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Virus: It is Aware

Loosely based on the film (and in turn, the comic book), the game is about an alien electrical life-form (usually referred to as "the Evil") which hijacks a space station, beams itself down to a ship called…

31 December 1999

Virus: It is Aware is a puzzle, released 31 December 1999 on PlayStation.

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What Virus: It is Aware is

Virus: It is Aware was released in 1999. It was published by Cryo Interactive. It is available on PlayStation only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Loosely based on the film (and in turn, the comic book), the game is about an alien electrical life-form (usually referred to as "the Evil") which hijacks a space station, beams itself down to a ship called The Electra and plans to take over the world. To do so, it killed the ship crew and outfitted them with implants to infiltrate the human race. Unlike in the film, the ship makes it to port and the cyborg monsters infest the "Nakomi hotel". A female police officer and specialist in criminology, Joan Averil, is sent in to investigate "strange events" along with her partner Sutter. They discover the monsters, and fight their way through, rescuing two civilians on the way. Yakuza criminals…
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How it plays

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

What it launched against

Virus: It is Aware launched on 31 December 1999, within three weeks of Shenmue, Planescape: Torment, The Typing of the Dead and Little Fighter 2.

Released around the same time: Shenmue, Planescape: Torment, The Typing of the Dead, Little Fighter 2.

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When did Virus: It is Aware come out?
Virus: It is Aware was released on 31 December 1999 for PlayStation.

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