{{Short description|2008 video game}} {{Primary sources|date=April 2019}} {{Infobox video game |title = WorldShift |image = Worldshift tba.jpg |developer = Black Sea Studios |publisher = {{Video game release|GER|RTL Games|AU|n3vrf41l Publishing|NA|Got Game Entertainment}} |engine = Gamebryo |platforms = Microsoft Windows |released = {{Video game release|GER|May 8, 2008|AU|September 9, 2008|NA|November 16, 2009}} |genre = Real-time strategy |modes = Single-player, multiplayer |designer = Vesselin Handjiev }}
'''''WorldShift''''' is a science fiction real-time strategy video game developed by Black Sea Studios and released in 2008.
== Plot == In the 21st century, a mysterious object lands on Earth ending all known civilization. ''WorldShift'' is set thousands of years after those events, when the human civilization is no more than just a fading myth. The remains of the mysterious object, known as Shard Zero, are still spreading its Plague and reshaping the Earth. The human race has developed a new culture and is now living in five shielded mega-cities, struggling to survive from day to day. The rest of the Earth is populated by what is known to be the Tribes, successors of the early humans that were affected by the Plague, and the Cult, a mysterious alien race with unknown origins.<ref name="Worldshift">{{cite web |url=http://www.worldshift-game.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=28 |title=Game Information |website=WorldShift |accessdate=May 21, 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080508024753/http://worldshift-game.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=28 |archivedate=May 8, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Gameplay == In ''WorldShift'', there are no technology trees featuring hundreds of upgrades; instead, ''WorldShift'' allows the players to discover and acquire a vast number of items and powerful relics that they can use to freely change their gameplay and preferred tactics and to attack their enemies. The players will gather items as they fight their opponents and as rewards for completing missions. There is a three-tiered unit system, with outstanding leader units, strong officer units and then more common basic units. The game is centered on unique cooperative multiplayer gameplay.<ref name="Worldshift"/>
Many units in ''WorldShift'' have power which the player can spend to perform special actions such as spells, healing, or stronger attacks. Some units also have shields able to absorb the strength of an incoming attack partly or entirely.
== Reception == {{Video game reviews | MC = 63/100<ref name="MC">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/worldshift/critic-reviews/?platform=pc |title=WorldShift for PC Reviews |website=Metacritic |publisher=Red Ventures |accessdate=February 25, 2022 |archive-date=May 24, 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250524162729/https://www.metacritic.com/game/worldshift/critic-reviews/?platform=pc |url-status=live }}</ref> | 4P = 69%<ref>{{cite web |last=Naser |first=Bodo |date=May 8, 2008 |url=https://www.4players.de/4players.php/dispbericht/PC-CDROM/Test/9174/58758/0/WorldShift.html |title=Test: WorldShift |language=de |website=4Players |publisher=4Players GmbH |accessdate=February 25, 2022 |archive-date=February 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225235430/https://www.4players.de/4players.php/dispbericht/PC-CDROM/Test/9174/58758/0/WorldShift.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | GSpot = 6.5/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Todd |first=Brett |date=November 19, 2009 |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/worldshift-review/1900-6240748/ |title=WorldShift Review |website=GameSpot |publisher=Red Ventures |accessdate=February 25, 2022}}</ref> | GStar = 70%<ref>{{cite web |last=Matschijewsky |first=Daniel |date=May 8, 2008 |url=https://www.gamestar.de/artikel/worldshift,1945101.html |title=Worldshift im Test - Der Strategie-Rollenspiel-Mix im Test |language=de |website=GameStar |publisher=Webedia |accessdate=February 25, 2022}}</ref> | IGN = 5/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Zoss |first=Jeremy Matthew |date=November 20, 2009 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/11/20/worldshift-review |title=Worldshift Review |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |accessdate=February 25, 2022}}</ref> }}
The game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.<ref name="MC"/>
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== External links == *{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121022758/http://www.worldshift-game.com |date=January 21, 2012 |title=Official website}} *{{moby game|id=/windows/worldshift}}
Category:2008 video games Category:Gamebryo games Category:Got Game Entertainment games Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games Category:Real-time strategy video games Category:Video games developed in Bulgaria Category:Windows games Category:Windows-only games