ShootMania: Competition for Everyone!

ShootMania is the most recent addition to the IGN Pro League lineup, and its focus on eSports is evident far before the game even launches! In the video above, you'll see that two game modes will be completely free to play for everyone at launch. Royal mode is a free for all format with elements of deathmatch and survival, and Elite mode is the game's first official competitive mode, focusing on both attacking and defending a single point on the map.

Having two completely free modes to play on supports the idea of "Competition for Everyone." Anyone with a free account can just hop on and begin playing either Royal or Elite with their friends.

Royal is a more casual format that awards points in three different ways:

• Activating the OffZone, an electrified wall that begins moving after being activated and closes in around the Goal, a single point on the map. Activating the OffZone awards points based on how many other players are in the game. These points can be split between multiple players if they are all standing on the Goal when the OffZone is activated.
• Shooting other players. The more shots a player lands, the higher the points will be. Each round starts at 1 point per hit, but if a player hits enough others in a round, individual hits become worth more and more.
• Surviving. Being the first person eliminated in Royal gets you 1 point, being second awards 2, and so on until only two players are remaining. The last two players standing receive additional bonus points for surviving, and the last man standing receives the most.

Elite is the first official competitive mode and is played with teams of 3:

• Each round three players on the same team will defend a Goal. One player from the opposing team will attack.
• The defenders all fire rockets, projectiles with a travel time. The attacker fires a laser, which is an infinite range, instant kill shot with a long reload time.
• The defenders win if they eliminate the attacker or if time runs out in the round. The attacker wins if he eliminates all three defenders, or if he captures the goal during the 15 seconds that it is vulnerable.
• Teams take turns attacking and defending until one side reaches 6 points, but they must win by 2.

With both of these modes being available for free at launch, anyone with a computer and Internet connection can play to their hearts' content and become skilled at the game, opening up competition for everyone who wants to give it a try! Online qualifiers for North America and Europe begin in October, so definitely grab yourself a beta key at http://go.ign.com/iplshootmania and then head to our $100,000 IPL5 Tournament Registration page to get signed up!

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