'Blacklight: Tango Down' Debuts on Xbox Live
Brier Dudley - Seattle Times
Jul 09, 2010
Zombie Studios' action shooting game "BlackLight: Tango Down" debuted Wednesday on Xbox Live, the start of a multimedia franchise for the venerable Seattle company.
Highlights of the game -- which is being pitched as a blend of "Blade Runner" and "Call of Duty" -- are its weapon-customization system and a "hyper reality visor" imaging system loosely based on systems used by real soldiers.
"BlackLight" is being sold for $15 as a downloadable game on Xbox Live Arcade. Versions for the PlayStation 3 and PC will appear in a few weeks on PlayStation Network and the Games for Windows Live service.
What's most notable about "BlackLight" may be its business development. Even before the game was done, Zombie reached deals to produce "BlackLight" comic books and a movie being developed by 20th Century Fox.
Zombie has been making military-themed games since it began in 1994, including the government-funded "America's Army." Chief Executive Mark Long is a retired major who worked in military research and development before entering the game business.
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