Electronic Arts will release a four-player co-op demo for their Syndicate reboot at the end of January.

While the original game from 1993 was a tactics game, Syndicate for 2012 is a squad based shooter. As a nod to the classic, Starbreeze recreated nine missions from the PC game for the Syndicate shooter.

In Syndicate, you’re equipped with a skull-embedded chip that allows you to use different applications like slowing down time or causing enemies to turn on themselves.

Electronic Arts show off the first trailer for the upcoming Syndicate first-person shooter.

EA are bringing the cyberpunk-esque Syndicate franchise back as a first-person shooter.

Portions of the script reveal elements from Syndicate Wars are in the next Syndicate title. One character is a priest in The Church of the New Epoch. Another tidbit is Eurocorp’s chip may only be available to the affluent.

Siliconera acquired chunks of the script for the upcoming Syndicate game. This sets up a familiar world – a dystopia where a chip called Dart can alter your memories. A resistance exists and the main character’s parents are part of it, but their fate is… grim.