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Moonshot Games, a game developer formed by former Bungie team members back in October 2009, have finally announced its first project, titled Fallen Frontier. At the moment details are still a bit scarce but the game is at its core a side-scroller sci-fi shooter with both single and co-op gameplay. The storyline concerns a law enforcer from Earth who comes to the Alpha Centauri frontier "on a mission of vengeance."

The game will let players use firearms and grenades along with unnamed "special abilities" to fight off enemies. The game will be show at PAX East 2011 later this week. At the moment there's no word on what platforms the game will appear on. You can check out a gameplay trailer for Fallen Frontier after the jump.

Update: A post on Moonshot Games' web site states that Fallen Frontier is due for release in the first half of 2012. The dev team would like to release the game on the PC via Steam but apparently they are waiting to hear from a publisher first.

The downloadable games industry has been booming of late and many game developers who have worked in major publishers and development houses have been moving into that space. The latest such small company to announce its presence is Moonshot Games, formed in part by three former members of Bungie Studios.

The game's well-designed web site has already launched but so far the company is keeping mum on what specific games they are working on. They are saying that Moonshot is "dedicated to exploring the uncharted spaces of high-quality downloadable games, bringing to those worlds our years of experience with AAA productions." We hope their games are as imaginative as their web site design.