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{{Infobox video game
{{Infobox video game
| title =
| title = BlackSite: Area 51
| image = BlackSite Area 51 cover.jpg
| image = BlackSite Area 51 cover.jpg
| developer = [[Midway Austin]]
| developer = [[Midway Studios Austin]]
| publisher = [[Midway Games]]
| publisher = [[Midway Games]]
| designer = [[Harvey Smith (game designer)|Harvey Smith]]
| designer = [[Harvey Smith (game designer)|Harvey Smith]]
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| engine = [[Unreal Engine 3]]
| engine = [[Unreal Engine 3]]
| series = ''[[Area 51 (series)|Area 51]]''
| series = ''[[Area 51 (series)|Area 51]]''
| released = {{Video game release|NA|November 12, 2007|AU|November 29, 2007|EU|November 30, 2007}}'''PlayStation 3'''<br />{{Video game release|NA|December 10, 2007|AU|March 6, 2008|EU|March 7, 2008}}
| released = '''Windows, Xbox 360''' {{Video game release|NA|November 12, 2007|AU|November 29, 2007|EU|November 30, 2007}}'''PlayStation 3'''<br />{{Video game release|NA|December 10, 2007|AU|March 6, 2008|EU|March 7, 2008}}
| genre = [[First-person shooter]]
| genre = [[First-person shooter]]
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]], [[Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]]
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]], [[Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]]
| platforms = [[Personal computer|PC]]<br />[[PlayStation 3]]<br />[[Xbox 360]]
| platforms = [[Windows]]<br />[[Xbox 360]]<br/>[[PlayStation 3]]
}}
}}


'''''BlackSite: Area 51''''' (released in Europe and Australia as '''''BlackSite''''') is a [[first-person shooter]] [[video game]], released for [[Xbox 360]] and [[Microsoft Windows]] on November 12, 2007 in North America, and [[PlayStation 3]] on December 10, 2007. The game is mostly unrelated to the 2005 multi-platform game ''[[Area 51 (2005 video game)|Area 51]]''. The game was developed by [[Midway Austin]] and published by [[Midway Games]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mobygames.com/game/blacksite-area-51|title=BlackSite: Area 51 for PlayStation 3 (2007) - MobyGames|website=MobyGames|access-date=2017-05-12}}</ref>
'''''BlackSite: Area 51''''' (released in Europe and Australia as '''''BlackSite''''') is a [[first-person shooter]] [[video game]], released for [[Xbox 360]] and [[Microsoft Windows]] on November 12, 2007 in North America, and [[PlayStation 3]] on December 10, 2007. The game is mostly unrelated to the 2005 multi-platform game ''[[Area 51 (2005 video game)|Area 51]]''. The game was developed by [[Midway Studios Austin]] and published by [[Midway Games]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mobygames.com/game/blacksite-area-51|title=BlackSite: Area 51 for PlayStation 3 (2007) - MobyGames|website=MobyGames|access-date=2017-05-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423193228/http://www.mobygames.com/game/blacksite-area-51|archive-date=2017-04-23|url-status=live}}</ref>


==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==
''BlackSite: Area 51'' features standard [[first-person shooter]] gameplay. It uses a regenerating health system; additionally the player's character can absorb relatively large amounts of gunfire before dying. The game features six different weapons, though only two can be carried at the same time. The game also features the ability to use grenades and melee attacks. The game's main weapon, the [[M4 carbine]], has a [[Holographic weapon sight|holographic sight]] that can be aimed through for zooming in on distant targets. The game does not feature the ability to lean around corners.<ref>{{cite web |last=Calvert |first=Justin |date=June 13, 2007 |url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/blacksite-area-51-hands-on/1100-6172479/ |title=BlackSite: Area 51 Hands-On |publisher=[[GameSpot]] |accessdate=December 23, 2015}}</ref>
''BlackSite: Area 51'' features [[first-person shooter]] gameplay. It uses a regenerating health system; additionally the player's character can absorb relatively large amounts of gunfire before dying. The game features six different weapons, though only two can be carried at the same time. The game also features the ability to use grenades and melee attacks. The game's main weapon, the [[M4 carbine]], has a [[Holographic weapon sight|holographic sight]] that can be aimed through for zooming in on distant targets.<ref>{{cite web |last=Calvert |first=Justin |date=June 13, 2007 |url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/blacksite-area-51-hands-on/1100-6172479/ |title=BlackSite: Area 51 Hands-On |website=[[GameSpot]] |accessdate=December 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215173803/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/blacksite-area-51-hands-on/1100-6172479/ |archive-date=December 15, 2018 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref>


