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Shadow Ops: Red Mercury Fact Sheet - Xbox, PC

28th August 2003, 11:07am
Platforms - Microsoft XboxTM and Personal Computer (PC)
Global Release Date - Summer 2004
Developer - Zombie Studios
Publisher - Atari

Product Description
Set in the near future, Shadow Ops: Red Mercury is a gritty, real-world first-person shooter (FPS) in which the player fills the combat boots of an elite Delta Force operative. When a female Russian double-agent discovers information on "Red Mercury" - a secret substance that can be used as a nuclear accelerant - the player is hand-picked by the National Security Agency (NSA) to pursue the Red Mercury before it is used to build backpack nuclear devices and sold to terrorist organizations.

Using the latest UnrealŪ Technology from Epic Games, developer Zombie Games is creating an ultra-realistic game world spanning Middle Eastern cities and towns to the secret military bases in the frozen backcountry of Russia to other global hotspots in the Philippines, Bosnia and Western Europe.

Game Features

  • Various single player gameplay challenges, such as hostage rescue, demolition and body guard


  • Fight alongside (and sometimes against) international special forces from the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia, France and Germany


  • Approximately 20 single-player levels spanning the globe with indoor and outdoor terrain


  • More than 20 authentic general military and special forces weapons


  • Powered by the latest UnrealŪ Technology from Epic Games to produce the most intense and detailed graphics on any system as well as unparalleled multiplayer gaming


  • Real-world locations with highly detailed textures based on actual on-location photo shoots


  • Complete multiplayer support, featuring several different VIP game modes, including Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Plant the Bomb, Capture the Flag and escort


  • Support for up to 16 players on Xbox Live!TM and the Xbox voice communicator, as well as two-to-four player split screen multiplayer action


  • Photorealistic characters with facial animation and motion captured body animations performed by real members of elite special forces teams


  • Sound effects provided by Soundelux, the state-of-the art Hollywood sound effects studio that worked on films including Black Hawk Down, Charlie's Angels 2 and Kill Bill


  • Support for Dolby 5.1 surround sound
    • by Matt Robertson