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Also known as: Red Steel [UK]

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A cool idea that just doesn't work. Word is there's already a sequel in the works for this sword-happy shooter, so let's hope it turns out better than this murky affair.

Genre: Shooter
Release date: Nov 19, 2006
Published by: Ubisoft
Developed by: Ubisoft Paris, Ubisoft
Multiplayer Modes:

Offline

4 player VS

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Latest Stories

Red Steel 2 online?

Ubisoft advertises online programmer job for "a Wii project" at the Red Steel office

Wii News - May 22, 2007

Red Steel

It shoots, slices and dices, but is it any fun?

Wii Review - Nov 29, 2006

Red Steel to become series

Ubisoft recruiting staff to work on Wii shooter

Wii News - Nov 29, 2006

Red Steel multiplayer in motion

Footage of foursome fun with guns

Wii News - Oct 27, 2006

News

Red Steel 2 online?

Ubisoft advertises online programmer job for "a Wii project" at the Red Steel office

May 22, 2007

Red Steel to become series

Ubisoft recruiting staff to work on Wii shooter

Nov 29, 2006

Red Steel multiplayer in motion

Footage of foursome fun with guns

Oct 27, 2006

Fresh cuts from Red Steel

Views of clashing swords and exploding scenery

Oct 17, 2006

Red Steel's secret message

Origami ads hint at possible power

Sep 26, 2006

Red Steel sword control re-cut

[Wii] Free-swinging attacks under construction

Aug 29, 2006

Red Steel explained

[Wii] Director commentary plus new screens of the swordy shooter

Aug 18, 2006

Faces of Red Steel

[Wii] New character details and screens slash away

Jul 31, 2006

Red Steel waves its weapons

[Wii] Hot shots for Wii's first-person violence buffet

Jul 6, 2006

E3 06: Red Steel: Hands-on

Wii: Getting to grips with the Wii FPS

May 10, 2006

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Review

It shoots, slices and dices, but is it any fun?

Nov 29, 2006

Shoot him in the head, then cut it off with a three-foot-long sword. Sounds like the best of both worlds, right? On paper, the blade-and-bullet aggression of Red Steel seems irresistible, but learning the complicated controls and coping with the overall sludgy gameplay really get in the way of any visceral sensations. ...

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Previews

E3 06: Red Steel: Hands-on

Wii: Getting to grips with the Wii FPS

May 10, 2006

It's the game that Nintendo is keen to hold up as an example that Wii can handle mature action games, so we got hands-on with Ubisoft's Red Steel to see if it can live up to expectations. As expected the controls were mapped on the new Wii controller with the analogue stick on the nunchaku used for strafing and movement, and the remote handling the aiming and shooting. Putting the two elements together took some time - not only because this was the first time we'd played an FPS in such a way, ... » Read Full Red Steel preview

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