Based by brothers Dan and Mac Reynolds, the lead singer and supervisor, respectively, of the band Think about Dragons, new indie recreation studio Evening Avenue Video games has taken on the problem of creating “Final Flag,” a online game that offers you the genuine childhood expertise of enjoying a recreation of seize the flag, however with added options you possibly can solely dream up in a digital world.

Per the sport’s description, “Set in a funk-blasted Seventies-inspired universe, ‘Final Flag’ transforms gamers into Contestants on the world’s most-watched recreation present—hosted by the mysterious media mogul Victor Fex. When the cameras begin rolling, gamers leap into an out of doors area to cover their crew’s flag, then scramble to disclose the enemy’s location by controlling radar towers and scouring the map’s multitude of hidden nooks and crannies. Seize the flag. Haul it dwelling. Defend it for one minute to win it. Whether or not you’re celebrating your victory or vibing to the graceful sounds of defeat, you possibly can all the time select to run it again.”

In video games that final 20 minutes or much less, gamers compete in two groups of 5 (10 attainable characters to select from) in a basic recreation of seize the flag with a number of non-classical modifications. First up: in “Final Flag,” you don’t get eradicated, your character will get vacuum-tubed off to the inexperienced room, prepared to affix again within the enjoyable.

“Dan and I grew up in Boy Scouts, and we’ve received a bunch of brothers, and we used to play seize the flag within the woods at night time,” Mac Reynolds, CEO and co-founder of Evening Avenue Video games, advised Selection forward of the sport’s huge reveal Friday out of Summer season Recreation Fest. “And it’s type of a quintessential childhood expertise; some individuals performed it in a P.E. class or no matter else. And we thought rather a lot about that have rising up. There’s been plenty of capture-the-flag recreation modes which have been tangential to video games through the years, however no person’s ever actually constructed one thing that scratches that itch of what it feels prefer to play seize flag, which is actual hiding, actual discovering, the joys of nature, being a hero, sneaking round. We began from that core place of, what does a pure seize the flag recreation actually really feel like? And it took plenty of improvements over the past couple of years, tons and tons of play exams, however right now it’s advanced into what’s a 3rd particular person, fun-first-competitive-second, 5v5 shooter that’s from the bottom up seize the flag.”

The Reynolds brothers are infusing their musical abilities into the sport as effectively, with a soundtrack crafted by Dan Reynolds, Grammy-nominated musician and producer JT Daly and Dave Lowmiller (“Battlefield,” “Lifeless Area” collection) and recorded on classic ‘70s devices. And one of many “greatest” songs on the soundtrack is barely obtainable to losers.

“Sound is essential for us, and one of many our defining philosophies is we would like you to have moments of enjoyable, moments of pleasure at each second of the sport: everytime you press a button, once you’re working and all that,” Evening Avenue Video games recreation director Matthew Berger mentioned. “However that additionally means once you lose. And so once you lose a match, there’s a track that performs. It solely performs once you’re on the defeat display, and it’s possibly one of the best track we’ve got within the recreation. I imply, it’s a toss up, I feel, with the flag hiding track, which I do love, nevertheless it’s an ideal track. So you’ve got misplaced, which isn’t nice, however you get to have this actually cool track that the profitable crew doesn’t get. I feel that’s actually vital.”

“Final Flag” is ready to launch in 2026 on Home windows PC by way of Steam and the Epic Video games Retailer. Console platform variations of the sport are at present within the works.

Watch the trailer for “Final Flag”. under.