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Area 51

Area 51 is a first-person action game, the plot of which is related to the mysterious Zone 51 located in the desert area in Nevada, where strange lights and alleged unidentified flying objects have been observed.

Action | FPP | science fiction | shooters

Area 51 Release Date

canceled

GCN

25Apr2005

XBOX PS2

06Jun2005

PC

Area 51 is the only action-packed 1st person shooter set in the U.S. governments most secret and secure military facility. The U.S. Army has received a distress signal from Area 51 where a viral outbreak has just shut down the research facility and the automated quarantine procedures have locked all scientific and military personnel inside.

A small Special Forces unit led Specialist Ethan Cole of HAZMAT (hazardous materials) Division is sent to investigate. As Cole, players will delve into five massive levels within the confines of Area 51, discover a mutagenic side effect of the virus that controls the minds of those infected, as well as an ancient alien colony buried beneath the facility. With a multitude of human and alien weapons, players must explore chilling conspiracies such as the extraterrestrial crash at Roswell and the faked lunar landing, in order to solve the enigmas of Area 51 before the viral mutagen is released and irrevocably mutates all life on earth.

Last updated on 10 December 2007

Game mode: single / multiplayer   Multiplayer mode: Internet   Player counter: 1 - 16  

Media type: 1 DVD / 3 CD

User score: 7.6 / 10 based on 545 votes.

PEGI rating Area 51

Age rating. The PEGI rating considers the age suitability of a game, not the level of difficulty. Game contains bad language. Game contains depictions of violence.

Area 51 System requirements

Microsoft Xbox

Xbox

  • Uses:
  • Xbox Live
Sony PlayStation 2

PlayStation 2

  • Uses:
  • memory card
  • Network Adaptor
Nintendo GameCube

GameCube

  • Uses:
  • memory card
PC / Windows

PC / Windows

  • Recommended:
  • Pentium 4 2 GHz
  • 256 MB RAM
  • graphic card 64MB (GeForce 3 or better)
  • 2.5 GB HDD
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