Firefall (video game)

Firefall
Developer(s)Red 5 Studios
Publisher(s)Red 5 Studios
Garena
Designer(s)Scott Youngblood
Scott Rudi
Programmer(s)Eric Le Saux (AI)
Lutz Justen (Graphics)
David Nikdel (Gameplay)
Writer(s)Scott Burgess
Mark Kern
Orson Scott Card
Richard Pearsey
James B. Jones
Composer(s)Michael Bross
Boon Sim
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Release
  • WW: July 29, 2014
Genre(s)Massively multiplayer online
First-person shooter
Third-person shooter
Mode(s)Multiplayer

Firefall was a science fiction free-to-play massive multiplayer online open world shooter video game developed and released by Red 5 Studios in 2014.[1] Officially announced in 2010,[2] the game entered closed beta in 2011[3] and open beta in 2013.[4] It was the first and only game to be developed by Red 5 Studios,[5] combining elements from both the shooter genre and some role-playing aspects from the massive multiplayer online genre.[6] Firefall was shut down in 2017.[7]

  1. ^ "Firefall Official Website". Red 5 Studios. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  2. ^ Buchanan, Levi (3 September 2010). "Firefall Sets Pax Alight: Red 5 is just giving it away". IGN. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Firefall Beta is Go!". Red 5 Studios. 2 September 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
  4. ^ "Firefall opens up on july 9th". Red 5 Studios. 18 April 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  5. ^ "Our Games". Official Red 5 Studios. Red 5 Studios. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  6. ^ VanOrd, Kevin (8 July 2014). "MMO Shooter Firefall is (Finally) Almost Out. Here's What to Expect". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  7. ^ "Firefall Closure Announcement". Red 5 Studios. July 5, 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-08-01.