Area 51 is a first-person shooter survival horror video game that was released in 2005 (2006 in Japan) and it was developed by Midway Studios Austin and published by Midway for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and Microsoft Windows, and is a loose remake of the 1995 light gun video game of the same name. Players control Ethan Cole, a HazMat operative voiced by David Duchovny sent to the infamous base to investigate some manner of viral outbreak.

Area 51 at first starts out with intense combat where the player has several AI teammates with him (ranging from two to seven most of the time) versus hordes of mutants. Notable among the voice actors are David Duchovny as the player character and main protagonist of the game Ethan Cole, Marilyn Manson as Edgar the ancient and powerful Grey, Powers Boothe as Major Bridges, and Ian Abercrombie as Dr. Cray.

Alternative Titles

Area 51

Platform

PlayStation 2

Developer(s)

Midway Studios Austin

Publishers(s)

Midway, Success Entertainment

Genres(s)

First Person Shooter, Horror, Survival

NA Release Date

April 25, 2005

JP Release Date

November 9, 2006

EU Release Date

May 27, 2005

AUS Release Date

May 26, 2005

ESRB Rating

Mature 17+

PEGI Rating

PEGI 16

CERO Rating

CERO C

ACB Rating

MA 15+

MVGL User Score

6.5 by 46 user(s)

MVGL Difficulty

2.0000

Composer(s)

Chris Vrenna

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