--- title: How That's No Moon's Crossfire evolves the cover-based... description: That's No Moon, a studio founded by veterans from Naughty Dog, Infinity Ward, and Bungie, has revealed Crossfire — a single-player narrative reimagining of... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-that-s-no-moon-s-crossfire-evolves-the-cover-based-shooter-t4iryyskw twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How That's No Moon's Crossfire evolves the cover-based shooter | daily.dev og:description: That's No Moon, a studio founded by veterans from Naughty Dog, Infinity Ward, and Bungie, has revealed Crossfire — a single-player narrative reimagining of... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-that-s-no-moon-s-crossfire-evolves-the-cover-based-shooter-t4iryyskw og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/t4irYYskW.png og:image:alt: How That's No Moon's Crossfire evolves the cover-based shooter og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How That's No Moon's Crossfire evolves the cover-based shooter **[Game Developer](https://daily.dev/sources/gamedeveloper)** · 7 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary That's No Moon, a studio founded by veterans from Naughty Dog, Infinity Ward, and Bungie, has revealed Crossfire — a single-player narrative reimagining of Smilegate's multiplayer shooter. The game introduces an 'adaptive cover' system that moves away from traditional signposted cover spots toward organic, terrain-based positioning. Powered by Unreal Engine 5's Nanite and Lumen rendering tech combined with motion-matching animation, characters dynamically adapt their posture to fit improvised cover in complex environments. The game blends third-person military action with survival-lite resource management, horror elements, and a connected single-world map, with two protagonists from opposing factions forced to cooperate against a mysterious threat. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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