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{{Infobox video game
|title = Turok
| title = Turok
|image = [[Image:Turok 2008.jpg|256px]]
| image = Turok 2008.jpg
| developer = [[Propaganda Games]]<br/>[[Aspyr]] (Windows)
|caption =
| publisher = [[Disney Interactive Studios]]{{efn|Released under the [[Touchstone Pictures#Touchstone Interactive|Touchstone Interactive]] banner.}}
|developer = [[Propaganda Games]]<br>[[Aspyr Media]] (PC)
| director = Mike Jacob
|publisher = [[Touchstone Pictures]] (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360) <br/> [[Capcom]] (PC)
| producer = Craig Ostrander<br />Gene Ransom
|distributor = [[Touchstone Pictures]] (North America, UK)<br> [[Capcom]] (Worldwide)
| programmer = Andrew Fisher
|designer =
| artist = Jay Riddle
|ratings = [[BBFC]]:15<br>[[ESRB]]: M<br>[[PEGI]]: 18+<br>[[USK]]: 18
| writer = Doug Barber
|engine = [[Unreal Engine|Unreal Engine 3]]
| composer = Paul Ruskay
|platforms = [[PlayStation 3]], [[Xbox 360]], [[Microsoft Windows]]
| series = ''[[Turok (video game series)|Turok]]''
|genre = [[Action game|Action]]<ref name="GamePro">{{cite web|url=http://www.gamepro.com/microsoft/xbox360/28396/info.shtml|title=''Turok 2008'' Page|publisher=[[GamePro]]|accessdate=2008-04-29}}</ref><br>[[First-person shooter]]
| engine = [[Unreal Engine 3]]
|modes = [[Single-player]], [[Multiplayer video game|Multiplayer]]
|released = '''PlayStation 3, Xbox 360'''<br>{{vgrelease|NA=[[January 31]] [[2008]]}} {{vgrelease|EU=[[February 8]] [[2008]]}}
| platforms = [[PlayStation 3]]<br />[[Xbox 360]]<br />[[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]
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'''Microsoft Windows'''<br>Worldwide: [[April 22]] [[2008]]
| genre = [[First-person shooter]]<ref name="GamePro">{{cite web|url=http://www.gamepro.com/microsoft/xbox360/28396/info.shtml|title=''Turok 2008'' Page|publisher=[[GamePro]]|access-date=April 29, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011164231/http://gamepro.com/microsoft/xbox360/28396/info.shtml|archive-date=October 11, 2007}}</ref>
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]], [[Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]]
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'''''Turok''''' is a [[first-person shooter]] video game developed by [[Propaganda Games]], and published by [[Disney Interactive Studios]] (through its [[Disney Interactive Studios#Touchstone Interactive|Touchstone Games]] banner) for the [[PlayStation 3]] and [[Xbox 360]] in February 2008, later ported on to [[Microsoft Windows]] in April. This is the only game produced under the Touchstone Games label. The game is loosely based on the [[Turok|comic book series of the same title]] and is a reboot of previous [[Turok (video game series)|''Turok'']] video games. Players assume the role of [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] [[space marine]] Joseph Turok, who is part of a team sent to a remote planet to apprehend General Roland Kane, Turok's former commanding officer, who is now a wanted war criminal. After crash landing, Turok discovers that the planet is home to all manner of dinosaurs, and must fight both the predatory creatures and Kane's private army on his mission to take down his former mentor.
'''''Turok''''' is the latest installment in the [[first-person shooter]] [[Turok video games]] series based on [[Acclaim Entertainment|Acclaim Entertainment's]] [[Turok|comic series under the same name]]. The game was scheduled to be released in [[North America]] for the [[PlayStation 3]] and [[Xbox 360]] on [[February 5]], [[2008]], however, it was instead released on [[January 31]]. It was released on [[April 22]], [[2008]] for the [[Personal computer|PC]].{{Fact|date=March 2008}} Turok was developed by [[Propaganda Games]] and [[video game publisher|published]] and distributed by [[Disney Interactive Studios]] under the [[Touchstone Pictures|Touchstone]] banner in [[North America]], [[Ireland]] and [[United Kingdom]] and by [[Capcom]] in all other territories.


This was the first and only video game published by Touchstone Interactive before its closure in 2008.
==Plot==
Despite being titled "Turok", the title is treated as a series [[Reboot (fiction)|reboot]] and bears no relation to the continuity of the previous games or to the comic books.


The game received mixed reviews from critics. A planned sequel to ''Turok'' was cancelled following the closure of Propaganda Games.
The player takes the role of Joseph Turok. Previously, Turok was a member of Wolf Pack, a specialized military detachment whose members were trained in black ops by General Roland Kane. After a falling out with the group, Turok was reassigned back to the military and was eventually made the newest member of Whiskey Company—a team that has been assembled to apprehend his former mentor and return him to Earth. Formerly 'General' Kane, he had supposedly disappeared three years earlier only to have surfaced once again on a world under the jurisdiction of the Mendel-Gruman (M-G) Corporation.


