Crossfire (2007 video game)

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Crossfire
CrossFire (video game) logo.png
Developer(s) Smilegate Entertainment
Publisher(s)
Series Crossfire
Engine Lithtech Jupiter EX
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows
Release
  • KOR: June 3, 2007
  • CHN: August 28, 2008
  • NA: January 30, 2009
  • PHL: January 30, 2009
  • INA: August 31, 2009
  • RU: June 2, 2010
  • EU: November 7, 2011
Genre(s) First-person shooter,
tactical shooter
Mode(s) Multiplayer

Crossfire is an online tactical first-person shooter game developed by Smilegate Entertainment for Microsoft Windows. It was first released in South Korea on May 3, 2007.

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Due to its popularity in Asia, especially China and South Korea, it has become one of the world's most-played video games by player count, [1] with a lifetime total of 1 billion users in 80 countries worldwide. [2] It was the world's top-grossing online game as of 2014, [3] and went on to become one of the highest-grossing video games of all time, [4] having grossed $6.8 billion in lifetime revenue as of 2017.

The game has spawned a media franchise. A film adaptation of the game was announced in October 2015. [5] A Chinese streaming television series based on the game named Cross Fire (穿越火线) premiered in July 2020, starring Luhan and Leo Wu and was a commercial success with more than 1.7 billion views in China as of October 2020. In December 2024, the series was adapted to American animated anthology streaming television as Crossfire: Good Conflict , starring the voices of Ricky Whittle, Claudia Doumit, Samuel Roukin, Matt Peters, Jessica Camacho, Jake Matthews, Aidan Bristow, Chris Jai Alex, and Piotr Michael.

Gameplay

A mission success screen on a team deathmatch mode, the player holding an M16(A2) CrossFire screenshot.jpg
A mission success screen on a team deathmatch mode, the player holding an M16(A2)

Crossfire is a free-to-play first-person shooter that features two mercenary corporations, the "Black List" and "Global Risk", fighting each other in a global conflict. Players assume the role of either a Black List or Global Risk mercenary, joining an online team that works together to complete objective-based scenarios. Except for the Mutation and Wave modes, each mode can support a maximum of 16 players, each divided into an 8-person team.

Players progress and eventually are promoted through various military ranks, beginning at trainee, with the highest being Marshall. Players can also customize their character's equipment and appearance through in-game items.

Crossfire has a free currency which is called "Game Points" (GP), which is earned through playing and completing matches, buying premium items that grant bonus GP, or fulfilling certain missions. Premium and special items like modified weapons can only be bought using monetary currencies. The content tends to vary from version to version.

Weapons

Crossfire weapons are based on real-life models, with each weapon belonging to a category. Categories include machine guns, assault rifles and sniper rifles. Each category is functionally similar to their real world counterparts (E.g. Machine guns are heavy, powerful, lay down heavy fire but have long reload times and slow mobility, Submachine guns are lighter and have a faster rate of fire but deal less damage, Shotguns are effective in close range but useless at long distance.) Weapons often have many variants, including different skins which give them different attributes. In addition, the re-skinned versions are often rarer. There are also some weapons which are different from others like the VIP weapons, which have better stats like faster reload, among others. Certain modes have mode-exclusive weapons.

Characters

Characters are the avatar of players and are what they will look like to other players while playing the game. While all characters are visually unique from each other, most are functionally the same with no real advantages or disadvantages. There are however a few limited-edition characters who are, for example, able to see better through smoke or reduce the visual incapacitating effects of flash bang grenades.

The characters featured in Crossfire are a combination of both real and fictional Special Forces groups. The real groups featured are: The Russian OMON, the LAPD SWAT, the British SAS and SBS, the Brazilian BOPE, the German GSG 9, the Korean 707th Special Mission Group, the United Nations Special Forces, and the American Navy SEALs. Each character also has both a Black List and Global Risk variant. Some characters are bought with GP, while some are bought with premium currency. There are special characters found in some modes like the knight.

There are also mutant characters for the Mutation/Hero modes, which unlike regular game characters, each have unique abilities.

Regional availability

RegionPublisherRelease dateClosure dateStatusNotes
South KoreaSmilegate (previously Pmang)May 3, 2007 (Pmang's first launch)
December 12, 2013 (Smilegate's relaunch)		July 11, 2012 (previous publisher)
March 3, 2020 [6] (relaunch)		Closed—
JapanPlaygra (previously Arario)February 23, 2008March 31, 2018Closed—
Vietnam VTC Online [7] (previously VTC Game)March 18, 2008—Active—
China Tencent April 28, 2008—Active—
West [8] Smilegate West (previously G4Box)January 30, 2009 (North America)—ActiveMerger of the North America, Europe and Latin America servers
Philippines STOVE (previously Gameclub)January 30, 2009—Active—
Indonesia Lyto December 8, 2009December 21, 2020Closed—
Russia Mail.Ru June 2, 2010February 20, 2023 [9] Closed—
TaiwanMacrowell OMGMarch 24, 2011March 23, 2014Closed—
EuropeSmilegate West (previously SG Interactive)August 31, 2011November 7, 2018 [8] Merged into the West server—
BrazilSmilegate WestNovember 29, 2011—Active—
South East AsiaGamboozSeptember 12, 2013March 17, 2015 [10] Closed—
Latin AmericaSmilegate WestJanuary 28, 2014March 18, 2020Merged into the West server—

Commercial performance

Crossfire is the most played video game worldwide, with 6 million concurrent users and 1 billion registered players in February 2020, according to developer Smilegate, [2] with the majority of players in Asia, especially China and South Korea. [11] The game had 660 million players worldwide by 2018. [12] [ needs update ]

In 2013, the game was one of the three most popular video games in China, with a revenue of almost $1 billion [13] and worldwide it became the top-grossing game of 2013 at ₩1.5 trillion ($1.3 billion). [3]

By 2015, Crossfire had grossed $6.8 billion, [14] making it one of the top five highest-grossing video games of all time, along with Space Invaders , Pac-Man , Street Fighter II and World of Warcraft . [4]

Crossfire grossed $1.1 billion in 2016 and $1.4 billion in 2017, making it one of the three top-grossing PC games for both years, along with League of Legends and Dungeon Fighter Online (DFO). [15] [16]

In 2018, Crossfire grossed $1.3 billion, making it one of the year's five top-grossing video games, along with Fortnite , DFO, League of Legends and Pokémon Go . [17]

It generated $1.4 billion gross income in 2019. [18]

Adaptations

Film

A film adaptation of the game was announced in October 2015. [5]

Television

A Chinese streaming television series based on the game named Cross Fire (穿越火线) premiered in July 2020, starring Luhan and Leo Wu and was a commercial success with more than 1.7 billion views in China as of October 2020.

In August 2024, the game was revealed to be adapted in Secret Level , a video game anthology series created by Tim Miller. [19] The episode, Crossfire: Good Conflict , would star the voices of Ricky Whittle, Claudia Doumit, Samuel Roukin, Matt Peters, Jessica Camacho, Jake Matthews, Aidan Bristow, Chris Jai Alex, and Piotr Michael, and be released in December 2024.

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