Singularity video game by Activision

February 8, 2011

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While the concept behind this video game is likely riffing on the various defintions of singularity from physics, as opposed to the metaphorical “technological Singularity,” it’s clear that the term has wormed its way into mainstream pop culture, and is having a strong impact on the cultural zeitgeist.

Wikipedia | Singularity is a video game developed by Raven Software, published by Activision Blizzard, Inc. and released for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3.  

Singularity is Raven Software’s second title based on Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 3. The title was announced at Activision’s E3 2008 press conference.

Singularity takes place on a fictional island known as Katorga-12, where Russian experiments involving Element 99 took place during the height of the Cold War. In 1955, a catastrophe involving experiments attempting to form a “Singularity” occurred on the island, causing the island’s very existence to be covered up by the Russian government.

In 2010, a sudden electromagnetic surge from Katorga-12 damages an American spy satellite.

A military reconnaissance team is sent to investigate the uninhabited island, but a second surge causes their helicopter to crash. Captain Nathaniel Renko, a member of the reconnaissance team, enters the abandoned scientific complex on the island, where he phases between 1955 and 2010.

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Singularity official website by Activision
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