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UTVIgnition Entertainment today released an XBLA and PC update
for summer blockbuster Blacklight: Tango Down. The patch adds
several new features and addresses spawn issues, round times,
matchmaking and several other issues as detailed in the attached
list.
In addition, the update also resets the time limit for the trial
version of the game, allowing everyone to experience all the new
features for themselves, including players who previously
downloaded the trial version. The update goes live today for XBLA
and PC users, and will be included in the PlayStation Network
release set to launch within the next few weeks. The PC update also
includes the addition of Steam updates for players with Steam
accounts.
“The entire team took fan feedback and critique to heart
and constructed the update to specifically address their
concerns,” said Jared Gerritzen, Lead Designer at Zombie
Studios. “As one of the summer’s top XBLA downloads,
we’re really happy with the way fans have been enjoying the
game, and we’ll continue to make sure players are having the
best online experience possible.”
“What we have always tried to do from the outset with
Tango Down is rewrite the rules for DLG’s” added Marcus
Beer, PR Director for UTV Ignition Entertainment. “By
listening to player feedback and releasing this second free update,
we are showing our commitment to gamers that we will continue to
support and improve the game, which is not something that often
happens with downloadable games.”
Players who were once frustrated by spawn campers will find
relief as the update includes an increased spawn invincibility time
to prevent enemies from making easy kills. Additionally, the update
improves matchmaking times as it brings gamers into the action
faster than ever before. These, in addition to dozens of additional
fixes, give fans a deeper, richer and more streamlined experience
with the summer’s best-selling XBLA shooter which sold over
100,000 copies in its first 3 weeks on release.
ABOUT BLACKLIGHT: TANGO DOWN
Available this summer on XBLA, PSN, and PC, Blacklight: Tango
Down is a fast-paced, action-oriented first-person shooter that
marks the first release of what will be a multi-platform
entertainment franchise. Beyond the video game, a Blacklight
feature film from Twentieth Century Fox and comic book series are
currently in development. Designed to bring a fun, absorbing, and
high quality AAA multiplayer experience to DLG venues, the game
exists in a future between contemporary and sci-fi shooters –
part Blade Runner and part Call of Duty.
Developed by Zombie Studios, Blacklight: Tango Down takes place
25 years into the future. The player takes control of an elite
covert ops team that is sent after missing American Colonel Klein
and his personal Blacklight team. The game will feature four single
player/co-op levels that support up to four players at once, 12
multiplayer maps, seven game types and literally millions of
weapons customization combinations. As the team advances through
regions that consist of old world architecture over laden with
ubiquitous modern holographic advertising, the trigger based
dynamic AI offers an intense and varied experience every time the
game is played.
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