Battlezone (1998 video game)

For articles with similar titles, see Battle zone (disambiguation).
Battlezone
Developer(s)
Publisher(s)
Director(s)Andrew Goldman
Producer(s)Mike Arkin
Designer(s)George Collins
Programmer(s)Brad Pickering
Artist(s)Kino Scialaba
Composer(s)Jeehun Hwang
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 64
Release
  • NA: March 11, 1998[1]
  • EU: 1998
  • NA: April 14, 2000 (N64)[2][3]
  • WW: April 18, 2016 (98 Redux)
Genre(s)First-person shooter, real-time strategy
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Battlezone is a first-person shooter real-time strategy video game, developed and published by Activision. It was released for Microsoft Windows in 1998. Aside from the name and presence of tanks, this game bears little resemblance to the original arcade game of the same name. Activision remade it into a hybrid of a tank simulation game, a first-person shooter and a real-time strategy game.[4]

Two expansion packs were released in 1998, Battlegrounds and The Red Odyssey. In 2000, a Nintendo 64 port was released under the name Battlezone: Rise of the Black Dogs. In 2016, a remastered version titled Battlezone 98 Redux was released developed by Big Boat Interactive and published by Rebellion Developments. A sequel, Battlezone II: Combat Commander, was released in 1999.

  1. ^ Gentry, Perry (March 13, 1998). "What's in Stores This Week". CNET Gamecenter. Archived from the original on August 17, 2000. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
  2. ^ "Battlezone: Rise of the Black Dogs Has Shipped". GameSpot. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  3. ^ "GameSpot: News: Archive". 2002-02-22. Archived from the original on 2002-02-22. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  4. ^ Calvin Hubble. (06-05-2004). Battlezone Review. Game Revolution.