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Alien Arena 2007

Developer(s)	COR Entertainment
Engine	CRX engine (Quake II)
Latest version	6.04
Release date(s)	March 2, 2007 (latest version)
Genre(s)	First-person shooter
Mode(s)	Multiplayer
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, FreeBSD

Alien Arena 2007 is a free standalone deathmatch game based on id software source code. Created by COR Entertainment in 2004, the game combines a campy 50's era sci-fi atmosphere with gameplay similar to the Quake, Doom, and Unreal Tournament series. This game focuses on online multiplayer action, but also has single player campaigns against bots. The game has been released for both Microsoft Windows and Linux, and currently stands at version 6.04.

1 Gameplay
2 Community
3 Tournaments
4 See also
5 External links
6 References

[edit] Gameplay

There are 35 standard maps to choose from, 11 player characters, and 8 weapons with alternate fires, and a grappling hook. The game is powered by the Quake II engine based CRX Engine, which features 32 bit hi-res texture support, shaders, textured particles, stainmaps, reflective water, light bloom, real-time shadows, real-time vertex lighting, and other modern effects, all of which can be turned on or off in the menu. Also featured is an easy to use internal server browser for finding other people to play online and the external Code Red Galaxy program.

Alien Arena features standard Deathmatch, similar in style to Quake 3 Arena and Unreal Tournament. Also included are Capture the Flag, Deathball, Team Core Assault, Team Deathmatch, and All Out Assault, which features vehicles in which players can enter and fight from. There are six game mutators (excessive, instagib, rocket arena, vampire, regen, and low grav) which can alter the game to play differently. All modes can be played online against other players or offline against the bots, which can be customized using an external program included with the installation of the game. Alien Arena is suitable for matches as low as 2 players, or as high as 32, depending on the map chosen.

[edit] Community

Alien Arena has a community based on their servers. There are two major components in the community; the COR Forums, as well as the IRC Channel on EFNet. The IRC Channel is used for administering or getting help, coordinating matches, or to talk about the game in general.

There are also have active clans who participate in several official Cups, Ladders, and Free For All matches. Player stats are also globally tracked and can be accessed with the Galaxy Client or via the game's homepage under the "Stats" tab.

[edit] Tournaments

The #alienarena IRC channel holds Martian Mayhem Tournaments every Sunday at 6:00 PM EDT(-5 GMT). To participate in these tournaments, a player should be in IRC 30 minutes before play time to warm up and get the server password. These tournaments currently consist of one 20 minute Deathmatch which counts towards the tournament ladder and one fun round that uses a different game mode or mutator each week.