The Thing is a 2002 third-person shooter psychological horror video game developed by Computer Artworks, published by Black Label Games, a publishing wing of Vivendi Universal Games, and distributed by Konami for Windows, Xbox and PlayStation 2. Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance versions were also planned, but both were cancelled early in development.

Set as a sequel to John Carpenter's 1982 film of the same name, the story focuses on Captain Blake, a member of a U.S. Special Forces team sent to the Antarctic outpost featured in the film to determine what has happened to the research team. The game was endorsed by John Carpenter, who voices a character in an uncredited cameo.

The Thing was a commercial success; selling over one million units worldwide across all platforms, and received generally positive reviews. A sequel was in the early stages of development, but was cancelled when Computer Artworks went into receivership in 2003.

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Platform

PC

Developer(s)

Computer Artworks

Publishers(s)

Black Label Games

Genres(s)

Horror, Third Person Shooter

NA Release Date

August 20, 2002

EU Release Date

September 20, 2002

ESRB Rating

Mature 17+

MVGL User Score

7 by 15 user(s)

MVGL Difficulty

2.0000

Composer(s)

Keith Tinman

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31 User(s)

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