One of the main features of the game is squad tactics. For almost the entire game, the player will have a team of two [[Artificial intelligence (video games)|A.I. controlled]] squadmates accompanying them. Squadmates can be ordered to move on a location, concentrate their fire on a specific enemy, man a mounted turret, or set explosive charges on certain items. Squad commands are given with a single button; the commands are context sensitive based on what the player points the cursor at. Squadmates cannot be killed, and will only be knocked out for a brief period after taking a certain amount of damage. The game also features a morale system, where squad morale increases as the player kills enemies or scores headshots, and decreases as the player takes damage or as squadmates are injured or incapacitated. At high morale, squadmates fight much more effectively and can survive more damage, while at low morale they contribute much less to firefights, and are incapacitated much more easily.{{Citation needed|date=October 2015}}
One of the main features of the game is squad tactics. For almost the entire game, the player will have a team of two [[Artificial intelligence (video games)|A.I. controlled]] squadmates accompanying them. Squadmates can be ordered to move on a location, concentrate their fire on a specific enemy, man a mounted turret, or set explosive charges on certain items. Squad commands are given with a single button; the commands are context sensitive based on what the player points the cursor at. Squadmates cannot be killed, and will only be knocked out for a brief period after taking a certain amount of damage. The game also features a morale system, where squad morale increases as the player kills enemies or scores headshots, and decreases as the player takes damage or as squadmates are injured or incapacitated. At high morale, squadmates fight much more effectively and can survive more damage, while at low morale they contribute much less to firefights, and are incapacitated much more easily.{{Citation needed|date=October 2015}}
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The multiplayer features modes such as [[Deathmatch (gaming)|Deathmatch]], Team Deathmatch, [[Capture the flag]], Siege, and Human VS. Reborn. The Siege and Human VS. Reborn are different and unique from other games. It allows the teams to attempt to control each of the level's territories while trying to capture one another. The Deathmatch mode, as well as the rest of the online portion of the game has a maximum number of 10 players. There is no local multiplayer.{{Citation needed|date=October 2015}}
The multiplayer features modes such as [[Deathmatch (gaming)|Deathmatch]], Team Deathmatch, [[Capture the flag]], Siege, and Human VS. Reborn. The Siege and Human VS. Reborn are different and unique from other games. It allows the teams to attempt to control each of the level's territories while trying to capture one another. The Deathmatch mode, as well as the rest of the online portion of the game has a maximum number of 10 players. There is no local multiplayer.{{Citation needed|date=October 2015}}


==Story==
==Plot==
Captain Aeran Pierce and the rest of his [[Delta Force]] Echo Squad are sent to investigate a supposed weapons bunker in [[Iraq War|Iraq]] in 2003. They are accompanied by the head of an elite science team, Doctor Noa Weis. The Iraqi bunker is infested with mutated humans and wildlife (referred to collectively as Xenos) created by an alien crystal found in the bunker. This crystal incapacitates Pierce and forces the squad to retreat. One member of the squad, Lieutenant Logan Somers, is left behind during the retreat.
Captain Aeran Pierce and the rest of his [[Delta Force]] Echo Squad are sent to investigate a supposed weapons bunker in Iraq in [[2003 invasion of Iraq|2003]]. They are accompanied by the head of an elite science team, Doctor Noa Weis. After battling through the [[Iraqi Ground Forces|Iraqi Army]], they find the bunker is infested with mutated humans and wildlife (referred to collectively as Xenos) created by an alien crystal found in the bunker. This crystal incapacitates Pierce and forces the squad to retreat. One member of the squad, Lieutenant Logan Somers, is left behind during the retreat.


Three years later, a heavily armed militia has taken control of [[Area 51]] and the surrounding area, accompanied by an outbreak of alien creatures identical to those encountered in Iraq. Echo Squad and Doctor Weis have been chosen to reclaim the base. They begin with the nearby town of Rachel, where they discover that the “militia” are actually [[Cybernetics|cybernetically]] [[Human enhancement|enhanced]] U.S. soldiers known as Reborn. Echo Squad finds survivors in Rachel, but as they rescue the survivors, they find Lieutenant Somers, now a Reborn. Somers explains that the Reborn program was designed to replace the volunteer army of American citizens with expendable [[Supersoldier|supersoldiers]], using subjects forcibly recruited from groups of people who could disappear without being noticed, such as the homeless, illegal immigrants, and military without family. Because of the harsh experiments, one of them led an insurrection.
Three years later, a heavily armed militia has taken control of Area 51 and the surrounding area, accompanied by an outbreak of alien creatures identical to those encountered in Iraq. Echo Squad and Doctor Weis have been chosen to reclaim the base. They begin with the nearby town of Rachel, where they discover that the "militia" are actually cybernetically enhanced American soldiers known as Reborn. Echo Squad finds survivors in Rachel, but as they rescue the survivors, they find Lieutenant Somers, now a Reborn. Somers explains that the Reborn program was designed to replace the volunteer army of U.S. citizens with expendable supersoldiers, using subjects forcibly recruited from groups of people who could [[Enforced disappearance|disappear]] without being noticed, such as the homeless, illegal immigrants, and military without family. Because of the harsh experiments, one of them led an insurrection.


