Velvet Assassin

Velvet Assassin
Developer(s)Replay Studios
Publisher(s)SouthPeak Games
Director(s)Sascha Jungnickel
Designer(s)Sascha Jungnickel
Artist(s)Andreas Hackel
Writer(s)Claus Wohlgemuth
Composer(s)
EngineReplay Engine
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, Mac OS X
Release
  • NA: April 30, 2009
  • UK: May 8, 2009
  • AU: May 21, 2009
  • GER: July 10, 2009[1]
OS X
  • WW: January 29, 2013
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]

  1. ^ Krosta, Michael (June 30, 2009). "Goldene Meuchler". 4Players. Archived from the original on August 8, 2009. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
  2. ^ "Velvet Assassin". GamesIndustry.biz. 2009-05-14. Archived from the original on 2023-02-26. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  3. ^ "Velvet Assassin - Xbox 360 - GameSpy".
  4. ^ Purchese, Robert (September 9, 2008). "Velvet Assassin slips into early 2009". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on July 6, 2022. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
  5. ^ de Matos, Xav (May 13, 2008). "Velvet Assassin sneaks onto Xbox 360 this fall". Xbox 360 Fanboy. Archived from the original on May 14, 2008. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
  6. ^ "Velvet Assassin (Preview): Suede Stealth". Game Informer. No. 184. August 2008. p. 68.