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DescriptionEdit

Alien Swarm 2K4 is a total conversion mod for Unreal Tournament 2004 created by a Development Team from Black Cat Games.

HistoryEdit

Initial release was May 28, 2004, including the Sigma and Ortega Campaigns.A version 1.2 was released on September 10, 2004. It contained support for playing a 3rd playable campaign, Upsilon Version 1.3 was released on December 16, 2005. On February 13, 2007 the Telic campaign, introducing new weapons and items, and the version 1.32 patch were released.

The latest patch 1.34 is from January 31, 2010, adding widescreen support.

DevelopmentEdit

Main article: Development Team

Main teamEdit

Cythe: Skins, 2D Art and voice.
Dalai: Code, design and animations.
DusKer: Design, concept art and the Ortega campaign.
Solaris: Level design, models, skins, sound, music, and voice.

Code contributorsEdit

Eljoelio: contributed initial AI code.
Nachimir: built Deep space freighter Aspirant.
Predator: built the Sentry Gun model.
Ulukai: built the BioLab Facility.

Voice actorsEdit

DeepQantas, Hidden_Wolfe, Lizanneh, Microwave, Mordengaard, Raven and BrokenArts.

QA testersEdit

Omega, DeepQantas, Chainsaws, Wildbill, Biohazard, Immortius, TheAlbaniac, SMithy, Master-Builder and Nachimir.

FeaturesEdit

Main article: Campaigns

CampaignsEdit

There are currently six campaigns availiable for Alien Swarm 2K4:

Sigma and Ortega the two official campaigns
Phalanx Campaign, created single-handedly by a modder named MjrHuRTz
Upsilon Campaign, being compiled from community made maps
Telic Campaign, a semi-official release which added new weapons, items, and maps
Escape From Rhea, a sequel to the Telic Campaign made by a modder named Donator from the Telic team, it added more weapons, equipment, and maps

GameplayEdit

Tactical, 4 to 8 player co-op action game with a top-down perspective
Over 100 weapons and equipment with countless loadout configurations
4 unique classes and 8 unique characters
Powered by Unreal 2 engine

System RequirementsEdit

Minimum/RecommendedEdit

OS: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP, Vista, 7, Linux 2.2+ or Mac OS X (Linux not supported by Atari)
Processor: 1.0 GHz CPU Pentium III or Athlon (1.2 GHz CPU or faster recommended)
Memory: 128 MB RAM (256MB RAM or greater recommended)
Graphics: DirectX 9.0b compatible 32 MB graphics card (64 MB NVIDIA or ATI hardware T&L card recommended)
Hard Drive: 5.5 GB hard disk space
Sound: DirectX 9.0b compatible sound card

ReceptionEdit

Alien Swarm was the winner of Phase 4 of the Make Something Unreal Contest for best non-FPS modification. The mod was also a finalist in the MSUC for the grand prize of an Unreal Engine license, eventually won by Red Orchestra. Alien Swarm was also declared 'Mod of the Year' by GameSpy.

External linksEdit

Alien Swarm 2K4 homepage