''Kabus 22'' is a 2006

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video game released for

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. Set in the

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district in

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, the game is notable for being one of the earliest commercially-sold video games developed in Turkey. The game was also distributed under the names ''Fearzone Strefa 22'', ''Zona 22'' and ''Sektor 22'' in other countries. In 2019, the game was released as

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Plot

In the game, the player has three characters to control; the Turkish soldier Demir, his girlfriend Ebru and the mysterious Inzar. These characters have to fight against a despotic religious order and creatures named Maduns in an alternate near future.

Development

''Kabus 22'' was developed by Son Işık, a Turkish video game studio founded in 2004 by a small team of young developers. Inspired by similar survival-horror games such as ''

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'', they began working on ''Kabus 22'' the same year. The game's development took three years and was rife with difficulties. The team had little to no experience in game development and had to work within a limited budget and with limited internet access. At the time, the Turkish tax code did not recognize video games as a distinct product category, meaning the developers could not submit a tax stamp application and legally sell the game in Turkey. The team have been suggested to categorize the game as a film instead, that way they could obtain a tax stamp without legislative intervention. Since no game publishers existed in Turkey at the time, the game was distributed by

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, a Turkish appliance store chain. ''Kabus 22'' was released in Turkey on Christmas day 2006. Over the following years it received additional international releases, mostly in Eastern Europe and Russia. In 2019, after rebranding to

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, the original development studio released the game for free on their YouTube channel.

Promotion

''K22: Demolition Day'' is a free FPS/

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. It is a promotion for ''Kabus 22''. The minigame was released on 21 October 2007. A player can either create an account and try to beat other players' records, or can play offline.

Reception

The game was released to mixed reception, scoring an average of 51% based on 10 reviews.

References

External links

Official website
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Official demo, Gamers Hell

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