Vietcong (video game)

Vietcong
Developer(s)Pterodon
Illusion Softworks
Coyote Developments (PS2, Xbox)
Publisher(s)Gathering
Platform(s)Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox
ReleaseWindows
  • NA: March 26, 2003
  • EU: April 17, 2003
PlayStation 2, Xbox
  • NA: September 15, 2004
  • PAL: October 22, 2004
Genre(s)Tactical first-person shooter
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Vietcong is a 2003 tactical first-person shooter video game developed by Pterodon in cooperation with Illusion Softworks and published by Gathering for Microsoft Windows. It is set during the Vietnam War in 1967.

The expansion pack Vietcong: Fist Alpha was released in January 2004 and was bundled with Vietcong as Vietcong: Purple Haze for the PC. Vietcong: Purple Haze was also released in September 2004 for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox, ported by Coyote Games. Another official add-on titled Red Dawn was released as a free downloadable content.[1] A sequel to the game, Vietcong 2, was released in 2005.

  1. ^ "Vietcong Red Dawn". Pterodon. Archived from the original on March 19, 2006. Retrieved April 17, 2018.