While you would be forgiven for groaning "not another FPS!", the futuristic shooter Section 8 has turned quite a few heads while still in beta, and even if not the Next Big Thing, than nearly certain to be a regular feature on many gamers' schedule for the next few months. With only a few days to go until the game's full launch, it's about time we knuckled down to the really serious business... of organising into clans and ripping up the ladder!

Helpfully, SouthPeak Interactive are well aware of our competitive natures, and have designed a robust clan and stats portal which will launch simultaneously with the US version, and will be open to players from all territories.

Features of the portal include:

Win profile badges!

Create a Section 8 clan

• In game clan tags can be setup to automatically update from the portal
• Ability to turn on/off recruitment status and review the statistics of your incoming applicants
• Establish hierarchies within your clan (Recruit, Member, Officer, Leader, etc.) and manage rosters directly from the portal
• Toggle viewing clan member’s e-mail address for coordination outside of the game

Over 50+ unique Leaderboards not available in game, categorized by:

• Career Statistics (XP, Kills, Deaths, Destructions, Combat, Teamwork, etc.)
• “In a Life” Records (XP, Teamwork, Combat, Kills, Damage, Captures, Repairs, Defenses, Destruction)
• Gear “In a Life” Records (Assault Rifle, Shotgun, Knife, etc.)
• Badges (32x badges)
• Feats (16x feats)

Fill in your pie chart!

• All Leaderboards can be changed to best “overall” or best “within my clan”


• Overall community page that tracks the top players / top clans, as well as tracks continuously updated community wide statistics (ex: most popular map, popular gear, popular loadout, etc.)


• A unique player profile page for each user that tracks over 100 unique in-game statistics to the individual that can be set to rank either best “overall” or best “within my clan”


• Mutually exclusive statistics for each platform (Xbox 360, PC)


• Supports players from all regions (EFIGS)

The portal will be available at the official Section 8 site JoinSection8.com when the game launches on Xbox in the US; apparently, we should see both the PC and Xbox 360 versions of Section 8 on store shelves next Friday, the eleventh.

So, who will we see representing local talent at the top of the clan leaderboards...?