==Gameplay==
At first, the crew shuns him thinking that he is an inexperienced fighter, untrustworthy, and a liability. One particular member, Slade, has a grudge against Turok because his brother was killed in the same battle from which Turok had reputedly fled, earning him his dubious reputation. Unbeknownst to the team, Roland Kane is in command of a secret paramilitary force working for Mendel-Gruman.
The [[gameplay]] of ''Turok'' is similar to that of most first-person shooters, with a strong focus on survival in dangerous [[natural environment]]s. The human enemies, under the leadership of Kane, are the main threat to the player, although dinosaurs may often be found wandering throughout the game. The dinosaurs act as a neutral force and, if the player chooses, can be used as a tool to attack enemy soldiers. This may be done by attracting roaming dinosaurs to a firefight (via: flares, gunshots, etc.) to aid the player and help dispatch the enemy, with possible other ways depending on the situation. The dinosaurs' intelligence are much alike the Earth dinosaurs, so other dinosaurs and all humans, including the player's allies and enemies, may be attacked.<ref name="1up.com">{{cite web|last=Holzworth |first=Chris |url=http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3162125 |title=Turok Preview for 360 from |publisher=1UP.com |date=August 21, 2007 |access-date=December 11, 2013}}</ref> The game does not utilize an aim-assist feature.


The developer [[Propaganda Games]] has included an additional, stealth mechanic in the game. Because ''Turok'' takes place mostly in jungle environments with a focus on ambiance, the player may kill enemies with a bow or knife without being heard or use dinosaurs to attract the attention of other enemies and slip by unnoticed. A famed new feature into this game is the Silent Kill, which is done by drawing the knife, then attacking a human or unaware dinosaur from behind. The kill can be utilized against dinosaurs and humans alike as a finishing blow, and can be executed from any side. The knife is also utilized as a self-defense weapon during phases known as "mauls", where the player is attacked by a dinosaur or bug, and must hammer on the according buttons in order to counter-attack or fend off the attack.
On approach to their target, the starship they are in is shot down from orbit and crash lands on the terraformed surface where Turok quickly learns that the dinosaurs inhabiting its jungles were created with accelerated evolution. Through several adventures, Turok and the surviving marines eventually discover that Kane has created a Soldier bug-based biotoxin with deadly and immediate effects that disperses harmlessly after use, making it an ideal first strike weapon. Whiskey Company comes up with a plan to stop Kane and escape the planet but in the ensuing battle, most of the crew are killed by many of Kane's soldiers and dinosaurs, including a giant eel-like creature that serves as a boss. The survivors manage to penetrate Kane's defenses and sabotage the base. Only Slade, Shepherd, and Turok manage to make it to the spaceship and make ready to leave, but Turok is left behind at his request to head back into the ruins and face Kane. After an ensuing battle, Kane is defeated by Turok in a knife duel.


===Multiplayer===
Shortly after Kane's death, an attacking ''T. rex'' charges into the scene which Turok is forced to fight with weapons scattered across the landing area where the battle had taken place. After finally defeating the ''T. rex'', Slade and Shepherd return to pick up Turok and leave the hostile world for Earth.
[[Online game|Online multiplayer]] support is also available. There is a (Team) Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, Wargames, and Assault Capture the Flag. Multiplayer supports up to 16 people, and 4 players for three co-op missions. A feature in the multiplayer—randomly spawning computer-controlled dinosaurs and insects that appear in various locations in levels—adds a new factor to the gameplay. While players must worry about the opposing enemies, they must now also worry about the hostile dinosaurs that will be attempting to kill them. There can be up to 4 A.I controlled dinosaurs or insects on any map at one time.<ref>{{cite web | author = Rob Purchese | title = Turok multiplayer details | publisher = Eurogamer | date = February 22, 2007 | url = https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/turok-multiplayer-details}}</ref>


