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Alien Swarm

Alien Swarm

Shooter

by Valve

Score

Ratings

Published

7.0

67

2010

IGDB critic rating

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Information

Consoles

PC (Microsoft Windows)

How Long to Beat

Rushed2h
Main story4h
Completionist4h

Developer

Valve

Publisher

Valve

Game Modes

Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Release Date

Jul 10, 2010

Age Rating

ESRB MPEGI 16

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Information

Consoles

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Developer

Valve

Publisher

Valve

Game Modes

Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Release Date

Jul 10, 2010

Age Rating

ESRB MPEGI 16

How Long to Beat

2h

Rushed

4h

Main story

4h

Completionist

Synopsis:

Alien Swarm is a game and Source SDK release from a group of talented designers at Valve who were hired from the Mod community. Available free of charge, the game thrusts players into an epic bug hunt featuring a unique blend of co-op play and squad-level tactics. With your friends, form a squad of four distinct IAF Marine classes. Plan your attack using an unlockable arsenal of weapons with countless loadout configurations against a wide variety of aliens. Blaze your way through an overrun, off-world colony, eradicating the alien infestation in environments ranging from the icy planet's surface, to a subterranean lava-flooded mining facility. Along with the game get the complete code base for Alien Swarm that features updates to the Source engine as well as the SDK. Alien Swarm adds 3rd person camera, depth of field, improved dynamic shadows and a wide variety of gameplay additions to the Source engine.

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