Spearhead (video game)

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Spearhead
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Developer(s) Zombie Studios, MAK Technologies, Inc.
Publisher(s)
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows
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Genre(s) Tank simulation, action
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Spearhead is a tank simulation / action video game developed by Zombie Studios and MAK Technologies, Inc., and published by Interactive Magic and Midas Interactive Entertainment for Microsoft Windows in 1998.

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Development

Spearhead was jointly developed by Zombie Studios and MAK Technologies, Inc. The networking protocols used in the game were originally developed by MAK for the United States Air Force. [2] The game was showcased at E3 1997. [3] The original publisher, BMG Interactive, shut down a few months later, and I-Magic acquired the publication rights. [2]

Reception

Spearhead received mixed reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. [4]

The game was described as a mix between tank simulation and an action game. GameSpot said, "The game offers a handful of features and elements that seem ideal for hard-core sim fans, but the mission designs and the general feel of gameplay seem more appropriate for an action game than a serious sim." [11] IGN said, "the emphasis here is definitely more on fun than it is on realism." [12] PC Accelerator called it an "action/strategy/tank sim hybrid". [13]

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  2. 1 2 "The Fall of BMG: Spearhead". Next Generation . No. 41. Imagine Media. May 1998. p. 45.
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