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Dark Horizons: Lore

Set in the year 2155, the game is an online first-person shooter in which players do battle with each other using cybernetically controlled mechs.

8 April 2004

Dark Horizons: Lore is an indie developed by Max Gaming Technologies, LLC, released 8 April 2004 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Dark Horizons: Lore is

Dark Horizons: Lore is an indie game developed by Max Gaming Technologies, LLC and released in 2004. It was published by Garage Games. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Torque Game Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The game takes place in a futuristic world in the year 2155 where several factions are battling for control over the planet. The most important of these are the Federated States and the Eastern Confederation They are fighting over "No Man's Land", what was once North America. Due to high levels of radiation, soldiers fight each other through the use of Mechanized Corps, machines connected and remotely controlled by the minds of their pilots.
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How it plays

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

Where it sits in the Dark Horizons Universe series

Dark Horizons: Lore is the first of 3 entries we hold in the Dark Horizons Universe series. The next entry was Lore: Aftermath in 2009.

See all 3 Dark Horizons Universe games in release order →

What it launched against

Dark Horizons: Lore launched on 8 April 2004, within three weeks of Far Cry, Syberia 2, Katamari Damacy and Pikmin 2.

Released around the same time: Far Cry, Syberia 2, Katamari Damacy, Pikmin 2.

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When did Dark Horizons: Lore come out?
Dark Horizons: Lore was released on 8 April 2004 for Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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