally features the ability to reverse gravity.The third-person shooter takes place during an invasion by the alien luchadores Lutadore, which happens to coincide with the appearance of random "bubbles" of anti-gravity or gravitational vector change (just go with it). That means that at various times throughout the game, you'll enter an area and start floating, or be flipped over as the ceiling suddenly becomes the floor.The player, as cop Davis Russel or, uh, cop's neighbor Leo Delgado, is armed with a Grappler weapon that allows the manipulation of gravity to move giant objects around. This permits the player to move enemies' cover or make their own out of items in the environment. Or to just throw stuff.Inversion will ship sometime in 2010 on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

Get topsy-turvy in Namco Bandai's newest co-op shooter.

Get topsy-turvy in this newest co-op shooter.

Flipping shooters upside down.