Originally, the [[Xbox 360]] version of ''Turok'' was set to feature an [[Gamerscore|achievement]] called "Grab Bag", which required players to kill at least one enemy, one dinosaur, one teammate, and themselves, all in the same match.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamesradar.com/?id=175973 |title=News: Turok gives achievement for team killing |publisher=ComputerAndVideoGames.com |date=November 20, 2007 |access-date=December 11, 2013}}</ref> This caused controversy on the Internet as the achievement essentially rewarded players for team killing. Josh Holmes, a representative of Propaganda Games, described the creation of the Achievement by saying: "What we found was that players playing their first match in ''Turok'' – almost every player – was (accidentally) killing himself, a team mate and an enemy with a grenade or a Stick [sic] Bomb gun and so we thought 'hey, we should give them an achievement for that', as kind of a joke". He went on to say that developers were planning to release a patch removing Grab Bag if excessive team killing became a problem after launch. In the launch version of the game, the achievement removed the requirement of killing a teammate, and is awarded after the player kills an enemy, a dinosaur, and themselves in the same match.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamesradar.com/?id=177414 |title=News: Turok dev to scrap team kill achievement |publisher=ComputerAndVideoGames.com |date=December 12, 2007 |access-date=December 11, 2013}}</ref> A Map pack called the "''Velociraptor'' Pack" was later released, containing two new multiplayer maps, one new Co-op map, and 2 refurbished maps, which now take place at night.
==Gameplay Mechanics and Features==
The [[gameplay]] is similar to that of most first-person shooters, with a strong focus on survival in dangerous [[natural environment]]s. The human enemies, under the leadership of Kane, are the main threat to the player, although dinosaurs may often be found wandering throughout the game. The dinosaurs act as a neutral force and, if the player chooses, can be used as a tool to attack enemy soldiers. This may be done by attracting roaming dinosaurs to a firefight (via: flares, gunshots, etc.) to aid the player and help dispatch the enemy, with possible other ways depending on the situation. The dinosaur [[artificial intelligence|A.I]] is not limited in attacking specific enemies, so other dinosaurs and all humans, including the player's allies and enemies, may be attacked.[http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3162125] The game does not utilize an aim-assist feature.


The online multiplayer for the PlayStation 3 version has been permanently shutdown since February 2011.
Propaganda Games has included an additional, stealth mechanic in the game. Because ''Turok'' takes place mostly in jungle environments with a focus on ambiance, the player may kill enemies with a bow or knife without being heard or use dinosaurs to attract the attention of other enemies and slip by unnoticed. A famed new feature into this game is the Silent Kill, which is done by drawing your knife, then attacking a human or unaware dino from behind. The kill can be utilized against dinosaurs and humans alike as a finishing blow, and can be executed from any side. The kills are incredibly gory, (such as attacking a raptor from a certain angle, then stabbing it in the head, ripping the knife out, then kicking over the flailing beast.) The knife is also utilized as a self-defense weapon during phases known as "mauls", where the player is attacked by a dino or bug, and must hammer on the according buttons in order to counter-attack or fend off the attack.


==Plot==
At the end of the game, when you fight Kane as a boss, he steals your knife, and you must quickly hammer on the randomly chosen button(s) and finally kill him at the 5th or 6th set of buttons. These gameplay elements have been made optional, meaning the player is never forced to use stealth to their advantage if they wish not to. Well-known among ''Turok'' fans, the games generally feature a large, creative arsenal, with unconventional futuristic weaponry, much unlike that found in typical first-person shooters. Propaganda assures that they will stay true to the franchise's roots and create inventive and memorable weapons for the players' use. However, the cerebral bore didn't make its return in ''Turok''.[http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3162125] This ''Turok'' uses a heavily modified version of the [[Unreal Engine|Unreal 3 Engine]], with modifications on realistic textures, A.I, and particle effects.{{Fact|date=February 2007}}
Corporal Joseph Turok (Gregory Cruz), alongside fellow members of Whiskey Company, is tasked with apprehending [[war criminal]] General Roland Kane ([[Powers Boothe]]), who has resurfaced on a [[Backcountry|backwater]] planet after disappearing for several years. Unbeknownst to Whiskey Company, the planet is controlled by the Mendel-Grumman (M-G) Corporation, with Kane commanding an army of M-G soldiers. Kane is also the former leader of Wolf Pack, an elite [[Special forces|specialized]] [[Black operation|black ops]] detachment. Turok was a member of this unit but left over its ideals during a mission in [[Colombia]]. Whiskey Company member Slade ([[Ron Perlman]]) holds a grudge against Turok because his brother, also a member of Wolf Pack, was killed during that mission.


On approach, Whiskey Company is shot down and [[emergency landing|crash lands]] on the [[terraforming|terraformed]] planet, scattering the group. The land is populated by genetically-engineered [[dinosaur]]s created by M-G to use as weapons. Turok finds senior NCO Sergeant Henderson ([[Steve Van Wormer]]), who is killed by a [[Utahraptor]], and then Slade; the two reunite with sniper Reese ([[Gideon Emery]]).
==Multiplayer==
[[Online game|Online multiplayer]] support is also available. There is a (Team) Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, Wargames, and Assault Capture the Flag. Multiplayer supports up to 16 people, and 4 players for three co-op missions. A feature in the multiplayer—randomly spawning computer-controlled dinosaurs and insects that appear in various locations in levels—adds a new factor to the gameplay. While players must worry about the opposing enemies, they must now also worry about the hostile dinosaurs that will be attempting to kill them. There can be up to 4 A.I controlled dinosaurs or insects on any map at one time.<ref>{{cite web | author = Rob Purchese | title = Turok multiplayer details | publisher = Eurogamer | date = [[February 22]], [[2007]] | url = http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=73283}}</ref> [http://www.gametrailers.com/player/28012.html]. Split screen multiplayer is not supported in any form.