Back at base, they find out that Weis was in charge of the Reborn program, but it was shut down years ago and the soldiers sealed in Area 51. Somers led the Reborn to escape and seek revenge, using an alien device of which the crystal in Iraq was a stolen component of. After being revealed as the Reborn leader, Somers betrays Echo Squad and retreats back to Area 51 as the Xenos and Reborn attack the base. Echo Squad successfully repels the attack, then joins another military division in an assault on Area 51. During the assault, Pierce is captured and the rest of Echo Squad is killed.
Back at base, they find out that Weis was in charge of the Reborn program, but it was shut down years ago and the soldiers sealed in Area 51. Somers led the Reborn to escape and seek revenge, using an alien device of which the crystal in Iraq was a stolen component. After being revealed as the Reborn leader, Somers betrays Echo Squad and retreats back to Area 51 as the Xenos and Reborn attack the base. Echo Squad successfully repels the attack, then joins another military division in an assault on Area 51. During the assault, Pierce is captured and the rest of Echo Squad is killed.


Inside Area 51, Pierce discovers that the Xenos were actually created by spores emitted by the alien device, and that Somers is using the device to spread the spores across the surface of Earth. Pierce escapes with the assistance of Dr. Weis, then shuts down the device and kills Somers in a shootout. The game ends with Pierce and Weis flying off in a helicopter to assess the damage caused by the Xeno spores.
Inside Area 51, Pierce discovers that the Xenos were actually created by spores emitted by the alien device, and that Somers is using the device to spread the spores across the surface of Earth. Pierce escapes with the assistance of Dr. Weis, then shuts down the device and kills Somers in a shootout. The game ends with Pierce and Weis flying off in a helicopter to assess the damage caused by the Xeno spores.


==Development==
==Development==
The game uses Midway's modified [[Unreal Engine#Unreal Engine 3|Unreal 3 engine]]. This allows for more realistic graphics and effects, such as having rain bounce off the player's weapon. Many destructible objects are featured, but most of the environment is not alterable.{{Citation needed|date=October 2015}} On May 11, 2007, a demo for the [[Xbox 360]] was released on the Xbox Live Marketplace. A second demo was released onto Xbox Live Marketplace, a week after the game's release.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://majornelson.com/2007/11/21/demo-blacksite-demo-2/ |title=Demo: Blacksite Demo 2 |publisher=Major Nelson |date=November 21, 2007 |accessdate=December 23, 2015}}</ref>
The game uses Midway's modified [[Unreal Engine 3]]. This allows for more realistic graphics and effects, such as having rain bounce off the player's weapon. Many destructible objects are featured, but most of the environment is not alterable.{{Citation needed|date=October 2015}} On May 11, 2007, a demo for the [[Xbox 360]] was released on the Xbox Live Marketplace. A second demo was released onto Xbox Live Marketplace, a week after the game's release.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://majornelson.com/2007/11/21/demo-blacksite-demo-2/ |title=Demo: Blacksite Demo 2 |publisher=Major Nelson |date=November 21, 2007 |accessdate=December 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911141610/http://majornelson.com/2007/11/21/demo-blacksite-demo-2/ |archive-date=September 11, 2015 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref> The game was in development for two years.<ref>{{cite web|first=Lilly|last=Rockwell|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96828734/austin-american-statesman/|title=Her aim:Make Midway a player|newspaper=[[Austin American-Statesman]]|page=27|date=November 12, 2007|accessdate=March 4, 2022|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>


