Gromada (video game)

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Gromada
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Developer(s) Buka Entertainment [1] [2]
Publisher(s) Bethesda Softworks
Designer(s) Eugeny Pastukhov [3]
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows
ReleaseApril 24, 2000 [4]

Gromada is a video game developed by Russian studio Buka Entertainment and published by Bethesda Softworks. The game is an arcade shooter. [5]

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Development

The game was announced in April 1999. [6] It was scheduled to release in Q2 1999. [6]

Reception

Game Industry News gave the game a 4.5 of 5 stating " All the categories—sound, graphics, gameplay, controls, story, and even entertainment—are simple enough for kids to enjoy but still interesting enough to keep older gamers intrigued and working their way through each arena of Gromada. [8]

Game industry News nominated Gromada as a finalist for its Family Entertainment Game of the Year award. [12]

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