Hellboy: Dogs of the Night

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Hellboy: Dogs of the Night
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Windows cover art
Developer(s) Cryo Studios North America (PC)
Hoplite Research, LLC (PS1)
Publisher(s) Cryo Interactive (PC)
Dreamcatcher Interactive (PS1)
Platform(s) Windows, PlayStation
ReleaseWindows
  • EU: December 2000
PlayStation
  • NA: Spring 2003
Genre(s) Action
Mode(s) Single-player

Hellboy: Dogs of the Night is a 2000 American video game for the PC, developed by Cryo Studios. It was ported to the PlayStation as Hellboy: Asylum Seeker, developed by Hoplite Research and released in 2003. The Hellboy game is based on Dark Horse Comics' science fiction comic book series Hellboy , written and drawn by Mike Mignola. [1]

Contents

Gameplay

Reception

The Windows version has a score of 11.50% at GameRankings. [2] Jason Babler of the Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine (October 2003) rated the game 0.5 out of 5, citing bad graphics and gameplay as a primary criticism. [3]

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References

  1. Первая игра о Hellboy на ПК и PS1
  2. "Hellboy: Dogs of the Night for PC". GameRankings . CBS Interactive . Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  3. Babler, Jason (October 2003). "Hellboy: Asylum Seeker". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. North America: Ziff Davis.