Area 51 (2005 video game)

Area 51
Developer(s)	Midway Studios Austin
Publisher(s)	Midway
Producer(s)	Zach Wood Daryl Allison
Designer(s)	James Stiefelmaier
Artist(s)	Peter Franco Mookie Weisbrod
Composer(s)	Chris Vrenna
Series	Area 51
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2 Xbox Microsoft Windows
Release	PlayStation 2 & Xbox NA: April 25, 2005 AU: May 26, 2005 EU: May 27, 2005 Windows NA: June 8, 2005 EU: July 1, 2005
Genre(s)	First-person shooter
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Area 51 (stylized as Area-51) is a science fiction first-person shooter video game that was released in 2005. It was developed by Midway Studios Austin for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and Microsoft Windows. A Nintendo GameCube version was also in development but was silently canceled. It is a loose remake of the 1995 light gun video game of the same name,^[1] and was followed in 2007 by the loosely related BlackSite: Area 51. The player controls Ethan Cole, a HAZMAT operative sent to the Area 51 base to assist in the cleanup of a mutagenic virus.

Notable among the voice actors are David Duchovny as Ethan Cole, Marilyn Manson as Edgar the ancient and powerful Grey, Powers Boothe as Major Bridges, Nolan North as McCan, and Ian Abercrombie as Dr. Winston Cray.