<s>
Dark	B-Application
Sector	I-Application
,	O
stylized	O
as	O
darkSector	O
is	O
a	O
third-person	O
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Digital	O
Extremes	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dark	B-Application
Sector	I-Application
received	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
for	O
its	O
visual	O
design	O
,	O
originality	O
of	O
action	O
and	O
weapon-based	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
critics	O
have	O
compared	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
Resident	B-Application
Evil	I-Application
4	I-Application
and	O
Gears	B-Application
of	I-Application
War	I-Application
,	O
for	O
their	O
similar	O
style	O
of	O
play	O
and	O
story	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gameplay	O
of	O
Dark	B-Application
Sector	I-Application
revolves	O
around	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
Glaive	O
,	O
a	O
tri-blade	O
throwing	O
weapon	O
similar	O
to	O
a	O
boomerang	O
which	O
returns	O
to	O
Hayden	O
after	O
each	O
throw	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
has	O
no	O
HUD	B-Application
(	O
except	O
for	O
the	O
ammo	O
counter	O
)	O
;	O
Hayden	O
's	O
health	O
is	O
shown	O
by	O
the	O
screen	O
flashing	O
red	O
when	O
he	O
takes	O
damage	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
an	O
indicator	O
showing	O
the	O
attacker	O
's	O
position	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dark	B-Application
Sector	I-Application
has	O
an	O
online	O
multiplayer	O
mode	O
,	O
where	O
there	O
are	O
two	O
modes	O
of	O
gameplay	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Dark	B-Application
Sector	I-Application
is	O
set	O
in	O
Lasria	O
,	O
a	O
fictional	O
satellite	O
country	O
bordering	O
the	O
Soviet	O
Union	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
prologue	O
,	O
set	O
near	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
Cold	B-Application
War	I-Application
,	O
the	O
Lasrians	O
discover	O
an	O
American	O
submarine	O
off	O
the	O
coast	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
antagonist	O
,	O
Robert	O
Mezner	O
(	O
voiced	O
by	O
Dwight	O
Schultz	O
)	O
,	O
is	O
an	O
ex-CIA	O
agent	O
who	O
seeks	O
to	O
build	O
a	O
utopia	B-Application
by	O
spreading	O
the	O
Technocyte	O
virus	O
across	O
the	O
planet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dark	B-Application
Sector	I-Application
begins	O
with	O
Hayden	O
Tenno	O
infiltrating	O
a	O
gulag	O
compound	O
in	O
Lasria	O
that	O
supposedly	O
holds	O
people	O
infected	O
with	O
the	O
Technocyte	O
virus	O
(	O
which	O
leaves	O
them	O
a	O
mindless	O
mutant	O
with	O
metallic	O
skin	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hayden	O
wakes	O
up	O
later	O
in	O
the	O
Vozro	O
Research	O
Facility	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
Technocyte	O
virus	O
was	O
researched	O
during	O
the	O
Cold	B-Application
War	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
of	O
Dark	B-Application
Sector	I-Application
was	O
announced	O
on	O
February	O
11	O
,	O
2000	O
,	O
on	O
Digital	O
Extremes	O
 '	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
originally	O
proposed	O
as	O
a	O
follow	O
up	O
to	O
Digital	O
Extremes	O
and	O
Epic	O
Games	O
 '	O
critically	O
acclaimed	O
multiplayer	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
,	O
Unreal	B-Operating_System
Tournament	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
officially	O
revealed	O
by	O
Digital	O
Extremes	O
 '	O
in	O
late	O
2005	O
,	O
around	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
release	O
of	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
reason	O
was	O
that	O
the	O
tech	O
demo	O
was	O
originally	O
built	O
before	O
the	O
team	O
knew	O
the	O
maximum	O
specifications	O
of	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dark	B-Application
Sector	I-Application
was	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Sector	O
Engine	O
,	O
later	O
changed	O
to	O
the	O
Evolution	O
Engine	O
,	O
both	O
Digital	O
Extremes	O
 '	O
proprietary	O
game	O
engines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dark	B-Application
Sector	I-Application
project	O
lead	O
,	O
Steve	O
Sinclair	O
,	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
engine	O
was	O
written	O
from	O
scratch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
producer	O
of	O
Dark	B-Application
Sector	I-Application
,	O
Dave	O
Kudirka	O
said	O
when	O
they	O
first	O
built	O
the	O
engine	O
,	O
they	O
did	O
not	O
want	O
it	O
to	O
look	O
like	O
the	O
Unreal	O
Engine	O
3	O
,	O
and	O
they	O
wanted	O
their	O
own	O
perspective	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
asked	O
about	O
the	O
games	O
 '	O
engine	O
being	O
made	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
or	O
PC	B-Device
,	O
he	O
replied	O
"	O
plausible	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Windows	O
version	O
of	O
