Paradox Interactive has announced the development by the Swedish study Fatshark of a new third-person shooter coming in early 2010: Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West. The game, which should arrive on Live Arcade, is set in the Old West: attendiamoci, then, both sites are typical of the period as wastelands, ghost towns and saloons raging gun battles, and duels last bullet.

The game is focused entirely on experience multiplayer, and will place much emphasis on collaboration between the members of each team, with several classes specialized in particular activities. We will have to cover my shoulders, encircle enemies and ambush them where possible.

Pending further information, we leave you in the first set of images depicting the characters that we embody and rooms.

Update: Added dates back to October, also a trailer which shows scenes of the game. As you can see, the kind of multiplayer action proposal that strongly reminiscent of Team Fortress 2.

Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West - Trailer