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Blacklight: Tango Down Gets A Sequel (Can It Dance The Salsa?)

Online shooter Blacklight: Tango Down is getting a sequel, and this time it’s free-to-play.


July 29, 2010

Blacklight: Tango Down Review: Get Down, Get Down

Singleplayer story? Who needs that! Download title Blacklight: Tango Down has multiplayer. But can the game hold its own with the retail heavyweights?


July 22, 2010
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Online-Only Games The Latest Problem For Aussie Censors

Blacklight: Tango Down, a recently-released online shooter, hasn’t been released in Australia. Why? Because it’s an online shooter.


July 21, 2010
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XBLA Shooter Could See Australian Release After All

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Blacklight: Tango Down, the online shooter we’d heard could not be classified in Australia, will now be submitted to the Classification Board, according to US publisher Ignition Entertainment.


July 16, 2010
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XBLA Shooter Cannot Be Classified In Australia [Updated]

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Blacklight: Tango Down is a first-person shooter from Spec Ops developers Zombie Studios. It was released on Xbox LIVE Arcade last week. Only it wasn’t in Australia. Why?


June 30, 2010
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BlackLight: Tango Down Boasts "Trillions" Of Weapon Combinations

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This dev diary for Zombie Studios’ downloadable shooter BlackLight: Tango Down sheds some light on how six core weapon systems can be modified into “literally trillions of different weapon combinations.”


June 5, 2010
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BlackLight: Tango Down’s Technology Is Part Fact, Part Fiction

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BlackLight: Tango Down features the Hyper Reality Visor – an advanced imaging system that uses augmented reality to deliver battlefield intelligence. Lead game designer Jared Gerritzen tells Kotaku about the real-life inspirations behind the game’s tech.