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Blacklight: Retribution

Take firefights to a futuristic new level in Blacklight: Retribution, a free-to-play FPS. See through walls with the HRV, deploy mechanized Hardsuits, and customize your weapons to dominate the opposition. In…

75 2 July 2012

Blacklight: Retribution is a shooter developed by Builder Box Games, released 2 July 2012 on PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Blacklight: Retribution is

Blacklight: Retribution is a shooter game developed by Builder Box Games and released in 2012. It was published by Perfect World Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 3.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Blacklight: Retribution was a free-to-play first-person shooter video game developed and published by Hardsuit Labs for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 4. It was initially published by Perfect World Entertainment on April 3, 2012, with a full Steam release on July 3. A PS4 version was released as a launch title in North America on November 15, 2013, followed by Europe and Australia on December 4.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, science fiction and warfare. There are 25 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Blacklight: Retribution holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 54% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 5 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Dual-Core CPU, 2 GB RAM and 256MB DX9 GPU (Geforce 8xxx or Radeon HD2xxx). At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 8GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Blacklight: Retribution launched on 2 July 2012, within three weeks of Persona 4 Golden, Spec Ops: The Line, Spelunky and Pokémon Black Version 2. All of them reviewed better. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Persona 4 Golden, Spec Ops: The Line, Spelunky, Pokémon Black Version 2.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Blacklight: Retribution yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Blacklight: Retribution — frequently asked questions

When did Blacklight: Retribution come out?
Blacklight: Retribution was released on 2 July 2012 for PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Blacklight: Retribution?
At minimum, Blacklight: Retribution needs Dual-Core CPU, 2 GB RAM, 256MB DX9 GPU (Geforce 8xxx or Radeon HD2xxx) graphics, 8 GB HD space of storage.
How many GB is Blacklight: Retribution?
The PC version needs about 8 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("8 GB HD space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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