Dark	B-Application
Sector	I-Application
was	O
initially	O
planned	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
date	O
as	O
on	O
consoles	O
,	O
but	O
later	O
it	O
was	O
dropped	O
and	O
there	O
was	O
no	O
news	O
on	O
its	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
19	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
some	O
sites	O
reported	O
that	O
a	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
video	I-General_Concept
showed	O
Dark	B-Application
Sector	I-Application
running	O
on	O
a	O
PC	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
March	O
2009	O
,	O
Aspyr	O
and	O
Noviy	O
Disk	O
announced	O
the	O
partnership	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
publish	O
Dark	B-Application
Sector	I-Application
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
with	O
March	O
23	O
,	O
2009	O
being	O
a	O
targeted	O
release	O
date	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
English/French	O
version	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
Steam	B-Application
on	O
March	O
24	O
,	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PC	B-Device
version	O
's	O
multiplayer	O
mode	O
is	O
only	O
available	O
via	O
Local	B-General_Concept
Area	I-General_Concept
Network	I-General_Concept
play	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
a	O
straight	O
port	O
of	O
the	O
console	O
version	O
with	O
no	O
extra	O
code	O
for	O
internet	O
connectivity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
comic	O
titled	O
Dark	B-Application
Sector	I-Application
Zero	O
was	O
released	O
with	O
Dark	B-Application
Sector	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dark	B-Application
Sector	I-Application
received	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aggregating	O
review	O
websites	O
GameRankings	O
and	O
Metacritic	O
gave	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
version	O
73.24	O
%	O
and	O
72/100	O
,	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
version	O
73.14	O
%	O
and	O
72/100	O
and	O
the	O
PC	B-Device
version	O
65.22	O
%	O
and	O
66/100	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Greg	O
Howson	O
of	O
The	O
Guardian	O
thought	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
similar	O
to	O
other	O
"	O
Gears	B-Application
of	I-Application
War	I-Application
clones	O
"	O
except	O
for	O
the	O
Glaive	O
mechanic	O
which	O
was	O
entertaining	O
,	O
however	O
"	O
the	O
thrill	O
soon	O
palls	O
,	O
leaving	O
you	O
with	O
a	O
solid	O
yet	O
hardly	O
essential	O
action	O
game.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Adam	O
Zweck	O
,	O
the	O
sales	O
and	O
product	O
manager	O
for	O
AFA	O
Interactive	O
,	O
the	O
local	O
distributors	O
of	O
Dark	B-Application
Sector	I-Application
,	O
told	O
GameSpot	O
AU	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
banned	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
violence	O
,	O
in	O
particular	O
the	O
finishing	O
moves	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
re-released	O
in	O
Australia	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
on	O
October	O
9	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
violence	O
was	O
censored	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
22	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
Dark	B-Application
Sector	I-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
cover	O
disc	O
of	O
PC	B-Device
Powerplay	O
,	O
an	O
Australian	O
PC	B-Device
gaming	O
magazine	O
,	O
although	O
this	O
was	O
the	O
heavily	O
censored	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
asked	O
about	O
a	O
sequel	O
in	O
2008	O
,	O
Steven	O
Sinclair	O
of	O
Digital	O
Extremes	O
stated	O
that	O
there	O
was	O
"	O
nothing	O
definitive	O
"	O
planned	O
,	O
but	O
commented	O
that	O
he	O
would	O
"	O
love	O
to	O
do	O
one	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
Dark	B-Application
Sector	I-Application
only	O
scratched	O
the	O
surface	O
of	O
the	O
character	O
and	O
weapon	O
's	O
potential	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Digital	O
Extremes	O
eventually	O
developed	O
a	O
free-to-play	O
game	O
,	O
titled	O
Warframe	B-Application
,	O
which	O
borrows	O
heavily	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
Dark	B-Application
Sector	I-Application
concept	O
video	O
and	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
concept	O
for	O
Dark	B-Application
Sector	I-Application
was	O
more	O
similar	O
to	O
what	O
Warframe''	O
is	O
now	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
put	O
in	O
a	O
modern	O
setting	O
with	O
a	O
linear	O
,	O
single-player	O
mode	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
industry	O
landscape	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
such	O
,	O
Warframe	B-Application
is	O
considered	O
a	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
a	O
handful	O
of	O
nods	O
to	O
Dark	O
Sector.	O
'	O
</s>
