Nine to Five (video game)

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Nine to Five
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Developer(s) Redhill Games
Publisher(s) Redhill Games
Engine Unreal Engine 4
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows, Google Stadia, GeForce Now
ReleaseMay 16, 2022
Genre(s) Massively multiplayer online tactical first-person shooter
Mode(s)Multiplayer

Nine to Five is a free-to-play "3v3v3" multiplayer tactical first-person shooter video game developed and published by Redhill Games for Windows, Google Stadia and GeForce Now. Its featured three teams, each one with three players, competing to complete objectives. The game's development started in 2019, and a closed Alpha was released on June 4, 2020. [1] The Beta Weekend was released on Steam on February 11, 2021 and lasted until February 15, 2021. [2] Later, it was released on Steam Early Access program on August 26, 2021. [3] [4] The game left early access after about 10 months and received its full release with the 1.0 version on May 16, 2022 for PC and Google Stadia. [5] On Stadia, the game entered early access on December 8, 2021.

Contents

Setting

Nine to Five is set in a near futuristic setting, where the world is no longer ruled by governments, but instead military corporations who hire mercenaries to shutter their rivals and reach global domination. The player can choose one of the four factions available: Farmira, Mash Media, New World Finance and Milodyne.

Players can use barricades and drones to defend themselves from the enemies and clear areas much more easily.

The game features only three maps: Old New York, Varmstaad, and Huxwell Clinic. The latter was added on the day of release.

Unlike many other shooters, there are no respawns mid-match, with there being a focus on more team and strategy based gameplay, in a very similar way to Counter Strike. It also features various customization options, such as camo, optics and mods, offered through paid bundles and loot boxes.

Development

Nine to Five was developed by Redhill Games, a Finnish independent video game developer founded in 2018 by Matias Myllyrinne, who was previously the former CEO of Remedy Entertainment from 2008 to 2015. [6] The game was announced at The Game Awards 2019. [7] [8]

Reception

PC MAG's review of Steam Early Access build praised its team based gameplay, its "satisfying shooting mechanics", customization system and its free.to-play availability, but criticized its lack of content on the build, as well its inconsistent performance in testing, with technical issues such as unexpected freezing, stuttering, and drops in the frame rate [9]

Server closure

On October 19, 2022, just five months after the release of the game, Redhill announced through the game's website, Steam page and its social media, the end of development of Nine to Five, meaning no new updates with content or patches will be released, and the game servers will be still active until January 18, 2023, when they will be shut down. The game was pulled from sale the next day, making it no longer purchasable on Steam and Stadia. Also, all the bundles with weapons and customization options will be made free for players who actually own the game. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Welcome to Nine to Five closed Alpha". Nine to Five Official Website. 26 May 2020.
  2. ↑ "Beta Weekend Starts This Thursday". Nine to Five Official Website, Redhill Games. 10 February 2021.
  3. ↑ Tack, Daniel (August 31, 2021). "Tactical Shooter Nine To Five Heads To PC Early Access". Game Informer. Archived from the original on August 31, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Nine to Five now Available in Early Access!". Nine to Five Official Website, Redhill Games. 27 August 2021.
  5. ↑ "Nine to Five Leaves Early Access with Update 1.0". Nine to Five Official Website, Redhill Games. 16 May 2022.
  6. ↑ Takashi, Dean (19 November 2018). "Former Remedy CEO Matias Myllyrinne starts Redhill Games". VentureBeat.
  7. ↑ Chalk, Andy (December 13, 2019). "Team-based tactical shooter Nine to Five announced at The Game Awards". PC Gamer.
  8. ↑ "Nine to Five Teaser Trailer 2019 (EN)". Nine to Five YouTube channel. December 13, 2019.
  9. ↑ Polanco, Tony (October 14, 2021). "Nine to Five (for PC) Preview". PC MAG.
  10. ↑ "IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT". Nine to Five Official Website. 19 October 2022.
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