We’re putting together a huge list of all of the releases that are up and coming, and one that really caught my eye was a game called Disaster: Day of Crisis by Monolith Software.  On first look, for some reason I assumed it would be some great crisis management game or something like Trauma Center: New Blood. It’s not really anything like that at all – it’s a first person shooter with a pretty interesting story line.

From IGN’s review of the title:

Survive nature’s most devastating catastrophes in Disaster: Day of Crisis, a panic-inducing survival game for Wii. When a wave of natural disasters pummels the United States, a rogue special forces unit takes advantage of the chaos and seizes a nuclear weapon. Players race a car down a mountain to escape a roaring pyroclastic flow, dodge toppling buildings during a devastating earthquake and swim for their lives in a raging flood. No matter what happens, fight to survive.

Nintendic, in their always-great-articles fashion, also posted some info on the game:

As we’ve previously discussed, Disaster: Day of Crisis’ protagonist is Raymond Bryce, a retired US marine who is called back into action to deal with SURGE, an ex-military terrorist with plans to seize a big-ass wad of nuclear weapons. And things get personal when he realises that said group have also kidnapped Lisa, the sister of a best friend lost in combat during his time in the marines.

Not only will Ray have to deal with the threat of SURGE, but also of a variety of life-threatening natural disasters (earthquakes, tsunami, volcanic eruptions, floods) – and all in 24 hours across D: DoC’s 23 different stages. Much of the time you’ll be rescuing hapless citizens in order to build up Ray’s survival expertise, which gives him the strength to take on the game’s toughest of areas, but developer Monolith Soft also promises on-rails driving and shooting, as well as intense quick time events that make plentiful use of the Wii Remote and Nunchuck’s motion-sensitive controls.

Looks pretty interesting to us!  Unfortunately it’s going to be a little while before we see it – US release isn’t until December 31, 2009.  However, make sure to check out the screenshots, as it looks like a thriller.