Shadow Company: Left For Dead

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Shadow Company: Left For Dead
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Developer(s) Sinister Games [1]
Publisher(s) Ubi Soft
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows
Release
Genre(s) Real-time tactics
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Shadow Company: Left for Dead is a real-time tactics game developed by Sinister Games and published by Ubi Soft for Microsoft Windows in 1999. The player begins the game with only a three-man squad, left for dead after an operation in Angola for a company called Granite.

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Plot

A feared and well equipped private military company named Granite is hired by a client claiming to be the government of Angola. They are tasked with the mission to recover an important petroleum refining facility, which has been seized by rebels working in conjunction with foreign mercenaries belonging to the rival company Tetsu Yama. However, after the mission is fulfilled, they discover the facility hides something much more sinister. Contracted by the mysterious Mr. Stein, Granite will have to travel to battlefields around the world in the search of the international terrorist organization Genesis.

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Reception

The game received above-average reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. [3] IGN said that the game was "a solid diversion for both strategy and action fans alike." [12] Jeff Lundrigan of NextGen called it "A fun idea done well, and addictive to boot. Shadow Company will steal hours of your time if you're not careful." [13]

Shadow Company: The Mercenary War

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Promotion of Shadow Company: The Mercenary War at IgroMir 2012

The game was followed by Shadow Company: The Mercenary War, a free-to-play first-person shooter published by Nexon in 2012.

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