Reaching the crash site, the survivors locate more of Whiskey Company: leader Cole, second-in-command Lewis, Chief Engineer Carter (Jason Harris), heavy weapons trooper Jericho ([[Christopher Judge]]), weapons specialist Logan ([[William Fichtner]]), Whiskey Company's medic Parker ([[Joshua Gomez]]), technician and pilot Shepard ([[Donnie Wahlberg]]), and soldiers Foster (Jon Curry) and Gonzales ([[Lombardo Boyar]]). Tasked with finding the ship's comm unit, Turok encounters John Grimes (Sean Donnellan), Kane's second-in-command, and later another survivor, Cowboy ([[Timothy Olyphant]]), who is shot by Grimes. Whiskey Company comes to Cowboy's aid, and Turok resumes his search with Foster and Gonzales. After Foster is killed by a M-G sniper, Turok and Gonzales recover the comm unit. Gonzales is snatched by a large female ''[[Tyrannosaurus|Tyrannosaurus rex]]'' called, Mama Scarface. Turok injures Mama Scarface, but is knocked unconscious.
Originally, the [[Xbox 360]] version of ''Turok'' was set to feature an [[Xbox Live#Gamerscore|Achievement]] called "Grab Bag", which required players to kill at least one enemy, one dinosaur, one teammate, and themselves, all in the same match.<ref>[http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=175973 Computer and Video Games "Turok gives achievement for team killing" Tuesday, November 20th, 2007]</ref> This caused controversy on the internet as the achievement essentially rewards players for team killing. Josh Holmes, a representative of Propaganda Games, described the creation of the achievement by saying
"What we found was that players playing their first match in ''Turok'' - almost every player - was (accidentally) killing himself, a team mate and an enemy with a grenade or a Stick Bomb gun and so we thought 'hey, we should give them an achievement for that', as kind of a joke." He went on to say that developers were planning to release a patch removing Grab Bag if excessive team killing became a problem after launch.<ref>[http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=177414 Computer and Video Games "Turok dev to scrap team kill achievement" December 12th, 2007]</ref>
As of [[January 30]], 2008, The achievement has been modified via patch, so that one doesn't need to kill a teammate along with yourself, an enemy, and a dinosaur. the achievement description has changed, citing that one does not need to kill a teammate as well. The strong lag in multiplayer has been fixed by a patch.


Turok wakes and makes his way back to camp with the comm unit, where Slade accuses him of again betraying his comrades. Cole ([[Mark Rolston]]) is killed in a surprise attack by Grimes, and M-G troops storm the area. Whiskey Company fends off the attack, but Parker and Lewis are killed and the comm unit is destroyed. Logan assumes command; he orders Turok, Slade, and Carter to investigate some distant searchlights.
A Map pack called the "''Velociraptor'' Pack" has been released, containing 2 new multiplayer maps, one new Co-op map, and 2 refurbished maps, which now take place at Night.<ref>[http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/862/862161p1.html IGN "Turok's Dinosaurs Run Rampant with More Than 1 Million Units Shipped Worldwide
Touchstone also announces five new multiplayer downloadable maps and the release date of the PC version."]</ref>


Reaching an abandoned outpost, the trio find that Kane has derived a potent [[neurotoxin]] taken from scorpion-like creatures, as well as the location of a ship in a substation near the M-G base. The same creatures attack them, killing Carter, while Turok and Slade fall into a cave system. Turok saves Slade from a large tenatacled creature, earning Slade's respect. They escape the caves and link up with the remainder of Whiskey Company.
According to IGN's news article:"Of the five new Turok downloadable maps for consoles, two are completely new multiplayer maps, one is a new co-op map and two are re-lit versions of popular multiplayer maps available with the game. Below is a brief description of the five new maps:


