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Spec Ops: Covert Assault

Spec Ops: Covert Assault is the third game in the budget-priced Spec Ops line for the PlayStation. The series takes the first-person shooter genre and attempts to fuse it with aspects of real combat, in the…

28 June 2001

Spec Ops: Covert Assault is a shooter developed by Runecraft, released 28 June 2001 on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation.

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What Spec Ops: Covert Assault is

Spec Ops: Covert Assault is a shooter game developed by Runecraft and released in 2001. It was published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Spec Ops: Covert Assault is the third game in the budget-priced Spec Ops line for the PlayStation. The series takes the first-person shooter genre and attempts to fuse it with aspects of real combat, in the hopes of giving players a sense of what it is actually like to take on dangerous black ops military missions. Covert Assault is no different in this regard, as you'll take on the role of two different elite rangers as they scour the globe, quietly ridding it of evil at every turn. In Covert Assault, you choose two rangers from a host of different soldiers with their own abilities. Select from the machine gunner, close-quarters fighter, sniper, grenadier, and rifleman. Once you've chosen…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Spec Ops: Covert Assault launched on 28 June 2001, within three weeks of Final Fantasy X, Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis, NBA Street and Sonic Adventure 2.

Released around the same time: Final Fantasy X, Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis, NBA Street, Sonic Adventure 2.

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When did Spec Ops: Covert Assault come out?
Spec Ops: Covert Assault was released on 28 June 2001 for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation.

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