Shadowgrounds

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About

Shadowgrounds breathes fresh air into the action genre with explosive combat sequences, an innovative weapon upgrade system, and an intriguing storyline. The adrenaline-pumping, top-down gameplay and audiovisual fireworks set the scene for this new action experience which also includes single computer (split keyboard or joystick) co-op...

Game Details

Developer:Frozenbyte
Release:May 8, 2006
Metacritic:74
Platforms:
PC
IndieActionSingleplayerGore

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