==Reception==
==Reception==
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| X360 = true
| X360 = true
| na = true
| na = true
| Edge_PC = 4/10<ref name=Edge>{{cite journal |author=Edge staff |title=Blacksite |magazine=[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]] |issue=184 |date=January 2008 |page=83}}</ref>
| Edge_PC = 4/10<ref name=Edge>{{cite magazine |author=Edge staff |title=Blacksite |magazine=[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]] |issue=184 |date=January 2008 |page=83}}</ref>
| Edge_PS3 = 4/10<ref name=Edge/>
| Edge_PS3 = 4/10<ref name=Edge/>
| Edge_X360 = 4/10<ref name=Edge/>
| Edge_X360 = 4/10<ref name=Edge/>
| EGM_X360 = 5.67/10<ref>{{cite journal |author=EGM staff |title=BlackSite: Area 51 (X360) |magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]] |date=December 25, 2007 |page=74}}</ref>
| EGM_X360 = 5.67/10<ref>{{cite magazine |author=EGM staff |title=BlackSite: Area 51 (X360) |magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]] |date=December 25, 2007 |page=74}}</ref>
| EuroG_X360 = 5/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Reed |first=Kristan |date=November 30, 2007 |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/blacksite-review |title=Blacksite (Xbox 360) |publisher=[[Eurogamer]] |accessdate=December 24, 2015}}</ref>
| EuroG_X360 = 5/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Reed |first=Kristan |date=November 30, 2007 |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/blacksite-review |title=Blacksite (Xbox 360) |website=[[Eurogamer]] |accessdate=December 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090947/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/blacksite-review |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
| GI_PC = 7.5/10<ref name=GI>{{cite journal |last=Reeves |first=Ben |url=http://www.gameinformer.com/NR/exeres/505C94FC-8C39-462E-9C49-92E1B5F83A73.htm |title=BlackSite: Area 51 |magazine=[[Game Informer]] |issue=176 |date=December 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080115203204/http://www.gameinformer.com/NR/exeres/505C94FC-8C39-462E-9C49-92E1B5F83A73.htm |archivedate=January 15, 2008 |deadurl=yes |accessdate=December 24, 2015}}</ref>
| GI_PC = 7.5/10<ref name=GI>{{cite magazine |last=Reeves |first=Ben |url=http://www.gameinformer.com/NR/exeres/505C94FC-8C39-462E-9C49-92E1B5F83A73.htm |title=BlackSite: Area 51 |magazine=[[Game Informer]] |issue=176 |date=December 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080115203204/http://www.gameinformer.com/NR/exeres/505C94FC-8C39-462E-9C49-92E1B5F83A73.htm |archivedate=January 15, 2008 |url-status=dead |accessdate=December 24, 2015}}</ref>
| GI_PS3 = 7.5/10<ref name=GI/>
| GI_PS3 = 7.5/10<ref name=GI/>
| GI_X360 = 7.5/10<ref name=GI/>
| GI_X360 = 7.5/10<ref name=GI/>
| GamePro_X360 = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Kim |first=Tae K. |date=November 13, 2007 |url=http://www.gamepro.com/microsoft/xbox360/games/reviews/147428.shtml |title=Review: BlackSite: Area 51 (X360) |publisher=''[[GamePro]]'' |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080112080752/http://www.gamepro.com/microsoft/xbox360/games/reviews/147428.shtml |archivedate=January 12, 2008 |deadurl=yes |accessdate=December 24, 2015}}</ref>
| GamePro_X360 = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Kim |first=Tae K. |date=November 13, 2007 |url=http://www.gamepro.com/microsoft/xbox360/games/reviews/147428.shtml |title=Review: BlackSite: Area 51 (X360) |magazine=[[GamePro]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080112080752/http://www.gamepro.com/microsoft/xbox360/games/reviews/147428.shtml |archivedate=January 12, 2008 |url-status=dead |accessdate=December 24, 2015}}</ref>
| GameRev_X360 = D<ref>{{cite web |last=Hurh |first=JP |date=December 5, 2007 |url=http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/blacksite-area51 |title=Blacksite: Area 51 Review (X360) |publisher=[[Game Revolution]] |accessdate=December 24, 2015}}</ref>
| GameRev_X360 = D<ref>{{cite web |last=Hurh |first=JP |date=December 5, 2007 |url=http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/blacksite-area51 |title=Blacksite: Area 51 Review (X360) |publisher=[[Game Revolution]] |accessdate=December 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040307/http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/blacksite-area51 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
| GSpot_PC = 6.5/10<ref name=GSpot>{{cite web |last=Gerstmann |first=Jeff |date=November 27, 2007 |url=http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/blacksite-area-51-review/1900-6183422/ |title=BlackSite: Area 51 Review (PC, X360) |publisher=GameSpot |accessdate=December 24, 2015}}</ref>
| GSpot_PC = 6.5/10<ref name=GSpot>{{cite web |last=Gerstmann |first=Jeff |date=November 27, 2007 |url=http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/blacksite-area-51-review/1900-6183422/ |title=BlackSite: Area 51 Review (PC, X360) |website=GameSpot |accessdate=December 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202041033/http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/blacksite-area-51-review/1900-6183422/ |archive-date=February 2, 2016 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
| GSpot_X360 = 6.5/10<ref name=GSpot/>
| GSpot_X360 = 6.5/10<ref name=GSpot/>
| GSpy_X360 = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |last=McGarvey |first=Sterling |date=November 19, 2007 |url=http://xbox360.gamespy.com/xbox-360/blacksite-area-51/836496p1.html |title=GameSpy: Blacksite: Area 51 (X360) |publisher=[[GameSpy]] |accessdate=December 24, 2015}}</ref>
| GSpy_X360 = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |last=McGarvey |first=Sterling |date=November 19, 2007 |url=http://xbox360.gamespy.com/xbox-360/blacksite-area-51/836496p1.html |title=GameSpy: Blacksite: Area 51 (X360) |publisher=[[GameSpy]] |accessdate=December 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111732/http://xbox360.gamespy.com/xbox-360/blacksite-area-51/836496p1.html |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
| GT_PC = 5.4/10<ref name=GT>{{cite web |url=http://www.gametrailers.com/gamereview.php?id=4196 |title=BlackSite: Area 51 Review |publisher=[[GameTrailers]] |date=November 28, 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071209144802/http://www.gametrailers.com/gamereview.php?id=4196 |archivedate=December 9, 2007 |deadurl=yes |accessdate=December 24, 2015}}</ref>
| GT_PC = 5.4/10<ref name=GT>{{cite web |url=http://www.gametrailers.com/gamereview.php?id=4196 |title=BlackSite: Area 51 Review |publisher=[[GameTrailers]] |date=November 28, 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071209144802/http://www.gametrailers.com/gamereview.php?id=4196 |archivedate=December 9, 2007 |url-status=dead |accessdate=December 24, 2015}}</ref>
| GT_PS3 = 5.4/10<ref name=GT/>
| GT_PS3 = 5.4/10<ref name=GT/>
| GT_X360 = 5.4/10<ref name=GT/>
| GT_X360 = 5.4/10<ref name=GT/>
| GameZone_X360 = 6.5/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Woodward |first=Stephen |date=November 19, 2007 |url=http://www.gamezone.com/reviews/blacksite_area_51_360_review |title=BlackSite: Area 51 - 360 - Review |publisher=GameZone |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006035645/http://xbox360.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r31619.htm |archivedate=October 6, 2008 |deadurl=no |accessdate=December 24, 2015}}</ref>
| GameZone_X360 = 6.5/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Woodward |first=Stephen |date=November 19, 2007 |url=http://www.gamezone.com/reviews/blacksite_area_51_360_review |title=BlackSite: Area 51 - 360 - Review |publisher=GameZone |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006035645/http://xbox360.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r31619.htm |archivedate=October 6, 2008 |url-status=live |accessdate=December 24, 2015}}</ref>
| IGN_PC = 6.5/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Miller |first=Greg |date=November 15, 2007 |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2007/11/15/blacksite-area-51-review-2 |title=BlackSite: Area 51 Review (PC) |publisher=[[IGN]] |accessdate=December 24, 2015}}</ref>
