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o you like fast paced deathmatch? How about rich, colorful,
arcadelike atmospheres? How about...retro Sci Fi? Then you're
going to love what Alien Arena has in store for you! This game
combines some of the very best aspects of such games as Quake
III and Unreal Tournament and wraps them up with a retro alien
theme, while adding tons of original ideas to make the game
quite unique.
Alien Arena 2008 is the latest version of a freeware online
deathmatch game that was first introduced to the public in
October, 2004. Since that time, the game has been downloaded
over 1 million times, and currently stands at revision 7.21(Jan
15, 2009 release). In October 2007, Linux.com reviewed Alien
Arena, annointing it as the very best of the free online games
available at the time. Alien Arena has been reviewed and
featured on cover DVD's by dozens of gaming publications,
including heavy hitters such as PC Power Play and PC Gamer, as
well as being featured on gaming media outlets such as GIGA Tv.
The goal of Alien Arena was to create the perfect marriage
between Quake and Unreal Tournament, between retro sci-fi and
futuristic tech, and between casual gamer and advanced expert,
and wrap it up in a package with quality that could rival that
of commercial games. The game has a weapon set that is unique
and fun, and deviates a bit away from the standard Q3 or UT2k4
weapons. Gameplay can be altered easily in the menu by choosing
between the various game types, such as Deathmatch, Team Core
Assault, All Out
Assault, Capture the Flag, Duel, and Cattle Prod. Users can also
apply a number of different mutators to the game rules as well,
creating some pretty interesting scenarios. Players can join
others on servers using the in-game browser, or use the Galaxy
client, which also serves as a way to communicate with the
large, and friendly Alien Arena community.
Using the CRX engine, which is based on the Id GPL source code,
Alien Arena includes modern effects such as real time lighting
and shadows, lensflares, light blooms, reflective water, per
pixel lighting, textured particles, stainmaps, 32 bit color,
shaders, fog, weather effects, and much more. The engine has
been optimized with each release, and will run very nicely even
on older hardware. Netcode is tried and true, and runs smooth
even on high ping servers, and has been made very secure to
malicious attacks. Development of the engine continues at a
torrid pace, and with each release moves closer in quality to
that of commercial gaming.
Alien Arena is a fast paced, furious frag fest with arenas
ranging from the small, to the massive. With a large built-in
player base, it's never hard to find a good match going on, at
any hour of the day. The community is friendly, as well as
prolific. Dozens of maps, models, and various accessories have
been created by community members to add on to the game
experience.
Alien Arena features team based gameplay as well, such as Team
Core Assualtl, a mode in which players must work together to
disable their enemy team's central metal spider. Don't forget
about the Team Deathmatch, Cattle Prod, Capture the Flag,
Deathball, and All Out Assault mode(in which players can enter
vehicles) either. For the 1v1 players, Alien Arena now features
a duel mode!
Alien Arena Community
Alien Arena has one of the most active, loyal, and committed
communities of any free game in existence. Regular members can
always be found on IRC at #alienarena@efnet.org or
#alienarena@quakenet.org , as well as in the forums. Always
eager to help new players, and always up for a good match, this
community has made Alien Arena into what it is today. There are
regular tournaments held every week, including cups, ladders and
FFA matches. You can use the built in IRC client in the Galaxy
front end, or, if you prefer,
download an IRC client such as MiRC or Icechat. Alien Arena is
also supported in various third party programs, such as Qtracker
and Xfire.
DOWNLOAD ALIEN ARENA HERE (211 meg)