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Chicken Run

Re-live the hilarious action from the blockbuster film. Ginger is a chicken on a mission. She bravely leads the flock in a number of wild and wacky escape attempts from the barbed wire confines of Tweedy's…

13 November 2000

Chicken Run is a platform developed by Blitz Games, released 13 November 2000 on PlayStation and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Chicken Run is

Chicken Run is a platform game developed by Blitz Games and released in 2000. It was published by Eidos Interactive. It is available on PlayStation and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Re-live the hilarious action from the blockbuster film. Ginger is a chicken on a mission. She bravely leads the flock in a number of wild and wacky escape attempts from the barbed wire confines of Tweedy's farm. To do this, she enlists the help of Rocky, a smooth-talking American rooster and the cheeky, cockney rodents Nick and Fetcher. Will they make it to freedom before they end up as pies? Their fate is in your hands! Huge, detailed 3D immersive environments! Characters, voices, and locations based on the film Fluid gameplay featuring stealth, puzzle solving, and arcade elements 4 playable characters including Ginger, Rocky, and their rodent accomplices Nick and Fetcher
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Chicken Run series

Chicken Run is the second of 7 entries we hold in the Chicken Run series. The next entry was Chicken Run in 2000.

See all 7 Chicken Run games in release order →

What it launched against

Chicken Run launched on 13 November 2000, within three weeks of Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2, Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition, Counter-Strike and Escape from Monkey Island.

Released around the same time: Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2, Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition, Counter-Strike, Escape from Monkey Island.

Official trailer

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Quick answers

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When did Chicken Run come out?
Chicken Run was released on 13 November 2000 for PlayStation and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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