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Urban Terror

Urban Terror, commonly abbreviated as UrT, is a free multiplayer first person shooter developed, that will run on any Quake III Arena compatible engine. It is available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS. "Where…

5 August 2000

Urban Terror is a shooter developed by FrozenSand Games Ltd, released 5 August 2000 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Urban Terror is

Urban Terror is a shooter game developed by FrozenSand Games Ltd and released in 2000. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on id Tech 3.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Urban Terror, commonly abbreviated as UrT, is a free multiplayer first person shooter developed, that will run on any Quake III Arena compatible engine. It is available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS. "Where Quake Meets Reality" The game can be described as a Hollywood tactical shooter; somewhat realism based, but the motto is "fun over realism". This results in a very unique, enjoyable and addictive game. Urban Terror is a standalone game since 2007 when id Software released its id Tech 3 engine under the GPL license. It now uses the latest ioquake3 engine that it is regularily updated and improved.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action.

What it launched against

Urban Terror launched on 5 August 2000, within three weeks of Paper Mario, Grandia II, Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 and The King of Fighters 2000.

Released around the same time: Paper Mario, Grandia II, Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000, The King of Fighters 2000.

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When did Urban Terror come out?
Urban Terror was released on 5 August 2000 for Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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