Battle: Los Angeles (video game)

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Battle: Los Angeles
Developer(s) Saber Interactive
Publisher(s) Konami
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 (Xbox Live Arcade), PlayStation 3 (PlayStation Network)
ReleaseWindows, Xbox 360
March 11, 2011
PlayStation 3
  • NA: March 22, 2011
  • PAL: February 17, 2016
Genre(s) First-person shooter
Mode(s) Single-player

Battle: Los Angeles is a first-person shooter developed by Saber Interactive and published by Konami for Microsoft Windows (Steam), PlayStation Network, and Xbox Live Arcade in 2011. It was released to coincide with the release of the 2011 film of the same name. [1]

Contents

Reception

The game received "unfavorable" reviews on all platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [2] [3] [4]

Since its release, the Xbox 360 version sold 60,076 units worldwide by the end of 2011. [16]

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