<s>
Nexuiz	B-Device
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
first-person	I-Application
shooter	I-Application
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Alientrap	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
(	O
GPL	B-License
)	O
and	O
uses	O
the	O
DarkPlaces	O
engine	O
,	O
a	O
modified	O
Quake	B-Application
engine	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
remake	O
,	O
also	O
called	O
Nexuiz	B-Device
,	O
has	O
been	O
released	O
for	O
Steam	B-Application
and	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
using	O
CryEngine	B-Application
3	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nexuiz	B-Device
is	O
primarily	O
multiplayer	O
(	O
though	O
it	O
includes	O
a	O
full	O
single-player	O
campaign	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
one	O
to	O
play	O
through	O
the	O
various	O
multiplayer	O
game	O
types	O
and	O
maps	O
with	O
bots	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
allows	O
for	O
hosting	O
and	O
joining	O
of	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
new	O
gametypes	O
,	O
or	O
whole	O
conversions	O
quickly	O
applied	O
to	O
it	O
(	O
much	O
like	O
Quake	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nexuiz	B-Device
development	O
started	O
as	O
a	O
Quake	B-Application
modification	O
in	O
the	O
summer	O
of	O
2001	O
by	O
Lee	O
Vermeulen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soon	O
afterward	O
the	O
project	O
moved	O
to	O
the	O
DarkPlaces	O
engine	O
created	O
by	O
Ashley	B-Application
Hale	I-Application
,	O
who	O
later	O
also	O
joined	O
the	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
four	O
years	O
of	O
development	O
with	O
no	O
budget	O
,	O
Nexuiz	B-Device
1.0	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
May	O
31	O
,	O
2005	O
,	O
completely	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
GPL	I-License
,	O
and	O
by	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
June	O
had	O
over	O
a	O
quarter	O
million	O
downloads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2008	O
,	O
a	O
call	O
was	O
made	O
for	O
more	O
developers	O
for	O
Nexuiz	B-Device
by	O
the	O
main	O
(	O
and	O
only	O
)	O
QuakeC	B-Application
developer	O
,	O
who	O
identified	O
organizational	O
issues	O
associated	O
with	O
many	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Responses	O
to	O
this	O
call	O
highlighted	O
the	O
need	O
for	O
better	O
documentation	O
of	O
QuakeC	B-Application
and	O
the	O
Nexuiz	B-Device
code	O
,	O
while	O
also	O
acknowledging	O
the	O
difficulty	O
that	O
documentation	O
of	O
this	O
placed	O
on	O
the	O
small	O
team	O
of	O
Nexuiz	B-Device
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
mid-November	O
2008	O
,	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
people	O
expressed	O
interest	O
in	O
continuing	O
development	O
of	O
Nexuiz	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
1	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
revealed	O
that	O
IllFonic	O
purchased	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
name	O
Nexuiz	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
22	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
the	O
fork	B-Application
Xonotic	B-Application
of	O
Nexuiz	B-Device
was	O
announced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
of	O
the	O
core	O
contributors	O
and	O
community	O
members	O
of	O
Nexuiz	B-Device
moved	O
to	O
this	O
new	O
project	O
as	O
they	O
felt	O
that	O
sale	O
of	O
the	O
name	O
Nexuiz	B-Device
mishandles	O
the	O
original	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
13	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
Crytek	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
licensed	O
the	O
Cryengine	B-Application
3	I-Application
for	O
IllFonic	O
's	O
Nexuiz	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
September	O
2006	O
issue	O
of	O
the	O
magazine	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
,	O
Nexuiz	B-Device
was	O
included	O
in	O
an	O
article	O
on	O
Internet	O
developers	O
and	O
free	O
games	O
impacting	O
the	O
industry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameStop	O
locations	O
across	O
the	O
US	O
held	O
an	O
in-store	O
Nexuiz	B-Device
"	O
PC	O
gaming	O
challenge	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
3	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
the	O
name	O
Nexuiz	B-Device
had	O
been	O
licensed	O
to	O
IllFonic	O
for	O
commercial	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Arcade	I-Device
,	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Network	I-Device
and	O
Steam	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
CryEngine	B-Application
3	I-Application
,	O
instead	O
of	O
the	O
DarkPlaces	O
engine	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Community	O
changes	O
to	O
the	O
Nexuiz	B-Device
project	O
initiated	O
two	O
free	O
forks	B-Application
called	O
Xonotic	B-Application
and	O
later	O
Rexuiz	O
.	O
</s>
