The game is designed to resemble '80s action movies

Apr 16, 2013 21:49 GMT  ·  By

Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon aims to take players back to the '80s and their simpler take on action and the new Cyber War live action short film certainly manages that trick.

The main characters introduced in the new video are Commander Bolt Lightning and a battle-tested Android.

The pair fights through some of the environments, which will also be offered in the video game, to take out an enemy virus.

Blood Dragon is designed as a spin-off that ditches many of the extras of modern shooters in order to focus on fast-paced action created using the powerful engine that Ubisoft made for Far Cry 3.

The game was leaked earlier during the month after the uPlay service was hacked.

Official launch will take place on the PC, the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 on May 1.