Splash Damage's Richard Ham has discussed the details of Brink's innovative hybrid campaign/multiplayer mechanics

The shooter is based around a futuristic civil war, and will involve 8v8 objective based battles - off and online. Players will initially choose whether to play a public or private game. "If it’s private, that means they can play on their own, solo, and have their friends seamlessly join in the action mid-mission (no lobby screens or any of the traditional stuff) for co-op," Ham explained in an interview with NowGamer. The campaign is the same regardless whether you're playing with seven real-life or AI team mates.

"The important thing to remember here is that you’re not the center of the universe," Ham added. "The world won’t wait for you to make big things happen.  Each one of your teammates (whether you’re by playing by yourself, or co-operatively with others) is as capable as you of doing whatever needs to be done to win."

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