In the Blackwater video game you will play one of four Blackwater operatives performing high-pressure missions helping out people in dangerous situations. The main concept behind the game is shoot-and-move. You will use full body movements so that your Blackwater operative can take cover, assess the target and take it out in a timely [...]
OFFICIAL BLACKWATER VIDEO GAME SHIPS TO NORTH AMERICAN RETAILERS Woodland Hills, CA – October 25, 2011 – 505 Games, a global publisher of video games, announced today that Blackwater, an immersive first-person shooter (FPS) exclusive for Kinect™ for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, has shipped to North American retailers. [...]
(FORBES): Erik Prince, the controversial founder of Blackwater Worldwide, has resurrected the Blackwater brand in what he hopes will become a new video game franchise. Although Prince is no longer affiliated with the prívate military contractor, which now goes by the name Xe Services, he’s launching a new first-person shooter game called Blackwater this fall. After [...]
Blackwater game aims for fun, not controversy By DERRIK J. LANG, AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — In the world of video games, realism reigns supreme, but the makers of a game based on the infamous private security firm Blackwater are intentionally steering clear of it. There’s no blood, the enemies are fictional and [...]
Ride along with USA Today as they preview Blackwater. Excerpt: As part of a team in hostile North African territory, players are charged with rescuing and protecting U.N.officials, among other missions. “They are going to be shooting, moving and communicating through very difficult, unknown, uncertain situations,” says Blackwater founder Erik Prince, who is partnering on the game with developer Zombie [...]
(CNN) — More and more, today’s video game business is driven by huge military shooters like Activision’s “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3″ and Electronic Arts’ “Battlefield 3.” Now, Erik Prince, the founder of a controversial, real-world military group, is stepping into the virtual war zone with a new first-person shooter, “Blackwater.” Designed exclusively [...]
(Yahoo Games) Microsoft is keen to expand the Kinect experience to include hardcore titles, and there aren’t many Teen or Mature rated games that support Kinect, so 505′s Blackwater game won’t have much direct competition,” said Billy Pidgeon, video game analyst at M2 Research. “The developer, Zombie, has created some quality military action games. [...]
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