''Nexuiz'' is a 2012

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video game developed by

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and published by

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for

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and

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. It used

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and it is based on the original free game ''

Nexuiz ''Nexuiz'' is a free first-person shooter video game developed and published by Alientrap. It was released on May 31, 2005 under the GNU General Public License (GPL) and uses the DarkPlaces engine, a modified ''Quake'' engine. A remake, also ...

'' (due to the name having been sold to Nexuiz, the free game continued its development under the

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name). The servers for the Xbox 360 and PC versions were taken offline in February 2013 due to the closure of THQ.

Overview

Nexuiz is a remake of 2005's

, which began development as a 2001 Quake mod developed by Lee Vermeulen. The project then moved to the

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. On March 1, 2010, it was revealed that IllFonic had purchased the rights to the name Nexuiz. During matches, players can acquire and activate mutators that provide them with unique gameplay abilities.

Reception

''Nexuiz'' received mixed reviews. ''

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'' praised its price and fast pace, but ''

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'' wrote that as a "haphazard

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" of an old mod for an old game, it added little to the genre or original concept except for charging players.

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''Nexuiz'' official website
2012 video games Cancelled PlayStation 3 games CryEngine games Video games with Steam Workshop support THQ games Windows games First-person shooters Xbox 360 games Xbox 360 Live Arcade games Video games developed in the United States IllFonic games

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