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Dark Years

Dark Years is an action-adventure game based on the real events surrounding ‘Operation Ajax ‘. In an attempt to secure the rights to Iran’s oil, the British and American governments secretly backed a coup that…

16 October 2015

Dark Years is an adventure developed by RSK Entertainment, released 16 October 2015 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Dark Years is

Dark Years is an adventure game developed by RSK Entertainment and released in 2015. It was published by KISS ltd. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Dark Years is an action-adventure game based on the real events surrounding ‘Operation Ajax ‘. In an attempt to secure the rights to Iran’s oil, the British and American governments secretly backed a coup that over-threw the democratically elected government of Mohammad Mosaddegh. The result was a period of great instability and violence.
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How it plays

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

What it launched against

Dark Years launched on 16 October 2015, within three weeks of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Hearts of Stone, Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Hearts of Stone and Tales from the Borderlands: A Telltale Game Series.

Released around the same time: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Hearts of Stone, Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Hearts of Stone, Tales from the Borderlands: A Telltale Game Series.

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When did Dark Years come out?
Dark Years was released on 16 October 2015 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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