 | Digital Release: | Steam September 01, 2009 PlayStation 3 March 26, 2010 (US) April 15, 2010 (AU, EU) Xbox 360 January 31, 2012 (EU, US) |
| Delisting: | November 26, 2013 - Steam Late 2013 - PlayStation 3 (US) Late 2013 - Xbox 360 (AU, EU, US) |
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| Developer: | TimeGate Studios | |
| Publisher: | SouthPeak Games (Steam, PlayStation 3 [US], Xbox 360) TimeGate Studios (PlayStation 3 [AU, EU]) |
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| Available On: | Digital: Steam download code PlayStation 3 (AU, EU) Retail: PC Xbox 360 |
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| Links: | Section 8 homepage [Archive] Xbox.com page [Archive] PlayStation.com page SteamDB page |
Delisting
Section 8 was delisted from Steam on November 26th, 2013. It was likely delisted from Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 (only in North America) by the end of 2013.
In 2009, developer TimeGate Studios attempted to sue publisher SouthPeak Games over the production of Section 8. After a series of appeals that lasted into 2013, the ruling finally fell in favor of SouthPeak resulting in TimeGate filing for bankruptcy and the studio’s closure in May of 2013. Just months later SouthPeak Games itself quietly ceased operations in July of 2013.
Forum discussion among players allege that the game’s multiplayer features were shut down as early as 2012 on Xbox 360 and early in 2013 on Steam. TimeGate published Section 8 itself on PlayStation 3 outside of North American territories and, though the studio is gone, the title remains available as of September 2019.
About the Game
“Section 8 is a large-scale, sci-fi first person shooter where fast-paced action meets military strategy in the far reaches of the galaxy. Join the epic battle between the 8th Armored Infantry and the Arm of Orion by taking part in fierce squad-based combat across majestic alien worlds.
Choose the experience you want to play by customizing your own equipment loadouts, and dynamically manipulate the flow of combat with on-demand vehicle requisitions, strategic asset deliveries, Dynamic Combat Missions, and the ability to drop anywhere on the battlefield from 15,000 feet above. On a completely player-driven and dynamic battlefield, no two games of Section 8 will ever play the same.“
- Burn in to battle from 15,000 feet: see the battlefield open up below as you reach terminal velocity and choose where you land.
- Dynamic Combat Missions alter the flow of battle and remove all predictability.
- Call in deployables such as powerful gun emplacements, tanks and walking war machines to secure your hard-won territory or to gain a strategic advantage as you advance on the enemy.
- Choose your weapons, armor and more; don’t be restricted to a class such as ‘scout’ or ‘medic’.
- Incredible graphics, powered by a heavily modified Unreal Engine 3, deliver huge, open battlefields.
- Full single-player campaign telling the story of trooper Alex Corde.
- Unrivalled multiplayer combat allowing for clan, team and individual stat tracking.
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