Tremors: The Game | |
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Developer(s) | Rock Solid Studios |
Publisher(s) | Conspiracy Entertainment |
Platform(s) | Xbox, GameCube, PlayStation 2, Windows |
Release | Cancelled |
Genre(s) | Survival horror |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Tremors: The Game is a cancelled video game that was based on the Tremors franchise. The game was announced in August 2002 by Rock Solid Studios, [1] who had been working on it since April/May 2002. [2]
The game was going to be released for the Xbox, GameCube, PlayStation 2, and Microsoft Windows. [3] Tremors was scheduled for release during the fall of 2003. [4] However, the game was quietly canceled in the summer of that year. [1]
The video game was supposed to be a single-player, third-person, survival-horror action game. The player had to battle various types of Graboids [1] (Graboids and Shriekers were confirmed) [2] with ranged and melee weapons, while finding creative methods to avoid walking on the ground and hiding character's body heat signatures. [1]
It was announced that the game, while containing references to the films and the TV series, would have an independent story line taking place in the desert community of Golden Rock. [2]
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