Oh brother. They are coming out of the walls, man. I'm speaking, of course, of all of these free-to-play online first person shooters. There's a ton of them already out there now (Combat Arms, Cross Fire, Quake Live) and more are on the way (Huxley, Parabellum, etc). Now yet another such game has reared its head. It's called Mercenary Wars.

Developed by NM Productions and published by Uforia, the game follows the same formula as many of the other free-to-play FPS (who got their formula from Counter-Strike). Unlike some of these games, Mercenary Wars adds the option to play against AI bots as well as online human opponents. A stats system allows players to upgrade their characters over time and several gameplay modes will be available at launch with the promise of more modes added every couple of months. Mercenary Wars is due to launch in September.