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Project Aether: First Contact

As a threat from beyond looms over the solar system, Project Aether is ready to deploy! Take control of the Aether prototype in a variety of environments to combat this alien threat.

24 February 2020

Project Aether: First Contact is an arcade developed by Sleepy Spider Studios, released 24 February 2020 on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Project Aether: First Contact is

Project Aether: First Contact is an arcade game developed by Sleepy Spider Studios and released in 2020. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

As a threat from beyond looms over the solar system, Project Aether is ready to deploy! Take control of the Aether prototype in a variety of environments to combat this alien threat.
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How it plays

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

What it launched against

Project Aether: First Contact launched on 24 February 2020, within three weeks of Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Black Mesa, Dreams and Call of Duty: Warzone. It arrived 3 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Black Mesa, Dreams, Call of Duty: Warzone.

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When did Project Aether: First Contact come out?
Project Aether: First Contact was released on 24 February 2020 for Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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