<s>
Æon	B-Application
Flux	I-Application
is	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
adaptation	O
of	O
the	O
2005	O
science	O
fiction	O
film	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
,	O
with	O
elements	O
of	O
the	O
Æon	B-Application
Flux	I-Application
animated	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
November	O
2005	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
and	O
Xbox	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Æon	B-Application
Flux	I-Application
,	O
the	O
protagonist	O
and	O
top	O
operative	O
in	O
the	O
underground	O
"	O
Monican	O
"	O
rebellion	O
,	O
is	O
sent	O
on	O
a	O
mission	O
to	O
kill	O
one	O
of	O
Bregna	O
's	O
most	O
influential	O
government	O
leaders	O
,	O
Trevor	O
Goodchild	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
game	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
original	O
animated	O
series	O
was	O
announced	O
on	O
April	O
9	O
,	O
1996	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
first	O
made	O
an	O
appearance	O
at	O
E3	O
that	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
with	O
Æon	B-Application
Flux	I-Application
creator	O
Peter	O
Chung	O
on	O
hand	O
to	O
promote	O
it	O
,	O
and	O
commercial	O
advertising	O
was	O
even	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
1996	O
VHS	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
animated	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
merger	O
would	O
ultimately	O
lead	O
to	O
the	O
cancellation	O
of	O
Viacom	O
's	O
in-development	O
games	O
and	O
subsequently	O
leave	O
Cryo	O
without	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
Æon	B-Application
Flux	I-Application
property	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
mid-1997	O
,	O
the	O
Æon	B-Application
Flux	I-Application
video	O
game	O
rights	O
were	O
acquired	O
by	O
GT	O
Interactive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
assets	O
were	O
not	O
lost	O
however	O
,	O
but	O
were	O
reworked	O
into	O
the	O
1997	O
title	O
Pax	B-Application
Corpus	I-Application
,	O
having	O
been	O
stripped	O
of	O
all	O
copyrighted	O
association	O
with	O
Æon	B-Application
Flux	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pax	B-Application
Corpus	I-Application
does	O
retain	O
many	O
obvious	O
similarities	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
animated	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
using	O
a	O
then-current	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Unreal	B-Operating_System
Engine	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
appeared	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
3D	O
third-person	O
action	O
title	O
similar	O
to	O
The	O
Collective	O
's	O
previous	O
title	O
,	O
Star	B-Operating_System
Trek	I-Operating_System
:	I-Operating_System
Deep	I-Operating_System
Space	I-Operating_System
Nine	I-Operating_System
:	I-Operating_System
The	I-Operating_System
Fallen	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Still	O
,	O
Terminal	O
Reality	O
rose	O
to	O
the	O
task	O
and	O
managed	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
complete	O
Æon	B-Application
Flux	I-Application
game	O
in	O
less	O
than	O
a	O
year	O
,	O
due	O
in	O
part	O
to	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
the	O
developer	O
created	O
much	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
using	O
an	O
engine	O
they	O
had	O
already	O
built	O
for	O
their	O
previous	O
title	O
,	O
BloodRayne	B-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
which	O
cut	O
down	O
on	O
development	O
time	O
dramatically	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nine	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
first	O
ill-fated	O
attempt	O
and	O
five	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
second	O
,	O
an	O
Æon	B-Application
Flux	I-Application
game	O
was	O
finally	O
completed	O
and	O
released	O
to	O
the	O
market	O
in	O
November	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
help	O
add	O
to	O
the	O
box	O
office	O
gross	O
of	O
the	O
film	O
and	O
to	O
sell	O
more	O
games	O
,	O
specially	O
marked	O
copies	O
sold	O
in	O
the	O
US	O
came	O
with	O
a	O
pass	O
to	O
see	O
the	O
Æon	B-Application
Flux	I-Application
film	O
and	O
an	O
attached	O
thank	O
you	O
note	O
from	O
Majesco	O
Entertainment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
"	O
average	O
"	O
reviews	O
on	O
both	O
platforms	O
according	O
to	O
video	O
game	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
