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The History Channel: Battle for the Pacific

The History Channel: Battle for the Pacific is a historical first-person shooter video game developed by Magic Wand Productions with Kynogon's AI middleware Kynapse, and released on November 30, 2007 by…

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The History Channel: Battle for the Pacific is a shooter developed by Cauldron HQ, released 30 November 2007 on PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 2.

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What The History Channel: Battle for the Pacific is

The History Channel: Battle for the Pacific is a shooter game developed by Cauldron HQ and released in 2007. It was published by Activision Value. It is available on PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

The History Channel: Battle for the Pacific is a historical first-person shooter video game developed by Magic Wand Productions with Kynogon's AI middleware Kynapse, and released on November 30, 2007 by Activision and the History Channel for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii and Xbox 360. Battle for the Pacific allows players to participate in some of the most famous battles in the Pacific Theater of Operations of World War II, such as The Battle of Iwo Jima and The Battle of Corregidor.
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How it plays

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

Where it sits in the History Channel series

The History Channel: Battle for the Pacific is the fourth of 8 entries we hold in the History Channel series. The next entry was The History Channel: Civil War - Secret Missions in 2008. Its critic score of 40 is 13 points below the series average of 53. The highest-rated entry is Legends of War: Patton at 70.

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How it was received

The History Channel: Battle for the Pacific holds a critic score of 40 out of 100. That places it above 4% of the 3,306 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2007 averaged 64, so it scored 24 points below the year average.

What it launched against

The History Channel: Battle for the Pacific launched on 30 November 2007, within three weeks of Mass Effect, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Assassin's Creed and Crysis. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Mass Effect, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Assassin's Creed, Crysis.

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When did The History Channel: Battle for the Pacific come out?
The History Channel: Battle for the Pacific was released on 30 November 2007 for PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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