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Blacklight: Tango Down

In Blacklight: Tango Down, experience the bleeding edge of advanced warfare. Participate in the “NetWar”: a hyper-realistic battlefield letting you fight tomorrow’s conflicts with or against your friends in…

80 7 July 2010

Blacklight: Tango Down is a shooter developed by Zombie Studios, released 7 July 2010 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Blacklight: Tango Down is

Blacklight: Tango Down is a shooter game developed by Zombie Studios and released in 2010. It was published by Ignition Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on PhysX.

The premise, in the publisher's words

In Blacklight: Tango Down, experience the bleeding edge of advanced warfare. Participate in the “NetWar”: a hyper-realistic battlefield letting you fight tomorrow’s conflicts with or against your friends in the gritty Blacklight universe. Make your stand across seven game modes with 12 different maps in intense online battles supporting up to 16 players. Or fight through four intense Black Ops missions co-operatively or alone; all the while gaining experience, collecting stats, and unlocking items. Earn new weapon attachments and items, improve your abilities, and engage your Hyper Reality Visor to locate enemies and take them out. Customize your character and weaponry from among thousands…
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, science fiction and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 12 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Blacklight: Tango Down holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 68% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2010 averaged 70, so it scored 10 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Dual Core Processor, 1GB RAM and ATI x1800+ / Nvidia 6800+. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB.

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What it launched against

Blacklight: Tango Down launched on 7 July 2010, within three weeks of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, StarCraft II, Limbo and Singularity. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, StarCraft II, Limbo, Singularity.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Blacklight: Tango Down 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: Tango Down — frequently asked questions

When did Blacklight: Tango Down come out?
Blacklight: Tango Down was released on 7 July 2010 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Blacklight: Tango Down?
At minimum, Blacklight: Tango Down needs Dual Core Processor, 1GB RAM, ATI x1800+ / Nvidia 6800+ graphics, 2 GB Space Free of storage.
How many GB is Blacklight: Tango Down?
The PC version needs about 2 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("2 GB Space Free"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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