| IGN_PC = 6.5/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Miller |first=Greg |date=November 15, 2007 |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2007/11/15/blacksite-area-51-review-2 |title=BlackSite: Area 51 Review (PC) |website=[[IGN]] |accessdate=December 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002213544/http://www.ign.com/articles/2007/11/15/blacksite-area-51-review-2 |archive-date=October 2, 2015 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
| IGN_PS3 = 6.2/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Miller |first=Greg |date=December 10, 2007 |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2007/12/10/blacksite-area-51-review |title=BlackSite: Area 51 Review (PS3) |publisher=IGN |accessdate=December 24, 2015}}</ref>
| IGN_PS3 = 6.2/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Miller |first=Greg |date=December 10, 2007 |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2007/12/10/blacksite-area-51-review |title=BlackSite: Area 51 Review (PS3) |website=IGN |accessdate=December 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003165320/http://www.ign.com/articles/2007/12/10/blacksite-area-51-review |archive-date=October 3, 2015 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
| IGN_X360 = (US) 6.4/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Miller |first=Greg |date=November 13, 2007 |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2007/11/13/blacksite-area-51-review-3 |title=BlackSite: Area 51 Review (X360) |publisher=IGN |accessdate=December 24, 2015}}</ref><br />(AU) 5.4/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Ring |first=Bennett |date=November 28, 2007 |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2007/11/29/blacksite-area-51-au-xbox-360-review |title=BlackSite: Area 51: AU Xbox 360 Review |publisher=IGN |accessdate=December 24, 2015}}</ref>
| IGN_X360 = (US) 6.4/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Miller |first=Greg |date=November 13, 2007 |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2007/11/13/blacksite-area-51-review-3 |title=BlackSite: Area 51 Review (X360) |website=IGN |accessdate=December 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325050615/http://www.ign.com/articles/2007/11/13/blacksite-area-51-review-3 |archive-date=March 25, 2016 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref><br />(AU) 5.4/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Ring |first=Bennett |date=November 28, 2007 |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2007/11/29/blacksite-area-51-au-xbox-360-review |title=BlackSite: Area 51: AU Xbox 360 Review |website=IGN |accessdate=December 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325044146/http://www.ign.com/articles/2007/11/29/blacksite-area-51-au-xbox-360-review |archive-date=March 25, 2016 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
| OXM_X360 = 6/10<ref>{{cite journal |last=Stapleton |first=Dan |url=http://www.oxmonline.com/article/reviews/xbox-360/a-f/blacksite-area-51 |title=BlackSite: Area 51 |magazine=[[Official Xbox Magazine]] |date=January 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213085607/http://www.oxmonline.com/article/reviews/xbox-360/a-f/blacksite-area-51 |archivedate=December 13, 2007 |deadurl=yes |accessdate=December 24, 2015}}</ref>
| OXM_X360 = 6/10<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Stapleton |first=Dan |url=http://www.oxmonline.com/article/reviews/xbox-360/a-f/blacksite-area-51 |title=BlackSite: Area 51 |magazine=[[Official Xbox Magazine]] |date=January 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213085607/http://www.oxmonline.com/article/reviews/xbox-360/a-f/blacksite-area-51 |archivedate=December 13, 2007 |url-status=dead |accessdate=December 24, 2015}}</ref>
| PCGUS_PC = 56%<ref>{{cite journal |title=BlackSite: Area 51 |magazine=[[PC Gamer]] |date=February 2008 |page=76}}</ref>
| PCGUS_PC = 56%<ref>{{cite journal |title=BlackSite: Area 51 |journal=[[PC Gamer]] |date=February 2008 |page=76}}</ref>
| PSM_PS3 = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |title=Review: BlackSite: Area 51 |magazine=[[PlayStation: The Official Magazine]] |date=March 2008 |page=82}}</ref>
| PSM_PS3 = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Review: BlackSite: Area 51 |magazine=[[PlayStation: The Official Magazine]] |date=March 2008 |page=82}}</ref>
| rev1 = 411Mania
| rev1 = 411Mania
| rev1_X360 = 5.9/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Salmela |first=Mark |date=November 30, 2007 |url=http://411mania.com/games/blacksite-area-51-xbox-360-review/ |title=BlackSite: Area 51 (Xbox 360) Review |publisher=411Mania |accessdate=December 24, 2015}}</ref>
| rev1_X360 = 5.9/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Salmela |first=Mark |date=November 30, 2007 |url=http://411mania.com/games/blacksite-area-51-xbox-360-review/ |title=BlackSite: Area 51 (Xbox 360) Review |publisher=411Mania |accessdate=December 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160122230312/http://411mania.com/games/blacksite-area-51-xbox-360-review/ |archive-date=January 22, 2016 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
| MC_PC = 60/100<ref name=MCPC>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/blacksite-area-51 |title=BlackSite: Area 51 for PC Reviews |publisher=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=December 23, 2015}}</ref>
| MC_PC = 60/100<ref name=MCPC>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/blacksite-area-51/critic-reviews/?platform=pc |title=BlackSite: Area 51 for PC Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=December 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201052157/http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/blacksite-area-51 |archive-date=February 1, 2016 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
| MC_PS3 = 56/100<ref name=MCPS3>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/blacksite-area-51 |title=BlackSite: Area 51 for PlayStation 3 Reviews |publisher=Metacritic |accessdate=December 23, 2015}}</ref>
| MC_PS3 = 56/100<ref name=MCPS3>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/blacksite-area-51/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-3 |title=BlackSite: Area 51 for PlayStation 3 Reviews |website=Metacritic |accessdate=December 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151108184043/http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/blacksite-area-51 |archive-date=November 8, 2015 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
| MC_X360 = 62/100<ref name=MCX360>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/blacksite-area-51 |title=BlackSite: Area 51 for Xbox 360 Reviews |publisher=Metacritic}}</ref>
| MC_X360 = 62/100<ref name=MCX360>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/blacksite-area-51/critic-reviews/?platform=xbox-360 |title=BlackSite: Area 51 for Xbox 360 Reviews |website=Metacritic |access-date=2015-10-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121223047/http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/blacksite-area-51 |archive-date=2015-11-21 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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The game received mixed or average reviews on all platforms according to video game [[review aggregator]] [[Metacritic]].<ref name=MCPC/><ref name=MCPS3/><ref name=MCX360/>
The game received mixed to negative reviews on all platforms according to video game [[review aggregator]] [[Metacritic]].<ref name=MCPC/><ref name=MCPS3/><ref name=MCX360/> The game has been noted for its cynical political commentary, which challenges the often black and white viewpoint of many first person shooters with an unusually messy and nebulous situation.<ref>{{cite web |last=Thompson |first=Clive |date=November 19, 2007 |url=https://www.wired.com/gaming/gamingreviews/commentary/games/2007/11/gamesfrontiers_1119 |title=Cynical, Subversive BlackSite Bashes Bush's War Machine |work=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080329100712/http://www.wired.com/gaming/gamingreviews/commentary/games/2007/11/gamesfrontiers_1119 |archivedate=March 29, 2008 |deadurl=yes |accessdate=December 23, 2015}}</ref>


