Third World was developed as a real-time tactical role-playing game with a 3-D graphics engine.
[3][4][1] The game was set in the future on a decaying post-apocalyptic planet, in which the player leads a group of heroes as they struggle for survival against rival gangs in urban warzones.
[3] Gang members could be Mutants, Androids, Cyborgs and Aliens, each having their own special abilities as well as character classes, and gain technology and artifacts while completing missions.
[3][4][5] The game was in development at Redline Games, a company founded by programmer James Anhalt, designer Ron Millar, and other former members of Blizzard Entertainment.
[5] Activision dropped to the game in April 1999 for unknown reasons.