Jagged Alliance 3 Announced (Again)

Tactical RPG series Jagged Alliance is likely to finally see a third game in the series after all; the struggling IP has been picked up by German publisher bitComposer Games.

The sequel will be the first game in the series since Jagged Alliance 2 was released to critical acclaim over ten years ago - a game which went on to achieve cult status. Although the game was previously being developed by developer Akella, that project was cancelled in Winter 2009 and there hasn't been much information on the fate of the series until now.

With bitComposer now firmly holding the rights, it's nice to see something being done with the series, though the contract has stipulated that Strategy First will be developing their own 'social networking' version of the game this year, which sounds horrifying.

Here's the lowdown on what we should expect from the third title in the series:

"The Jagged Alliance series has received numerous national and international awards since its first appearance in 1994. The second part in particular, Jagged Alliance 2, released in 1999, won a host of accolades and gained the highest plaudits from the global games media.

Jagged Alliance 3 will build on the strengths of its famous predecessors and, set against the backdrop of a gripping story, will again deliver the much-loved combo of turn-based strategy gameplay with roleplay elements."

We wish bitComposer the best of luck. If they can ever make half the game Jagged Alliance 2 was, we'll probably be happy.