An approaching M-G patrol causes Logan to accuse Turok of betraying Whiskey Company, but Slade defends Turok. The patrol inadvertently discovers them and Logan is killed. The group fight their way to the substation and Jericho sacrifices himself to allow them access. They find the ship derelict, and travel to the M-G base in search of another. At the entrance, Reese is killed by Grimes from afar. Making their way inside, indirectly helped by Mama Scarface, the group further learn that Kane has developed a lethal nerve gas from the scorpion creatures. To prevent the bio-weapon from leaving the planet, Turok sets [[explosive]] charges on the base's generators. Kane captures them and kills Cowboy for speaking out, but Turok detonates the charges, resulting in the death of Grimes.
*Co-Op – A brand new Turok co-op map for 2–4 players. In this co-op map your Whiskey Company squad has been captured and is being held in a Mendel-Gruman facility designed for holding dinosaurs. You and your team have to break out and make it to the rescue chopper before the Wolf Pack troops decide to feed you to the captured raptors.
*Desolation – A brand new swamp-based map where simple structures are set up alongside a rock cliff to allow helicopters and transports into the area to bring in supplies. There are many hiding spots on this multi-level map which enables numerous quiet kill opportunities.
*Sentinel – Another new multiplayer map and one of the largest Turok maps to date. The setting takes place at the top of a mountain around one of Kane's orbital defense arrays—the very base that shot down the Whiskey Company ship from orbit in the single-player campaign. Also, the presence of a few large dinosaurs on the map can make things very interesting during multiplayer combat.
*Inconclusive Tests – This time the Testing Grounds map takes place at night and offers a different view of the world that now contains more dark hiding spots. A word of caution—watch out for the raptors.
*A Rivalry Continues – As the name suggests, the struggle for the compound from A Heated Rivalry is not over and has extended into the eerie darkness of the night. "


Turok, Shepard, and Slade flee from the collapsing base. They reach another ship but Turok refuses to leave until Kane is dead. Turok shoots down Kane's ship, and they engage in a knife fight, ending in Turok killing Kane. Mama Scarface confronts Turok, who pushes a grenade into her ruptured eye which explodes, killing her. Turok is picked up by Shepard and Slade in their ship, and they set a course back to [[Earth]].
==Main Characters==
{{Refimprovesect|date=February 2008}}
* '''Joseph Turok''' – Joseph Turok is the main character of the game and the strongest member in Whiskey Company. He serves as the player character. Turok was part of an elite fighting force known as Wolf Pack, which he abandoned in Columbia under unknown circumstances. He was mentored by Roland Kane, who taught him how to use the Knife and Bow. The game confirms that he is [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]], specifically [[Kiowa]].
* '''Slade''' – Slade is often paired with Turok throughout the game. Slade considers Turok to be a traitor for abandoning Wolf Pack in Columbia, because his brother Robert fought and died there. He warms up to Turok after he saves his life from a large aquatic monster in a cave. He escapes in a ship with Turok and Shepard at the end of the game.
* '''Logan''' – Logan is an Enlisted Soldier in Whiskey Company. He assumes command after all officers are killed. As the game progresses, he becomes increasingly unstable. As a result he orders a suicide mission for Slade, Turok, and Carter, during which Carter is killed. Later, Logan starts acting incredibly paranoid, accusing Turok of treason when only he and Slade make it back. He then reveals the position of the remaining Whiskey Company soldiers to M-G Corp and picks a fight with a large enemy patrol. He is killed by a helicopter's machine gun after a failed attempt to destroy it with an RPG.
* '''Cowboy''' – Cowboy is a calm and cool-collected member of Whiskey Company. He is well respected by all of its members, and was at first the only one who would stand up for Turok. He assumes command when only he, Reese, Turok, Slade and Shepard are left alive. Cowboy is executed by Kane after contradicting him.
* '''Reese''' – Reese is a quiet, and even tempered sniper from Whiskey Company. Turok first meets him when Reese shoots a Raptor off his back. Reese then covers Turok and Slade from a distance until the three make it to the main crash site. He is one of the last five survivors after the fight Logan starts. Later, Reese gets killed by an arrow through his right eye, presumably by Grimes or Kane.
* '''Shepard''' – Technician of Whiskey Company who is always seen wearing a hat. Shepard is one of the five survivors of the fight Logan starts. He survives until the end, and flies the ship that he, Turok, and Slade find at the end of the game. Shepard serves as somewhat of a foil to Turok; he is very talkative and prone to complaining, whereas Turok is a silent type.
* '''Gonzales''' – A Whiskey Company soldier first seen mocking Turok's name and hair in the Prelude. He is sent with Turok to locate the Communications unit. After discovering the COMM unit, he is carried away and killed by Mama Scarface. Slade calls him his "best friend".
* '''Jericho''' - The Heavy Support of Whiskey Company. He is typically the soldier that charges the enemy with a Mini-Gun. Near the end of the game, he holds off a group of Grumman so the others can escape, although he is apparently killed in the fight.
* '''Foster''' - Foster is one of the minor surviving Whiskey Company soldiers, sent with Turok and Gonzales to find the COMM unit. He is killed by a Grumman sniper shot to the head.
* '''Carter''' - Another minor Soldier, who accompanies Turok on one of his missions. He appears to be a computer specialist. He is later attacked and killed by a Soldier Bug.
* '''Roland Kane''' – The game's main antagonist and the reason Whiskey Company arrives at the planet. He was Turok's former mentor, and taught him how to use the Knife and Bow. He is ruthless by nature and is responsible for most of Whiskey Company's deaths. He is the leader of Wolf Pack, but went AWOL with his team 3 years prior to the game. After an ensuing knife battle, Turok forces Kane onto the ground and stabs him to death.
* '''John Grimes''' – Kane's second-in-command. He helped Turok with his knife training during his Wolf Pack years. Grimes attacks Turok in the Jungle during his search for the COMM unit, and later kills Whiskey Company's leader, Cole, with an arrow. He disappears after an explosion caused by Whiskey Company sends debris on top of him and his squad of soldiers.
*'''The Mendel-Grumman Corporation''' - A military company that hired Kane to create a bio-weapon capable of wiping out thousands of people. The soldiers encountered throughout the game work for M-G Corp. It is revealed that M-G Corp terraformed the planet and created all the creatures on it. Their entire base is destroyed at the end of the game and it is unknown if any of the soldiers and employees survived. The M-G soldiers come in seven different types with their own different weapons, Grunt (SMG and Pistol), Veteran (Shotgun and Pistol), Elite (Pulse Rifle), Sniper (Sniper Rifle), RPG (RPG), Heavy Weapons (Chaingun) and Pyro (Flamethrower).


