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Headhunter

Welcome to the future. In the early 21st century, gang warfare and crime have lead to the creation of privatised law enforcement. The Anti-Crime Network (ACN) employs bounty hunters known as ‘Headhunters’ to…

90 16 November 2001

Headhunter is an adventure developed by Amuze, released 16 November 2001 on Dreamcast and PlayStation 2.

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What Headhunter is

Headhunter is an adventure game developed by Amuze and released in 2001. It was published by Acclaim Entertainment. It is available on Dreamcast and PlayStation 2.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Headhunter is a 2001 action-adventure video game developed by Amuze and published by Sega for the Dreamcast. It was ported to the PlayStation 2 the following year. A sequel was released in 2004 called Headhunter Redemption for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
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How it plays

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

How it was received

Headhunter holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2001 averaged 72, so it scored 18 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Headhunter launched on 16 November 2001, within three weeks of Super Smash Bros. Melee, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Halo: Combat Evolved and Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Super Smash Bros. Melee, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Halo: Combat Evolved, Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy.

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When did Headhunter come out?
Headhunter was released on 16 November 2001 for Dreamcast and PlayStation 2.

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