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Video game · 2005

Area 51

Released 25 April 2005 on PC, PlayStation 2 and Xbox

Developer
Midway Austin
Publisher
Midway Games
Made in
Austin, United States
Genre
Shooter
Themes
Action, Fantasy, Science fiction, Horror, Survival, Historical
Series
Area 51
IGDB CRITICS773 reviews
IGDB PLAYERS7351 ratings

About Area 51

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.

Summary: IGDB.

Release dates

PC25 April 2005
PlayStation 225 April 2005
Xbox25 April 2005

Screenshots

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Videos

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Sources: Wikidata, IGDB, Wikipedia's release lists.