Something's gone horribly wrong here.

You can't put your finger on it, at least not at first. The world looks just as it should do (or at least how I imagine it should, having never experienced Sweden in the lurid fluorescent glow of the 1980s). Rows of homes stand empty, yes, and meals wait expectantly on kitchen tables as the TV blasts static from the cosy lounge, but the lights are still on, answerphones still flash with new messages, and while there's nobody home, at least not for now, whoever put that book down thought they would be right back.

No-one puts down an open book if they don't think they'll be right back.

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Just Cause developer Avalanche Studios has announced that Generation Zero, its atmospheric open-world sci-fi shooter, will launch on Xbox One, PS4, and PC on March 26th.

Generation Zero unfolds in an alternate version of 1980s Sweden, where towering robots are rampaging through the countryside. As is often the case, it's up to you to thwart their presumably nefarious intentions - but you can also join forces with up to three friends, each with their own unique skills, via "seamless co-op multiplayer", if you'd like a helping hand as the robo-apocalypse rains down around your ears.

Generation Zero's rendition of the Swedish countryside is fully open-world, and brought to life with a day/night cycle and "unpredictable" weather. Avalanche also promises "complex AI behavior, simulated ballistics, highly realistic acoustics", alongside a dynamic '80s soundtrack.

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Earlier this year, Just Cause developer Avalanche announced its first self-published game: Generation Zero. Described by the studio as a sci-fi "guerilla action" game, it's set in an alternate version of 1980s Sweden invaded by giant machines.

When the game's trailer was announced, however, some found it looked oddly familiar.

On Twitter, YouTube, and Eurogamer's own comments section, many remarked Generation Zero looks remarkably similar to the work of well-known artist Simon St lenhag, whose sci-fi role-playing game and book Tales from the Loop is also set in 1980s Sweden with giant robots.

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Just Cause developer Avalanche Studios has announced a new game - its first self-published game - called Generation Zero.

It's an open-world sandbox action game for up to three people, with strong persistent elements. Unusually, and alluringly, it's set in an alternate version of 1980s east coast Sweden (Avalanche HQ is in Sweden) where machines have taken control.

The odds will be stacked against you. Avalanche refers to Generation Zero as a guerrilla action game, wrote game director Emil Kraftling in an announcement blog. You'll need, then, everything you can loot from the surrounding, largely rural area - and you'll need your wits about you.

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