On November 29, 2007, [[Harvey Smith (game designer)|Harvey Smith]], the game's designer, came out publicly to announce how ruined the game's development schedule was. He claimed the schedule caused the low reviews due to the fact they were not able to test the game properly.<ref>{{cite web |last=Bramwell |first=Tom |date=November 29, 2007 |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/smith-explains-blacksite-issues |title=Smith explains Blacksite issues |publisher=Eurogamer |accessdate=December 23, 2015}}</ref> He lost his job at Midway soon after making this comment.<ref>{{cite web |last=Klepek |first=Patrick |date=November 30, 2007 |url=http://www.1up.com/news/confirmed-harvey-smith-leaves-midway |title=Confirmed: Harvey Smith Leaves Midway |publisher=[[1UP.com]] |accessdate=December 23, 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628202126/http://www.1up.com/news/confirmed-harvey-smith-leaves-midway |archivedate=June 28, 2011 |df= }}</ref>
On November 29, 2007, [[Harvey Smith (game designer)|Harvey Smith]], the game's designer, came out publicly to announce how ruined the game's development schedule was. He claimed the schedule caused the low reviews due to the fact they were not able to test the game properly.<ref>{{cite web |last=Bramwell |first=Tom |date=November 29, 2007 |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/smith-explains-blacksite-issues |title=Smith explains Blacksite issues |website=Eurogamer |accessdate=December 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102190225/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/smith-explains-blacksite-issues |archive-date=January 2, 2016 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref> He lost his job at Midway soon after making this comment.<ref>{{cite web |last=Klepek |first=Patrick |date=November 30, 2007 |url=http://www.1up.com/news/confirmed-harvey-smith-leaves-midway |title=Confirmed: Harvey Smith Leaves Midway |website=[[1UP.com]] |accessdate=December 23, 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628202126/http://www.1up.com/news/confirmed-harvey-smith-leaves-midway |archivedate=June 28, 2011 }}</ref>


