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WELCOME TO RED PLANET ARENA THE OFFICIAL HOMEPAGE OF ALIEN ARENA!

Alien Arena (latest release date December 29, 2011)

Do you like old school deathmatch with modern features? How about rich, colorful, arcadelike atmospheres? How about...retro Sci Fi? Then you're going to love what Alien Arena has in store for you! This game combines some of the very best aspects of such games as Quake III and Unreal Tournament and wraps them up with a retro alien theme, while adding tons of original ideas to make the game quite unique.

Alien Arena is a furious frag fest with arenas ranging from the small, to the massive. With a large built-in player base, it's never hard to find a good match going on, at any hour of the day. The community is friendly, as well as prolific. Dozens of maps, models, and various accessories have been created by community members to add on to the game experience. The CRX engine that powers Alien Arena has received very signifigant upgrades in recent releases, resulting not only in stunning new visuals, but vastly increased performance as well.

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Per-pixel lighting and soft shadows
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Dramatic environments
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What are you waiting for? Download the game now!

Follow Alien Arena on Facebook and Twitter! Read Irritant's dev blog on Word Press!




Hosted Servers

There are several high quality server hosts that can provide inexpensive servers for you to host dedicated Alien Arena games that provide very smooth network reliabliltity and have great technical support.

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Tournaments

Alien Arena has running tournaments and you can organize your own at TournamentFront

Weekly tournaments:

Tuesday 10pm GMT/UTC: Tuesday Instagib Tourney + Fun Round with game mode and map picked by the winner
Saturday 10pm GMT/UTC: Saturday Instagib Tourney + Fun Round with game mode and map picked by the winner
Sunday 10pm GMT/UTC: Martian Mayhem DM + Fun Round with game mode and map picked by the winner


Alien Arena Informational Sites

Need help getting started with Alien Arena? Looking for clan information, tournaments or other happenings? Then check out these community built Alien Arena websites that can get you heading in the right direction!

Alien Arena Beginners Guide
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Third Party Content

The Alien Arena community is one of the most active of any free FPS when it comes to making content for the game! From maps to models, from sounds to custom HUD's and other graphics, there is a ton of additional content from which players can choose to expand upon their game.

Visit Xenos's Alien Arena page - the Epicenter of Third Party Alien Arena Content
Freaky's 3rd Party and Classic Maps



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