This one really takes me back. Valve has just dropped a free seventh-generation banger for free over on Steam, and I haven’t thought about this one since I was a spotty teenager.
Dark Sector was released in 2008 on both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 and was developed by Digital Extremes, a developer best known for their roles in co-developing 1999's Unreal Tournament and 2008's Bioshock.
Now, I can’t promise you that Dark Sector is a good game (even though I bloody loved it as a kid).
It actually has surprisingly decent review scores and both the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions earned themselves a 72/100 on Metacritic - but I reckon the game might have aged a bit since those 13 year old review scores dropped.
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However, what I can promise you is this; it’s got a bunch of great goofy and dated cutscenes, the protagonist has a bullet-time glaive you can use to pop people’s heads off, and it’s literally 100% free on Steam right now.
So, why is Dark Sector currently free?
Well, that’s because I sort of lied earlier, as Digital Extremes is probably most famous for this little-known indie game called Warframe.
Warframe is getting a pretty chunky expansion next month (titled Warframe: 1999) that developers Digital Extremes have been teasing for well over a year and, look, I don’t play Warframe but even I think this looks tight.
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The trailer for Warframe: 1999’s new standalone mode gives me some serious Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance vibes and honestly kinda makes me want to give Warframe a go just to try the new mode out.
In the meantime though, I’ll definitely be snagging Dark Sector. Even if you only boot it up once just to slow-mo homing missile chop a dude’s head off, it’s still worth downloading.
Topics: Steam, Valve, Free Games