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BlackSite: Area 51
Developer(s)Midway Studios Austin
Publisher(s)Midway Games
Designer(s)Harvey Smith
Composer(s)Jason Graves
SeriesArea 51
EngineUnreal Engine 3
Platform(s)Windows
Xbox 360
PlayStation 3
ReleaseWindows, Xbox 360
  • NA: November 12, 2007
  • AU: November 29, 2007
  • EU: November 30, 2007
PlayStation 3
  • NA: December 10, 2007
  • AU: March 6, 2008
  • EU: March 7, 2008
Genre(s)First-person shooter
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

BlackSite: Area 51 (released in Europe and Australia as BlackSite) is a first-person shooter video game, released for Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows on November 12, 2007 in North America, and PlayStation 3 on December 10, 2007. The game is mostly unrelated to the 2005 multi-platform game Area 51. The game was developed by Midway Studios Austin and published by Midway Games.[1]

Gameplay

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BlackSite: Area 51 features first-person shooter gameplay. It uses a regenerating health system; additionally the player's character can absorb relatively large amounts of gunfire before dying. The game features six different weapons, though only two can be carried at the same time. The game also features the ability to use grenades and melee attacks. The game's main weapon, the M4 carbine, has a holographic sight that can be aimed through for zooming in on distant targets.[2]

