The game will take place across seven planets and you’ll be able to choose whichever faction you’d like. You’re also free to decide how to progress in the campaign. You can choose to wage open war or simply expand your colonies and increase your resources. Tech trees will be available for new units and upgrades, along with new structures to further unlock special skills. If that weren’t enough, a dynamic weather system has you dealing with sandstorms or using frozen rivers to flank your foes. There will be plenty of diversity in the environments to affect your progress so be prepared.

Etherium is slated to release this year for PC. Stay tuned for more details.

We’re little more than a week away from this year’s Game Developers Conference to be held on March 19th to 21st in San Franciso and Focus Home Interactive today has revealed the games that will be present.

These include Bound by Flame, Crimes & Punishments, Blood Bowl 2, Styx: Master of Shadows, Act of Aggression, Etherium and Space Run. The most interesting addition is that from Eugen Systems, who will be unveiling a new strategy game with Act of Aggression. The game will be a real time strategy title and apparently the studio’s most ambitious project yet.

There will also be a new tactical game set in the Warhammer universe, which should be as exciting as anything considering how long its been since a new Warhammer has been out. What are your thoughts on the line-up? Let us know which game you’ll be looking forward to most at the show in the comments below.

Tindalos Interactive has released a new trailer for their next real time strategy title, Etherium. The trailer focuses on the universe in the game, and showcases the colony of the Consortium as it goes to war against the Galaad and the Council. See it all go down above.

Etherium will focus on inter-planetary conquer and allow you to choose from any of the above three factions, all for the sake of controlling the precious mineral called etherium. Each faction has its own abilities and can exploit some rather futuristic skills such as climate control, precognition and much more to steer the war in their favour.

Other things we’ll see in Etherium include a non-linear play-through experience; tech trees and upgrades for improving units; dynamic weather; several varieties of units including hulking towers of destruction; and seven planets just ripe for the conquering. Look good to you thus far? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.