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Alien Swarm is a total conversion mod for Unreal Tournament 2004 created by Black Cat Games and initially released on May 28, 2004. Alien Swarm, version 1.2 was released in September 10, 2004, with the official campaigns, Sigma and Ortega. The most recent version of Alien Swarm is 1.3, together with a third campaign, Telic, also introducing new weapons and items, plus some bug fixes. It was released on December 16, 2005. Image File history File links ASwlogo. ...
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In Alien Swarm, the player assumes the role of a commander in the Interstellar Armed Forces and uses the unique skills of the marines at his disposal to fight through infested space ships and colonies that have been overrun by aliens. Alien Swarm can be played both offline and online with up to eight people each controlling one of the eight unique marines. Each marine falls into one of four classes: explosives, special weapons, technical, or medic. The game can be played either as single missions or as a series of missions called a campaign. In telecommunication, the term off-line has the following meanings: 1. ...
Online means being connected to the Internet or another similar electronic network, like a bulletin board system. ...
There are currently 2 official campaigns for Alien Swarm, Sigma and Ortega, as well as the Phalanx Campaign created by MjrHuRTz and Upsilon Campaign. The Telic Campaign is the most recent campaign, and offers new weapons, items, and maps to the game. There are also a number of fan made maps and a mutator that allows players to string together a series of maps into a custom campaign.
A sequel to Alien Swarm, Alien Swarm: Infested , is in the works as a mod for Half-Life 2 and is currently in production by Black Cat Games. The game will utilise the Source engine, and will most probably use the Steam content delivery system. At the current time no release date has been set. Half-Life 2 is a science fiction first-person shooter computer game and the highly anticipated sequel to Half-Life, developed by Valve Corporation. ...
Sources physics are demonstrated in this screenshot from Half-Life 2, with the body of a Combine soldier and his rifle hurled into the air after a collision with a dune buggy. ...
Alien Swarm could be based on the Board Game "Space Hulk", in which the same view and scenarios take place i.e. one player plays marines, one player plays aliens. Cover of the first edition of Space Hulk Space Hulk was a board game by Games Workshop. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1088x871, 185 KB)Source: screenshot taken 10-15-05 during an online game of Alien Swarm. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1088x871, 185 KB)Source: screenshot taken 10-15-05 during an online game of Alien Swarm. ...
External links
Community - Force Gamers file database
- Maps4Mods file database
- Telic Campaign Webpage
- Mutators for Alien Swarm
- Comprehensive list of fan-made levels
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