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Urban Mercenary

Urban Mercenary was one of the first multiplayer games where you could get real money in online tournaments. The game allowed players to bet and split the money among the winners and earn actual money for…

31 December 2000

Urban Mercenary is a shooter developed by Moshpit Entertainment, released 31 December 2000 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Urban Mercenary is

Urban Mercenary is a shooter game developed by Moshpit Entertainment and released in 2000. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on id Tech 2.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Urban Mercenary was one of the first multiplayer games where you could get real money in online tournaments. The game allowed players to bet and split the money among the winners and earn actual money for fragging online. The game used GLQuake - modification of Quake Engine and was available for free downloading on developer's website. However, the servers of the game are offline for several years and developer's website is dead, so now the game is abandonware. Game has bots so you can play it offline.
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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: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Urban Mercenary launched on 31 December 2000, within three weeks of Pokémon Crystal Version, Phantasy Star Online, Pokémon Stadium 2 and Quake III: Team Arena.

Released around the same time: Pokémon Crystal Version, Phantasy Star Online, Pokémon Stadium 2, Quake III: Team Arena.

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When did Urban Mercenary come out?
Urban Mercenary was released on 31 December 2000 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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