One of the main features of the game is squad tactics. For almost the entire game, the player will have a team of two A.I. controlled squadmates accompanying them. Squadmates can be ordered to move on a location, concentrate their fire on a specific enemy, man a mounted turret, or set explosive charges on certain items. Squad commands are given with a single button; the commands are context sensitive based on what the player points the cursor at. Squadmates cannot be killed, and will only be knocked out for a brief period after taking a certain amount of damage. The game also features a morale system, where squad morale increases as the player kills enemies or scores headshots, and decreases as the player takes damage or as squadmates are injured or incapacitated. At high morale, squadmates fight much more effectively and can survive more damage, while at low morale they contribute much less to firefights, and are incapacitated much more easily.[citation needed]

The game also features several vehicle sections, where the player must drive a civilian van or military Humvee cross-country to reach a location, while dealing with enemy attacks. The player can exit the vehicle at any time to collect items, investigate buildings, or man the Humvee's mounted machine gun.[citation needed]

The multiplayer features modes such as Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Capture the flag, Siege, and Human VS. Reborn. The Siege and Human VS. Reborn are different and unique from other games. It allows the teams to attempt to control each of the level's territories while trying to capture one another. The Deathmatch mode, as well as the rest of the online portion of the game has a maximum number of 10 players. There is no local multiplayer.[citation needed]

Plot

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Captain Aeran Pierce and the rest of his Delta Force Echo Squad are sent to investigate a supposed weapons bunker in Iraq in 2003. They are accompanied by the head of an elite science team, Doctor Noa Weis. After battling through the Iraqi Army, they find the bunker is infested with mutated humans and wildlife (referred to collectively as Xenos) created by an alien crystal found in the bunker. This crystal incapacitates Pierce and forces the squad to retreat. One member of the squad, Lieutenant Logan Somers, is left behind during the retreat.

Three years later, a heavily armed militia has taken control of Area 51 and the surrounding area, accompanied by an outbreak of alien creatures identical to those encountered in Iraq. Echo Squad and Doctor Weis have been chosen to reclaim the base. They begin with the nearby town of Rachel, where they discover that the "militia" are actually cybernetically enhanced American soldiers known as Reborn. Echo Squad finds survivors in Rachel, but as they rescue the survivors, they find Lieutenant Somers, now a Reborn. Somers explains that the Reborn program was designed to replace the volunteer army of U.S. citizens with expendable supersoldiers, using subjects forcibly recruited from groups of people who could disappear without being noticed, such as the homeless, illegal immigrants, and military without family. Because of the harsh experiments, one of them led an insurrection.

Back at base, they find out that Weis was in charge of the Reborn program, but it was shut down years ago and the soldiers sealed in Area 51. Somers led the Reborn to escape and seek revenge, using an alien device of which the crystal in Iraq was a stolen component. After being revealed as the Reborn leader, Somers betrays Echo Squad and retreats back to Area 51 as the Xenos and Reborn attack the base. Echo Squad successfully repels the attack, then joins another military division in an assault on Area 51. During the assault, Pierce is captured and the rest of Echo Squad is killed.

Inside Area 51, Pierce discovers that the Xenos were actually created by spores emitted by the alien device, and that Somers is using the device to spread the spores across the surface of Earth. Pierce escapes with the assistance of Dr. Weis, then shuts down the device and kills Somers in a shootout. The game ends with Pierce and Weis flying off in a helicopter to assess the damage caused by the Xeno spores.

Development

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The game uses Midway's modified Unreal Engine 3. This allows for more realistic graphics and effects, such as having rain bounce off the player's weapon. Many destructible objects are featured, but most of the environment is not alterable.[citation needed] On May 11, 2007, a demo for the Xbox 360 was released on the Xbox Live Marketplace. A second demo was released onto Xbox Live Marketplace, a week after the game's release.[3] The game was in development for two years.[4]

Reception

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The game received mixed or average reviews on all platforms according to video game review aggregator Metacritic.[23][24][25]

On November 29, 2007, Harvey Smith, the game's designer, came out publicly to announce how ruined the game's development schedule was. He claimed the schedule caused the low reviews due to the fact they were not able to test the game properly.[26] He lost his job at Midway soon after making this comment.[27]

References

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  6. ^ EGM staff (December 25, 2007). "BlackSite: Area 51 (X360)". Electronic Gaming Monthly. p. 74.
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  22. ^ Salmela, Mark (November 30, 2007). "BlackSite: Area 51 (Xbox 360) Review". 411Mania. Archived from the original on January 22, 2016. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
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