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Incubation: Time Is Running Out

Travel to the colonized planet of Scayra, and enter the dark and terrifying world of Incubation - the latest episode in the Battle Isle saga. Following a power plant accident, the vast energy shield that…

30 September 1997

Incubation: Time Is Running Out is a strategy developed by Blue Byte Software, released 30 September 1997 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Incubation: Time Is Running Out is

Incubation: Time Is Running Out is a strategy game developed by Blue Byte Software and released in 1997. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Travel to the colonized planet of Scayra, and enter the dark and terrifying world of Incubation - the latest episode in the Battle Isle saga. Following a power plant accident, the vast energy shield that separates the Chromian colonists from the indigenous life-forms - the Scay'Ger - suffers a total shut down, allowing contact between the two races for the very first time. A human virus has not infected the Scay'Ger, mutating them into violent, blood-thirsty monsters. As commander of a squad of elite space marines, only you can stop the vicious attacks and evacuate the remaining colonists before all is lost. The battles in this turn-based tactical game are not waged in open fields, but…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, science fiction and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Incubation: Time Is Running Out launched on 30 September 1997, within three weeks of Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee, Grand Theft Auto, Resident Evil: Director's Cut and Ultima Online.

Released around the same time: Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee, Grand Theft Auto, Resident Evil: Director's Cut, Ultima Online.

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When did Incubation: Time Is Running Out come out?
Incubation: Time Is Running Out was released on 30 September 1997 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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