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Citing Halo, FEAR, and Half-Life 2 as inspirations, Sprawl: Zero waves goodbye to boomer shooters and heralds the arrival of the Millennial FPS

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Half-Life 2
Genres · fps
Release · Nov 16, 2004
Developer · Valve
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Active · 2026
Latest · Sprawl Zero
Top genres · fps
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Latest · Waves 2: Notorious
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