Tiki Games announced the development of NOVASTRIKE, an original game for the PLAYSTATION 3. Filled with the intense, frenetic gameplay of a classic top-down shooter, NOVASTRIKE will also bring a number of innovations to the genre, including continued updates and content additions to keep the game fluid and changing.

Hardened shooter veterans will find a wealth of options in their arsenal in NOVASTRIKE, a sci-fi war zone that pits players against an onslaught by the world-conquering Draelus. From the cockpit of their experimental Scythe fighter, able pilots will utilize free-roaming flight and multiple weapon variations to combat an armada of alien forces in the air and on land. With ship and weapon upgrades, and a slew of allied units, players of NOVASTRIKE will engage the Draelus in a variety of planetary environments, completing objectives and facing fearsome opponents in their fight to drive back the invasion.

"NOVASTRIKE takes its roots from the toughest shoot-'em-ups, and brings that gameplay into a free-roaming, unpredictable space -- and when players think they’ve conquered that, our continued support for the game will keep them on their toes with all-new game content" said Kevin McCann, president and creative director of Tiki Games.

NOVASTRIKE will feature such things as free-roaming flight, a weapon upgrade system, and multi-sectioned enemies where individual components can be destroyed. The game is scheduled for release via the PLAYSTATION Network in early 2008.