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D3Publisher nails down January 22 North American release for Digital Extremes' PS3 and Xbox 360 shooter.

The first game officially announced as being in development for the current generation of consoles is nearly here. Digital Extremes' Dark Sector, originally revealed in April of 2004, finally has a retail release date.

D3Publisher of America today announced that it will be shipping Dark Sector to North American retailers on January 22. Built on the custom-made Evolution Engine, the third-person shooter attempts to immerse the player in a cinematic experience, forgoing things like a heads-up display to keep distractions at a minimum.

Dark Sector drops players into the role of a secret agent trying to unearth Cold War secrets in Eastern Europe. Along the way, the agent finds himself infected with a "technocyte virus" that grants him powers like the ability to grow a bladed disc weapon from his arm, but also threatens to take over his body entirely.

For more on Dark Sector, check out GameSpot's previous coverage.

28 Comments

  • valcrist09

    Posted Aug 24, 2007 3:26 pm GMT

    I hope it runs just as good on both systems.

  • playstation_wii

    Posted Aug 23, 2007 3:28 pm GMT

    It looked really great at e3!

  • Amidamaru_01

    Posted Aug 23, 2007 11:07 am GMT

    That's another one for 2008! Awesome!

  • Ghost_Warrior

    Posted Aug 23, 2007 10:31 am GMT

    The first concept was better but Im still excited for this game.

  • Reetesh

    Posted Aug 23, 2007 7:20 am GMT

    Wow.. Finally!

    Hope it turns out good!

  • ocdog45

    Posted Aug 23, 2007 6:47 am GMT

    thats a good date since jan is a slow month.

  • Sanguis_Malus

    Posted Aug 23, 2007 5:08 am GMT

    It looks decent. After all this time the game better be great.

  • Tranceplant

    Posted Aug 22, 2007 8:11 pm GMT

    Next year? Dammit! Oh well... I hope the wait is gonna be worth it. Looks awesome.

  • Dreski83

    Posted Aug 22, 2007 7:34 pm GMT

    even tho the game has been thru some changes since first revealed, I'm still pretty excited about loppin some heads off with the element imbued predator weapon 8)

  • Pete5506

    Posted Aug 22, 2007 7:20 pm GMT

    Cool, good to know

  • HeroxOfxThexDay

    Posted Aug 22, 2007 4:25 pm GMT

    dude i want this game so bad....cant wait hopefully im happy..bioshock mass effect and halo would keep up till then im guessing

  • blueflamedino

    Posted Aug 22, 2007 4:06 pm GMT

    a lot of really good mature games are getting really moody and creepy, not bad, but a few games like Halo 3 and Fable might lighten the mood this year

  • Jebril

    Posted Aug 22, 2007 3:25 pm GMT

    This game is looking like BioShock to me it starts off really low on hype and all of a sudden you realize that it's one of the best games to come out in a long time, well hopefully anyway. I really like the ideas in this game their very original. Too bad my second semester starts right when this game comes out T_T.

  • NandoSupes

    Posted Aug 22, 2007 2:24 pm GMT

    I really like the feel and style of this game,I would like to see how it plays though, but it looks very good indeed.

  • lamprey263

    Posted Aug 22, 2007 2:09 pm GMT

    I wasn't impressed by the gameplay demo. The AI seems really really bad and there's absolutely no need for strategy as the main character is a bullet sponge, which also makes the cover system useless as there's no need for it. You can throw the Krull'ish boomerang blade in fire or electricity to give it the attribute, which doesn't really matter since one regular blade throw will split an enemy in two. There's no need for guns as enemies can take a few hits and you never encounter more than one at a time, in which case you can just rush the enemy with the blade for an instant kill (but don't worry, the character can take bullets like the T-1000). And for some reason there seems to be countless square miles of uninhabited urban space that some CIA agent is running around. Nothing about this game makes sense or looks appealing. I think it'll be just another Vampire Rain dud; oh well, at least it's being ported.

    Anyhow, for those of you that fell in love with the original trailer will be disappointed. The game is no longer taking place in outer space, but on earth, in some Soviet controlled Eastern European country. If the original trailer is the reason you're so in love with this game then I understand; that first trailer made this game out to look really cool; but sadly, this vision is no more.

  • McGregor

    Posted Aug 22, 2007 1:44 pm GMT

    i've decided i'm just not allowed to comment on how good a game is going to be until halo comes out. if halo sucks, every game will be awesome! if it dosen't, then i dont' need to buy any other games, multiplayer forever!

    although this game looks like it good be a blood fest of a good time.

  • beckoflight

    Posted Aug 22, 2007 1:40 pm GMT

    To bad it dosen't come to PC 2 i love it !

  • tealmantis793

    Posted Aug 22, 2007 1:37 pm GMT

    I think I'll wait until a little more info is released about this game....

  • Prinze

    Posted Aug 22, 2007 1:17 pm GMT

    No HUD? Interesting...

  • SaintBlaze

    Posted Aug 22, 2007 1:13 pm GMT

    This game looks decent but I don't think I'll pick it up when it releases.

  • ashuncc2

    Posted Aug 22, 2007 1:11 pm GMT

    Maybe we will start get more detailed info on the game soon.

  • jcloverboy

    Posted Aug 22, 2007 1:07 pm GMT

    The trailers for this game haven't wowed me as yet. I hope we get our hands on a demo soon.

  • d429

    Posted Aug 22, 2007 1:05 pm GMT

    im glad it has a release date. i ve been looking forwarded to this for years

  • PseudoFinrod

    Posted Aug 22, 2007 12:54 pm GMT

    I am really looking forward to this game-it has a lot of potential. Let's hope it lives up to it...

  • RaiKageRyu

    Posted Aug 22, 2007 12:52 pm GMT

    The spinning glaive looks wicked.

  • ChiefFreeman

    Posted Aug 22, 2007 12:37 pm GMT

    it looks okay. I'm not as psyched about this game anymore.

  • comthitnuong

    Posted Aug 22, 2007 12:35 pm GMT

    After seeing some gameplay videos of it at E3, for some reason I get the impression that it needs more time. But I guess 4-5 months is a decent amount of time to work on it so I hope they can make it good.

  • bluedevl420

    Posted Aug 22, 2007 12:21 pm GMT

    this game looks SOOOO cool

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