Survival Sandbox Rend Will Feature Three-Faction PvP

If you’re a fan of survival games you’ve probably ended up with a knife in your back more times than you can count. Upcoming survival game Rend plans to do away with all the treachery by implementing factions: three of them. Developer Jordan Leithart explains:

“One of the biggest draws of survival games is the community. I know it sounds backwards, because we’ve all had the experience of encountering another player, and they attempt to kill us as soon as our back is turned to loot our corpse. But sometimes, you find those players who want to work together to accomplish something greater than they can themselves. So you join up and start growing your community. After a little while, you meet another group, and since they’re friendly, you join up with them too. Before long, you have a community that you login to survive with. It’s no longer just you against the world, it’s us against the world. The problem comes for the solo player who doesn’t feel social enough to put himself out there. He doesn’t have a community. With a ready made faction upon character create, he finds a community without having to wonder if someone will stab him in the back for that sweet shotgun he has.”

According to Leithart, “three factions work very well in a PvP game.” He writes, “If one faction is getting ahead, the other two factions can ally together to make sure the third gets knocked down a peg.” In addition, each of the three factions will play exactly the same, further leveling out the playing field.

If you have no idea what Rend is, check out the announcement trailer after the break. You can also head over to the official dev blog for more info.