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‘Fantastic Plastic Squad’ Coming Soon from Former ‘Metal of Honor’ Producer

Yet another upcoming Apple TV game has been revealed: Plastic Fantastic Squad, a free-to-play shooter from former Medal of Honor producer Greg Goodrich, will be arriving soon on iOS and Apple TV.

Polygon interviewed Goodrich for the full story:

In the free-to-play game’s fiction, players control 5-inch tall action figures that have come to life and are fighting for control of a house. Each figure can be customized with weapons and accessories. The game includes a robust 125-mission-long single-player campaign as well as support for player-versus-player online gaming with features like clan support, tournaments, leaderboards and replays.

…The Apple TV version will use the touch-controls of the remote and will also support third-party controllers. Players using the remote will drag their thumb on the touchpad to aim, move forward by holding the Play button and move backwards by tapping Play and then holding it. Tapping the touchpad makes the character jump and clicking and holding the touchpad makes the figure throw a grenade.

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Fantastic Plastic Squad would be a release to look forward to even if it weren’t coming to the Apple TV. Questions about the free-to-play implementation aside, there aren’t enough capable shooters on iOS. Assuming Fantastic Plastic Squad isn’t bogged down by its business model, we could be looking at a real classic here.