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Fatshark's post-apocalyptic crater-crawler is launching on PC this summer, the Swedish publisher has revealed. Krater, which means "crater" in Swedish, involves a military base hidden inside of a massive cr - okay, you get it. It's a traditional top-down RPG with a crafting system, explorable world and permanent consequences, like injuries and death.

Krater is coming to Steam on June 12 for all Windows users; Mac users will have to wait until July. Prior to launch, pre-orders will be gain access to a closed, pre-launch beta. Interested parties can pre-purchase through Fatshark's site.

Developer Fatshark has announced a release date for its upcoming post-apocalyptic RPG, Krater. This top-down, loot-focused game will release June 12th on Steam...

Maybe you'll investigate a crater or two. Or is it krater?

A top-down RPG with crafting, tactical combat, single player or cooperative squad control, and the possibility of permanent injury or death. That’s the early word on Krater, which we’ve learnt a little more about since first seeing evidence of its existence. Some thoughts on that below, along with a teeny snippet of in-game footage. There are also beta signups ongoing, which you can find out about here.

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Swedish devs Fatshark have announced that they are making an action RPG called Krater. The game will arrive at some point in 2012 and is set in a post-apocalyptic world that features, well, a crater. Fatshark explain a little bit about the game, saying that “the base pillars are crafting, exploration and consequence.” Exploration, eh? We’ll see about that, I suppose. They also claim that “the innovative control setup allows you to effectively command a party of three characters simultaneously.”

There’s a video with Fatshark’s Martin Wahlund talking about the game in a bit more detail below. (Via Blue.)(more…)

Today, Swedish developer Fatshark announced a long-planned role-playing game (RPG) titled Krater. Set in post-apocalyptic Sweden, Krater combines a variety of different gameplay mechanics together, including unit-based combat found in a real-time strategy (RTS) and traditional RPG components similar to the original Fallout games...