Midway Games sends word that BlackSite: Area 51 single player teaser demo has been released on the Xbox 360 LIVE Marketplace. The alien blasting FPS is due out in September 2007, but you get to try it out early.
Midway’s highly anticipated action FPS title, BlackSite: Area 51, is now live and playable for the first time via Xbox LIVE Marketplace with an exciting single-player teaser demo, which provides a glimpse of what’s to come when it hits shelves later this year in September 2007.
BLACKSITEGAME.COM is also now live and features ALL-NEW downloadable game assets, such as screenshots, concept art, and a teaser demo walk-through video featuring BlackSite’s Creative Director, Harvey Smith, as narrator.
Modern day fears spring to life in a familiar, yet extraordinary setting: A small American town swarming with alien life. The government is desperate, struggling to contain secrets so terrible, they can no longer be kept. Everything hinges on the actions of Aeran Pierce, a former Special Forces assassin thrown into the flashpoint of the most explosive moment in the nation’s history.
Via the first-ever BlackSite teaser demo on Xbox LIVE Marketplace, gamers now have the chance to take to the streets in Rachel, NV, controlling their living, breathing squad mates with a unique ‘One-Button Squad Command’ and blasting through fully-realistic and interactive environments using the latest in military weaponry.
Developed by Midway Studios – Austin, BlackSite: Area 51 is poised to redefine the FPS genre with cutting-edge technology, game design and an illuminating storyline that creates the ultimate entertainment experience.
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About BlackSite: Area 51
Featuring a powerful single-player campaign, along with multiple online multiplayer modes, BlackSite: Area 51 delivers vicious combat action, next generation graphics and A.I., and a plethora of powerful weapons and vehicles. Set in present day, players take the role of decorated military veteran, Aeran Pierce, charged by the government to lead a squadron of secret soldiers, each with his/her own specialty skill set, into the Rachel, Nevada, area to fight off the invasion of unidentified enemy