Psychotoxic

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Psychotoxic
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Developer(s) NuClearVision Entertainment
Publisher(s)
Engine Vision
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows
Release
  • GER: September 3, 2004
  • EU: February 25, 2005
  • NA: March 14, 2005
Genre(s) First-person shooter
Mode(s) Single-player

Psychotoxic is a 2004 first-person shooter video game for Microsoft Windows developed by NuClearVision Entertainment and published by Vidis and Whiptail Interactive.

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Development

The game's development began in 2001 and was to be published by CDV Software. [1] CDV abandoned the project [2] and was picked up by Vidis for Germany, Austria and Russia and later by Whiptail Interactive for the rest of the world. [1]

Reception

The game received "unfavorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [3]

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  2. ↑ Bramwell, Tom (October 20, 2003). "CDV cans Sabotain and Psychotoxic". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Psychotoxic for PC Reviews". Metacritic . Fandom.
  4. ↑ Kleffmann, Marcel (September 6, 2004). "Test: Psychotoxic". 4Players (in German). 4Players GmbH. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
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  6. ↑ Gehringer, Stephen (July–August 2005). "Psychotoxic" (PDF). Computer Gaming World . No. 253. Ziff Davis. p. 75. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
  7. ↑ Wolpaw, Eric (March 22, 2005). "Psychotoxic Review". GameSpot . Fandom. Archived from the original on March 23, 2005. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
  8. ↑ Osborne, Scott (May 4, 2005). "GameSpy: PsychoToxic [sic]". GameSpy . IGN Entertainment. Archived from the original on December 11, 2006. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
  9. ↑ McNamara, Tom (March 29, 2005). "Psychotoxic". IGN . Ziff Davis. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Psychotoxic: Un buen intento pero poco más [date mislabeled as "July 1, 2017"]". Meristation (in Spanish). July 25, 2005. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Psychotoxic". PC Format . No. 175. Future plc. June 2005. p. 101.
  12. ↑ "Psychotoxic". PC Gamer . Vol. 12, no. 6. Future US. June 2005. p. 72.
  13. ↑ PC Zone staff (March 30, 2005). "PC Review: Psychotoxic". PC Zone . Future plc. Archived from the original on April 19, 2008. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
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