Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network haven't traditionally been the most familiar territories for new first-person shooters, but titles like Serious Sam HD and Battlefield 1943 have started carving out a respectable niche. Ignition has decided to join the fray, announcing that Blacklight: Tango Down is set to arrive on XBLA, PSN and PC this summer.
Details are hard to come by on the Zombie Studios title (first revealed nearly a year ago), but we know it's a "military action" franchise that prides itself on its weapon and character customization. Zombie describes the near-future world of Blacklight as "disturbingly detailed," with "old-world architecture dripping with modern sci-fi lighting and brightly lit advertisements." And just a crazy number of Grateful Dead posters.
Reader Comments (19)
Posted: Mar 2nd 2010 9:19AM (Unverified) said
what will we be killing in this? the words zombie and dead are sprinkled throughout so i immediately thought zombies...
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Posted: Mar 2nd 2010 10:54AM TheDarkWayne said
you know, that would actually be really cool. I actually cant think of a zombie game where you aren't either a survivor or some specialist knee deep in conspiracy, playing as the military guys that always come in at the end of the movie to save the main character, or at the start to kill them, would be really awesome
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Posted: Mar 2nd 2010 11:01AM TheDarkWayne said
also do you guys read Russian then? Because I couldn't see the word "zombie" anywhere past the Zombie studios title
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Posted: Mar 2nd 2010 10:42AM Barkley610 said
It takes more than tango..... Or something like that
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Posted: Mar 2nd 2010 10:55AM TheDarkWayne said
Considering that it'll probably be $15 or so, it looks pretty great, definitely gonna keep an eye on it
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Posted: Mar 2nd 2010 1:04PM (Unverified) said
The game looks fairly well for a XBLA title and seems to have good phsyics. Which makes me wonder why they didnt put more into it and make an actual full title..... Is this their first game so far?
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Posted: Mar 2nd 2010 1:28PM kentuckyfried said
The characters reminds me of the soldiers from HAZE. =D
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Posted: Mar 2nd 2010 1:45PM (Unverified) said
Yea!! Another First person shooter for the PS3. What happened to innovation and variety?
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Posted: Mar 2nd 2010 11:23PM (Unverified) said
it looks like a cross between... Haze, Black, and....Duke Nukem 3D.
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