Battlefront.com and TBG Software announced the availability of a multiplayer "Public Test" version of DropTeam, the upcoming Sci-Fi themed real-time armored vehicle combat simulation.

DropTeam combines accurate physics and ballistic systems, intelligent and realistic unit and weaponry capabilities with fast paced action set in a stark future of humanity. This Public Test is being offered in three different formats. One for Mac, one for Windows and one for Linux. This marks the first title published by Battlefront.com to offer Linux support.

Some of DropTeam features include:

• A rich, fleshed out universe complete with a engaging back story and detailed history.
  
• Realistic combat system that models projectile/armor penetration, various munition types, and interior vehicle damage in detail.
  
• Huge, detailed and varied alien landscapes each planet accurately modeling its own gravity and atmospheric density, radically changing the tactical situation.
  
• Map sizes up to a massive 1000 (!) square kilometers.
  
• Terrain height resolutions from small ridges and vehicle fighting positions to towering hills and mountains.
  
• Deformable terrain with engineering vehicles digging out trenches in real time, ordnance created surface cratering and even trees toppling over under artillery fire.
  
• Dynamic environmental effects include building destruction and vehicles exploding and flipping over.
  
• Support for enhanced graphics effects including advanced shaders and High Dynamic Range rendering.
  
• Terrain uses dynamic tessellation (continuous Level of Detail) to render high resolution terrain at large sizes.
  
• Up to 16 human players or more supported, depending on system specs. Maximum online players realistically only limited by game server bandwidth, CPU and RAM.

More background and info on the game can be found on the DropTeam webpage located here.