==Creatures==
==Development==
The game was in development for three years with a team of 150 people.<ref>{{cite web|first=Marke|last=Andrews|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97377869/the-vancouver-sun/|title=Turok steps out of comic book on to video gamer screens|newspaper=[[Vancouver Sun]]|page=30|date=January 31, 2008|accessdate=March 12, 2022|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.turok.com/home.html | title=Turok.com Intel Section | accessdate=2008-02-06 | format=flash}}</ref>
{{In-universe}}
*''[[Tyrannosaurus]]'' – The largest of all carnivorous enemies on the terraformed planet. A female is seen in the game and is known as "Mama Scarface" because of the scars on the right side of her face. The player faces Mama Scarface four times throughout the game, twice in actual battle. Juvenile versions of the ''T. rex'' are featured before the first fight with Mama Sarface, and could be assumed to be her offspring.
*''[[Velociraptor]]'' – The most commonly seen dinosaur on the planet. They are actually a lot closer in size to the ''[[Utahraptor]]'' than a ''Velociraptor''. They are encountered in most multiplayer maps. Several different types of ''Velociraptor'' are seen in the game: "spitters" that are grey in color, white versions of the ''Velociraptor'' called "albino raptors", and "mini raptors", which are smaller in size compared to the other types of ''Velociraptor''.
*[[Gorgonops]] - Known as ''Lurkers'' in the game, they are changed to be pack hunters.
*[[scorpion|Soldier Bug]] – Large creatures that resemble the common [[scorpion]].
*[[Sea Serpent|The Beast]] – An enormous species of reptile that resembles a black [[moray eel]] with tentacles. It serves as a boss once during the game.
*Unknown Carnivore - A giant carnivorous dinosaur that is only seen once in the game. Slade calls it a ''T. rex'', although the two dinosaurs don't look the same. It may possibly be a ''[[Giganotosaurus]]'' or a related dinosaur. This dinosaur can't be killed and has to be avoided.
*''[[Dilophosaurus]]'' - Large carnivorous dinosaurs that are seen on several occasions.
*''[[Parasaurolophus]]'' - Gentle herbivores that are completely harmless unless they are provoked.
*''[[Compsognathus]]'' - Small carnivorous dinosaurs that are often seen feeding on dead animals.
*''[[Apatosaurus]]'' - Huge, long-necked herbivores that are only seen in the background.
*''[[Pteranodon]]'' - Large, flying reptiles that are only seen in the background.
*''[[Meganeura]]'' - Huge, vicious dragonflies that appear near the end of the game.

== Development ==
Since the original owners of Turok, [[Acclaim]], went out of business shortly after releasing [[Turok: Evolution]], [[Disney Interactive Studios]] purchased the rights to the Turok franchise, and was looking for a developer. After sifting through several options, Vancouver based [[Propaganda Games]] was chosen, as the first tests impressed DIS, and began development.
Propaganda Games made sure to keep Turok similar to the previous games{{Fact|date=September 2008}}, but also to make it their own. Propaganda Games outsourced the multiplayer map designs to [[Threewave Software]] and [[Rockstar New England]].<ref>[http://www.shacknews.com/featuredarticle.x?id=692
Turok Multiplayer Hands-On Preview]</ref>


