Blood Wake
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| Developer(s) | Stormfront Studios |
| Publisher(s) | Microsoft Game Studios |
| Platform(s) | Xbox |
| Release date | USA December 28, 2001 PAL March 14, 2002 |
| Genre(s) | Vehicle combat |
| Mode(s) | Single player, Multiplayer |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Teen (T) ELSPA: 11+ |
Blood Wake is a naval combat video game that was released in 2001 on the Xbox as part of Microsoft's initial wave of Xbox launch titles. The game was developed by Stormfront Studios and published by Microsoft Game Studios.
Set in an Asian-themed fictional world, Blood Wake is a mission-based high seas action game in which the player controls a series of small fighting vessels. Some reviewers described its gameplay as "Twisted Metal on water," although its mission-based story line differentiated Blood Wake from Twisted Metal's arena-based gameplay.
You play a character, out to get revenge from your brother's betrayal.
The game features many water craft and many still weapon types, some unique to a certain type of boat. Complete with power-ups and multiplayer. The game also features numerous unlockable features and hidden game modes, including "Blood Ball", which is essentially multiplayer soccer-on-water using a very large ball.
The game was not literally an Xbox launch title, since its debut was part of a second wave of game releases thirty days after the first launch. Microsoft backed Blood Wake with a television advertising campaign on release, and it reached the #4 position on the NPD sales charts in early 2002, and later that year was the #1 game on the NPD Xbox game rental rankings.
