Dirty Bomb (video game)
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| Developer(s) | Splash Damage |
| Publisher(s) | WarChest |
| Engine | Unreal Engine 3 |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
| Release | October 2013 (Closed beta) 2 June 2015(Open beta) |
| Genre(s) | First Person Shooter, action |
| Mode(s) | Multi-player |
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| Metacritic | 63/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| GameWatcher | 8/10 |
| Digitally Downloaded | 3.5/5 |
| AusGamers | 7/10 |
Dirty Bomb, formerly known as Extraction, is a free to play first person shooter multiplayer video game set in London after a radiological attack. It was developed by Splash Damage and initially published by Nexon America for Microsoft Windows, and was released in June 2015. As of February 2017, Warchest, an in house publishing arm of Splash Damage has taken over from Nexon America as the publisher for this game. The trailer was first released at the 2015 Electronic Entertainment Expo. Dirty Bomb was Splash Damage's first intellectual property.
At the beginning of a match, the player is placed on either Jackal or CDA and must complete various objectives in order to win the round whilst fighting both the opposing team and the clock. The player can choose up to three mercenaries, or 'mercs', to play as during the round and can switch between them freely between lives. Teamwork and communication are strongly encouraged during the game, hinted at by the ability to revive 'downed' players, as well as the fact that being the 'lone wolf' often leads to a short life. The gameplay is based on Splash Damage's previous titles Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, Enemy Territory: Quake Wars and Brink, such as similar classes, gameplay objectives, and certain classes having access to abilities like placing ammunition packs, healing stations, or sentry guns. The main goal of the attacking team either begins by repairing and escorting an Extraction Vehicle, abbreviated to 'EV' in-game, to a predetermined location, or to plant a C4 Charge on a certain target. The objectives after that point are more varied from map to map; for example, on the maps Trainyard, Bridge, and Dome the attackers' goal is now to steal data cores/drug samples from the defending team and deliver them to a helicopter or other area, while on the rest of the maps, the objectives are only to destroy various targets. Also available on each map are 'side objectives'; objectives that aren't mandatory to complete, but assist the attacking team in completing their ultimate goal. Attackers are encouraged to take advantage of these side objectives before the defending team is able to seize them. There are currently three playable game modes: Objective, Stopwatch and Execution mode.
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