==Reception==
==Reception==
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Turok has received fairly positive reviews since its release. As of March 2008, the game holds an aggregate score of 70% on [[Gamerankings]]<ref>[http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/930158.asp?q=Turok Turok Reviews<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and a 69 out of 100 on [[Metacritic]].<ref>[http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbox360/turok Turok (xbox360: 2008): Reviews<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
| MC = (PC) 65/100<ref name="MCPC">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/turok/critic-reviews/?platform=pc |title=Turok for PC Reviews |publisher=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=October 16, 2020}}</ref><br>(PS3) 67/100<ref name="MCPS3">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/turok/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-3 |title=Turok for PlayStation 3 Reviews |publisher=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=October 16, 2020}}</ref><br>(X360) 69/100<ref name="MCX360">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/turok/critic-reviews/?platform=xbox-360 |title=Turok for Xbox 360 Reviews |publisher=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=October 16, 2020}}</ref>
| EuroG = 6/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Bramwell |first=Tom |date=April 3, 2008 |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/turok-review |title=Turok |publisher=[[Eurogamer]] |access-date=October 16, 2020}}</ref>
| GSpot = 6/10<ref>{{cite web |last=VanOrd |first=Kevin |date=May 6, 2008 |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/turok-review/1900-6190449/ |title=Turok Review |publisher=[[GameSpot]] |access-date=October 16, 2020}}</ref>
| IGN = 7.3/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Miller |first=Greg |date=January 31, 2008 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2008/01/31/turok-review-3 |title=Turok Review |publisher=[[IGN]] |access-date=October 16, 2020}}</ref>
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''Turok'' received "mixed or average" reviews, according to [[review aggregator]] [[Metacritic]].<ref name="MCPC"/><ref name="MCPS3"/><ref name="MCX360"/>
In terms of individual reviews, Turok has received a 9/10 from [[Play Magazine]] and a 7/10 from both the Official Xbox Magazine and the Official PlayStation Magazine (Australia). Both praised multiplayer but commented on the "''sketchy enemy awareness''" and "''dodgy textures''".<ref>[http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/930158.asp Turok Reviews<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> [[Game Trailers]], which gave the game 8.3/10, highlighted the game's use of the Unreal 3 Engine, believing it to be "the best use of the tech outside of Epic's own efforts" and praising the modeling and animation of the dinosaurs in particular.<ref>[http://www.gametrailers.com/player/30162.html Gametrailers.com - Turok - Review<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> [[1up.com]] gave the game a score of C+, specifically complaining about its stealth mechanics, the use of camera shaking, and occasional graphical glitches in the [[PlayStation 3]] version.<ref>[http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3165795 Turok PS3 Review Index, Turok Playstation 3 Reviews<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Gameplasma gave the game a 7 out of 10 claiming that "the storyline is mediocre" and it is "forgettable". <ref>[http://www.gameplasma.com/reviews.php?do=view&id=411 Turok Review | Xbox 360 | GamePlasma.com :: Gaming to the Next Level! :: GamePlasma Live BETA<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


''[[GameTrailers]]'', which gave the game 8.3/10, highlighted the game's use of the [[Unreal Engine 3]], believing it to be "the best use of the tech outside of Epic's own efforts" and praising the modeling and animation of the dinosaurs in particular.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gametrailers.com/player/30162.html |access-date=February 1, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080202115902/http://www.gametrailers.com/player/30162.html |title=Turok|website=[[GameTrailers]]|archive-date=February 2, 2008 }}</ref> ''[[1UP.com]]'' gave the game a score of C+, specifically complaining about its stealth mechanics, the use of camera shaking, and occasional graphical glitches in the PlayStation 3 version.<ref>{{cite web|last=Rybicki |first=Joe |url=http://www.1up.com/reviews/turok |title=Turok Review for PS3 from |publisher=1UP.com |date=January 31, 2008 |access-date=December 11, 2013}}</ref> ''[[Hyper (magazine)|Hyper]]'''s Yuri Spadeface commended the game for its "solid frame rate" but he criticised the "frustrating level design and average execution".<ref>{{cite journal|last=Spadeface|first=Yuri|date=March 2008|title=Turok|journal=[[Hyper (magazine)|Hyper]]|publisher=[[Next Media]]|issue=173|page=64|issn=1320-7458}}</ref> ''Turok'' received 3/5 from ''[[X-Play]]'', who commented on its aim-assist being woefully inadequate both in multiplayer and singleplayer, but praised its graphics and "outlook".<ref>{{cite web |author=Little Goten |url=https://g4tv.com/xplay/reviews/1711/Turok.html |title=Turok for Xbox 360 |publisher=G4tv |date=March 18, 2013 |access-date=December 11, 2013 |archive-date=October 15, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081015153036/http://www.g4tv.com/xplay/reviews/1711/Turok.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
[[The Escapist]] reviewer [[Ben Croshaw|Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw]] held the game up as a prime example of a bad console FPS, commenting on the bad controls, near non-existent story and unnecessary gameplay changes. Croshaw also commented that "the producers [of Turok] had to work extra hard to rip off [[Aliens (film)|Aliens]], with the kind of determination most game developers would use to make a good game" by not choosing not to follow the series' original story about a time traveling Native-American, "locking the established setting and storyline in a wardrobe and throwing it off a cliff." <ref>[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/zeropunctuation/3040-Zero-Punctuation-Turok The Escapist : Video Galleries : Zero Punctuation : Turok<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


