Bulletstorm officially announced

Epic, EA or Cliffy couldn't wait until Jimmy Fallon obviously - a press release from EA, announcing Bulletstorm officially just arrived. As we already knew, People Can Fly is developing it using the Unreal 3 engine.

According to that press release, the game is about "a futuristic confederation protected by an elite band of mercenaries: Dead Echo. When Dead Echo members Grayson Hunt and Ishi Sato learn they've been working for the wrong side, they're betrayed by their commander and exiled to the far reaches of the galaxy. In Bulletstorm, Grayson and Ishi find themselves surrounded by hordes of mutants and flesh eating gangs in an abandoned paradise. They have two objectives: get off the planet alive, and exact revenge on the man who sent them there."

Which is a great excuse for blowing stuff up - the game is supposed to feature "outrageously large guns" (which we can always get behind) and a "skillshot system" where the more insane the kill, the more points you get to use on upgrades for your characters and weapon unlocks.

No pictures from the game have been released yet, sadly, so here's a picture of a huge gun.