Velvet Assassin | |
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Developer(s) | Replay Studios |
Publisher(s) | SouthPeak Games |
Director(s) | Sascha Jungnickel |
Designer(s) | Sascha Jungnickel |
Artist(s) | Andreas Hackel |
Writer(s) | Claus Wohlgemuth |
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Engine | Replay Engine |
Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, Mac OS X |
Release | OS X
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Genre(s) | Stealth |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Velvet Assassin is a stealth video game developed by Replay Studios and published by SouthPeak Games.[2] Prior to release, the name was known by the tentative title Sabotage 1943.[3] It was released for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 in 2009 and on the Mac App Store in 2013. Velvet Assassin's working title was Sabotage.[4] Players take control of Violette Summer, a World War II-era British Secret Intelligence Service spy operating deep behind enemy lines, attempting to help thwart the Nazi war effort.[5] The game's story was inspired by a real-life secret agent/saboteur Violette Szabo.[6]