New details on The Alliance revealed at E3

Co-publishers JoWood and Namco unveiled new details about the anticipated video game Stargate SG-1: The Alliance at this week’s E3 trade show in Los Angeles. The game will be released in late 2005 on the PC, Xbox, and PlayStation 2.

The Alliance will span several planets and include several alien races, GameSpot has confirmed. Players will choose one member of SG-1 to play, and will be able to give basic commands to the other three. Each character possesses a different weapon and unique abilities — such as Daniel Jackson’s ability to translate alien runes — adding to the game’s replay value.

Teammates can be revived if they die, but players will have to reach them in time — about 20 seconds.

The Alliance will also include online play (at least on the Xbox), with up to four players able to play through the game’s campaign cooperatively as SG-1. A “deathmatch” mode will also support up to 16 players in head-to-head combat!

Visit GameSpot to read the original E3 report. Stick with GateWorld for continuing E3 coverage this week.