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{{quote| ''The [[Title Drop|Nuclear Dawn]] [[Apocalypse How|devastated the world.]] [[After the End|But today,]] [[World War III|the war still rages on.]] As the survivors join the blue banner of the Consortium, or the red standard of the Empire, which side will ''you'' choose?'' - Nuclear Dawn trailer.}}
{{quote| ''The [[Title Drop|Nuclear Dawn]] [[Apocalypse How|devastated the world.]] [[After the End|But today,]] [[World War III|the war still rages on.]] As the survivors join the blue banner of the Consortium, or the red standard of the Empire, which side will ''you'' choose?'' - Nuclear Dawn trailer.}}


''Nuclear Dawn'' is a [[First Person Shooter]] / [[Real Time Strategy]] hybrid. It was developed and self-published by [[Inter Wave]] Studios using the [[Game Engine|Source Engine]]. It was originally announced as a free mod in February 2006, [[Development Hell|but suffered a protracted development schedule.]] It was reborn as a retail title, finally getting a simultanious PC/MAC release on [[Steam]] on September 26 of 2011. An Xbox360 version is forthcoming.
''Nuclear Dawn'' is a [[First-Person Shooter]] / [[Real Time Strategy]] hybrid. It was developed and self-published by [[Inter Wave]] Studios using the [[Game Engine|Source Engine]]. It was originally announced as a free mod in February 2006, [[Development Hell|but suffered a protracted development schedule.]] It was reborn as a retail title, finally getting a simultanious PC/MAC release on [[Steam]] on September 26 of 2011. An Xbox360 version is forthcoming.


[[The Future|It is the year 2049.]] [[Apocalypse How|The world has been devastated by the fires of nuclear war,]] [[After the End|but humanity perseveres]]- in great enough numbers to form two new nations from the ashes of the old world: [[We Have Reserves|The massive,]] [[Dirty Communists|communistic,]] [[Individuality Is Illegal|oppressive]] [[The Empire|Empire,]] and the individualistic, [[Determinator|determined]] [[The Federation|Consortium,]] who always put [[The Men First]]. These two are of course at each others' throats, competing for strategic locations, vital resources and pre-Dawn artifacts.
[[The Future|It is the year 2049.]] [[Apocalypse How|The world has been devastated by the fires of nuclear war,]] [[After the End|but humanity perseveres]]- in great enough numbers to form two new nations from the ashes of the old world: [[We Have Reserves|The massive,]] [[Dirty Communists|communistic,]] [[Individuality Is Illegal|oppressive]] [[The Empire|Empire,]] and the individualistic, [[Determinator|determined]] [[The Federation|Consortium,]] who always put [[The Men First]]. These two are of course at each others' throats, competing for strategic locations, vital resources and pre-Dawn artifacts.
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** Supports can be either a [[Combat Medic]], [[The Engineer]] or... [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|Barb]][[Fire Breathing Weapon|ecues,]] and get different specalist grenade types depending on which they pick.
** Supports can be either a [[Combat Medic]], [[The Engineer]] or... [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|Barb]][[Fire Breathing Weapon|ecues,]] and get different specalist grenade types depending on which they pick.
* [[Command and Conquer Economy]]: The commander has to keep up with building things, or the FPS players will likely lose momentum.
* [[Command and Conquer Economy]]: The commander has to keep up with building things, or the FPS players will likely lose momentum.
* [[Color Coded Armies]]: Imperial troops wear white armor, Consortium dark gray.
* [[Color-Coded Armies]]: Imperial troops wear white armor, Consortium dark gray.
* [[Cosmetically Different Sides]]: There are only slight variations between weapons. The only large differences are [[Fire Breathing Weapon|flame turrets]] for the Empire and [[Make Me Wanna Shout|sonic ones]] for Consortium, and how each side extends it's power grid: Imperial Relay Towers have unlimited range but must have line-of-sight to other Towers, while Consortium Wireless Repeaters have much shorter range, but can transmit through solid objects.
* [[Cosmetically Different Sides]]: There are only slight variations between weapons. The only large differences are [[Fire Breathing Weapon|flame turrets]] for the Empire and [[Make Me Wanna Shout|sonic ones]] for Consortium, and how each side extends it's power grid: Imperial Relay Towers have unlimited range but must have line-of-sight to other Towers, while Consortium Wireless Repeaters have much shorter range, but can transmit through solid objects.
* [[Emergency Weapon]]: All classes are armed with a pistol for backup. It can deal surprisingly high damage in the right hands.
* [[Emergency Weapon]]: All classes are armed with a pistol for backup. It can deal surprisingly high damage in the right hands.
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