Red Faction: Battlegrounds

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Red Faction: Battlegrounds
Developer(s) THQ Digital Studios UK, Volition
Publisher(s)
Series Red Faction
Platform(s) PlayStation 3 (PlayStation Network), Xbox 360 (Xbox Live Arcade)
Release
  • NA: April 5, 2011 (PS3)
  • WW: April 6, 2011
Genre(s) Vehicle simulation (Combat), multi-directional shooter
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Red Faction: Battlegrounds is a vehicle simulation multi-directional shooter developed by Volition and published by THQ for the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade in 2011. It was released for the promotion of Red Faction: Armageddon . [1]

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Reception

The Xbox 360 version received "mixed" reviews, while the PlayStation 3 version received "generally unfavorable reviews", according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [2] [3]

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