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Retail-like production for PC, PSN, XBLA.

Ignition Entertainment is throwing a full-scale shooter at PC, PS3 and XBLA this summer.

It's called Blacklight: Tango Down and carries the hallmarks of a typical retail release - "cutting edge" Unreal Engine 3 graphics, "some of the most exciting multiplayer gameplay available" and "incredibly deep customisation" based on earning experience points.

Zombie Studios will develop and we hope improve on most recent effort SAW, which wasn't amazing.

Zombie had also been working on Rogue Warrior before Bethesda booted it off and brought in Aliens vs. Predator developer Rebellion.

Chequered past aside, Zombie Studios appears to have Blacklight: Tango Down up to scratch, judging by the first video on Eurogamer TV.

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hiddenranbir #1 2 years ago

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Aren't we supposed to determine if it is AAA?

Their confidence does not sit well with me

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darleysam #2 2 years ago

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'Tango down' sounds like an instruction, not a status.
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Bertie Verified Senior Staff Writer, Eurogamer.net #3 2 years ago

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I found it very difficult not to write Tango Dawn, which is a made up name but I think a solid foundation for a triple-A game.
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CaptainQuint #4 2 years ago

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I did a AAA shit before jumping into the shower, this morning. Are you excited about that fact?
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JahB #5 2 years ago

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big claim for a studio that made SAW and Rogue Warrior....
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FireMonkey #6 2 years ago

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So were they kicked off Rouge Warrior so that Bethesda could fix / improve it? If so that's quite worrying as it still only got 2/10. What would it originally be like?

Hopefully that was due to Bethesda taking on code they did not know and screwing it up and that this will be much better.

Good luck to them.

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AaronTurner #7 2 years ago

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3rd time lucky?
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Doctor_What #8 2 years ago

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Kicked off Rogue Warrior in the belief that another studio, given only six months and no assets, would still make a better game? Wooo... That's pretty bad.
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onyxbox #9 2 years ago

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Cutting edge graphics and Unreal Engine 3 don't really go together IMO
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makeamazing #10 2 years ago

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Saw was ok, but could have been alot better. It is something that you would have had to really screw up to get wrong. A game indoors with lots of corridoors is not the most complex game to make.

Anyway, always good to hear about new games regardless
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RobotRocker #11 2 years ago

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That is nice Ignition.

Deadly Premonition in Europe now. Please.
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KDR_11k #12 2 years ago

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Deadly Premonition in Europe now. Please.

Given my experiences with European pricing they'd probably charge 70€ for it.
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