UK indie Mode7 teases abstract tactical strategy game Frozen Synapse

Known best for their debut mouse-controlled sword battler Determinance, UK indie Mode7 has just sent on new information on their second game, coming as a PC downloadable later this year.

Called Frozen Synapse -- and looking quite pleasingly like.. -- Rainbow Six, maybe? -- by way of Introversion's early node-hacker Uplink, Mode7 says the game is a "a top-down simultaneous-turn-based tactical game set in the near-future."

Though details are still light, the studio says the game will feature "bite-sized hardcore strategy" in multi- or single-player matches of "quick, intense battles of wits rather than slow-burn strategic epics." Above is the first released concept shot of the game -- follow its progress via the official site.