<s>
Damnation	B-Application
is	O
a	O
steampunk	O
shooter	O
,	O
co-developed	O
by	O
Blue	O
Omega	O
Entertainment	O
and	O
Point	O
of	O
View	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Codemasters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2009	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
and	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Damnation	B-Application
features	O
large	O
,	O
open	O
environments	O
where	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
acrobatics	O
and	O
Hollywood-action	O
stunts	O
are	O
possible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Damnation	B-Application
features	O
verticality	O
which	O
differentiates	O
it	O
from	O
many	O
other	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
genre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Damnation	B-Application
has	O
steam-powered	O
vehicles	O
which	O
are	O
also	O
able	O
to	O
execute	O
various	O
feats	O
of	O
mobility	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
climbing	O
up	O
walls	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Damnation	B-Application
is	O
set	O
in	O
an	O
alternate	O
history	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
US	O
,	O
which	O
the	O
American	O
Civil	O
War	O
stretches	O
out	O
to	O
several	O
decades	O
with	O
highly	O
advanced	O
steampunk	O
technology	O
spearheads	O
the	O
great	O
technological	O
advancement	O
,	O
instead	O
of	O
combustion	O
engines	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
US	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
originally	O
started	O
as	O
an	O
Unreal	B-Application
Tournament	I-Application
2004	I-Application
mod	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
entered	O
into	O
Epic	O
Games	O
 '	O
first	O
Make	O
Something	O
Unreal	O
contest	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
demo	O
was	O
scheduled	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Network	I-Device
and	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
Live	O
Marketplace	O
in	O
early	O
January	O
2009	O
but	O
that	O
was	O
never	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
prize	O
was	O
a	O
limited	O
edition	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
with	O
a	O
steampunk	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Damnation	B-Application
received	O
"	O
unfavorable	O
"	O
reviews	O
on	O
all	O
platforms	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Andy	O
Hartup	O
wrote	O
in	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
World	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
"[o]ne	O
of	O
the	O
worst	O
shooters	O
of	O
this	O
generation	O
.	O
</s>
