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SWAT 3: Tactical Game of the Year Edition

Uncompromised duty, honor and valor. As an LAPD SWAT officer, you must have a deep and abiding reverence for human life and a firm resolve that all possible tactical alternatives be exhausted before employing…

10 October 2001

SWAT 3: Tactical Game of the Year Edition is a shooter developed by Sierra Northwest, released 10 October 2001 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What SWAT 3: Tactical Game of the Year Edition is

SWAT 3: Tactical Game of the Year Edition is a shooter game developed by Sierra Northwest and released in 2001. It was published by Sierra Entertainment. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Uncompromised duty, honor and valor. As an LAPD SWAT officer, you must have a deep and abiding reverence for human life and a firm resolve that all possible tactical alternatives be exhausted before employing deadly force. Your fundamental mission is to make Los Angeles a safe haven for all law-abiding citizens, while keeping the men under your command free from harm. The Tactical Game of the Year Edition also includes a special Tactics footage shot on location at the famous Blackwater Training Center. Learn about SWAT tactics, history, training and more…all provided by actual SWAT officers.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Police Quest series

SWAT 3: Tactical Game of the Year Edition is the tenth of 20 entries we hold in the Police Quest series. It arrived 12 months after SWAT 3: Close Quarters Battle - Elite Edition. The next entry was SWAT: Global Strike Team in 2003.

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What it launched against

SWAT 3: Tactical Game of the Year Edition launched on 10 October 2001, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto III, Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill 2 (2001) and Ico.

Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto III, Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill 2 (2001), Ico.

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When did SWAT 3: Tactical Game of the Year Edition come out?
SWAT 3: Tactical Game of the Year Edition was released on 10 October 2001 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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