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Battlezone

You are the high-level Commander making decisions from your own war-ravaged tank. Lead your U.S. troops on a mission to gain control of a superior alien technology in the true "space race" against the…

70 28 February 1998

Battlezone is a real time strategy (rts) developed by Activision, released 28 February 1998 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Battlezone is

Battlezone is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by Activision and released in 1998. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

You are the high-level Commander making decisions from your own war-ravaged tank. Lead your U.S. troops on a mission to gain control of a superior alien technology in the true "space race" against the Soviets.... or cross enemy lines to the Soviet side. It's all under your command. *Full-Scale 3-D Action: pilot one of 25 anti-gravity war machines, and wield 25 devastating weapons - including mortars, mines, and the Thumper Device which triggers on-the-fly earthquakes on the morphable terrain. * Complete Strategic Control: coordinate full-scale attacks with over 30 unique units, such as tanks, infantry and mobile assault turrets. Call in artillery, deploy wingmen and manage resources - all…
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, historical and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Battlezone holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 612 rated real time strategy (rts) games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1998 averaged 70, so it scored about average for its year.

What it launched against

Battlezone launched on 28 February 1998, within three weeks of Xenogears and 1080° Snowboarding. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Xenogears, 1080° Snowboarding.

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When did Battlezone come out?
Battlezone was released on 28 February 1998 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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