''Turok'' was a commercial success, shifting over 1 million units in its first two months of sales.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2008/03/26/turoks-dinosaurs-run-rampant-with-more-than-1-million-units-shipped-worldwide |title=Turok's Dinosaurs Run Rampant with More Than 1 Million Units Shipped Worldwide – IGN |date=March 26, 2008 |publisher=Xbox360.ign.com |access-date=December 11, 2013}}</ref> The game was popular enough for Propaganda Games to begin working on a sequel for the Xbox 360 before the developer was shuttered.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gibson |first=Ellie |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/disney-throws-turok-sequel-in-the-bin |title=Disney throws Turok sequel in the bin |website=[[Eurogamer]] |date=January 30, 2009 |access-date=December 11, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.unseen64.net/2010/05/17/turok-2-x360ps3-cancelled/ |title=Turok 2 [Xbox 360 / PS3 – Cancelled&#93; &#124; Unseen 64: Beta, Cancelled & Unseen Videogames! |date=May 17, 2010 |publisher=Unseen 64 |access-date=December 11, 2013 |archive-date=November 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110114503/https://www.unseen64.net/2010/05/17/turok-2-x360ps3-cancelled/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.unseen64.net/2010/05/17/turok-2-x360ps3-cancelled/|title=Turok 2 [Xbox 360 / PS3 - Cancelled] - Unseen64|date=May 17, 2010|access-date=February 1, 2018|archive-date=November 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110114503/https://www.unseen64.net/2010/05/17/turok-2-x360ps3-cancelled/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/2013/9/16/4735864/here-is-what-the-cancelled-turok-2-would-have-looked-like-on-xbox-360|title=Here is what the cancelled Turok 2 would have looked like on Xbox 360|last=Gera|first=Emily|date=September 16, 2013|website=Polygon|access-date=February 1, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-09-17-this-is-what-cancelled-turok-2-looked-like|title=This is what cancelled Turok 2 looked like|first=Wesley|last=Yin-Poole|website=[[Eurogamer]]|date=September 17, 2013|access-date=February 1, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://v1.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/127824-Cancelled-Turok-2-Concept-Art-Features-Big-Guns-and-Dinosaurs#&gid=gallery_1776&pid=1|title=Cancelled Turok 2 Concept Art Features Big Guns and Dinosaurs|access-date=February 1, 2018|archive-date=November 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121030519/https://v1.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/127824-Cancelled-Turok-2-Concept-Art-Features-Big-Guns-and-Dinosaurs#&gid=gallery_1776&pid=1|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Turok received 3/5 from [[X-Play]], commenting on its aim-assist being woefully inadequate both in multiplayer and single-player, but praised its graphics and outlook.<ref>[http://www.g4tv.com/xplay/reviews/1711/Turok.html G4 - X-Play - Reviews<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In its G-phoria episode, it won the category of "Game Deserves An [[Uwe Boll]] Movie". [[Gamepro]] magazine reviewed the game, saying that "Turok isn't good enough to single handedly repair the franchise's tarnished reputation, but it is good enough that you'll want to forgive some of its ancestors' sins." They gave the graphics a 4.0, the sound a 3.75, the control a 4.75, and the fun factor a 3.75 out of 5.{{Fact|date=March 2008}}


==Notes==
[[Game Informer]] magazine reviewed Turok, and gave it a 7/10, stating "the ecosystem environment does not live up to what it was supposed to or should be. Minor problems like a paper thin story, the constant knocking of the camera from explosives and dinosaurs, the poor multiplayer and poorly spaced checkpoints, drag down what otherwise is a decent shooter." However, they liked the game for its voice talents including Powers Boothe and Timothy Olyphant. It was reviewed by Ben and Bertz, who both agreed on the same score.{{Fact|date=February 2008}}
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==Cast==
*[[Gregory Cruz]] as [[Turok#Fictional character biography|Joseph Turok]]
*[[Ron Perlman]] as Slade
*[[Timothy Olyphant]] as Cowboy
*[[Powers Boothe]] as Roland Kane
*[[William Fichtner]] as Logan
*[[Donnie Wahlberg]] as Shepard
*[[Christopher Judge]] as Jericho
*[[Sean Donnellan]] as Grimes
*[[Mark Rolston]] as Cole
*[[Gideon Emery]] as Reese
*[[Lombardo Boyar]] as Gonzales
*[[Joshua Gomez]] as Parker
*[[Jon Curry]] as Foster
*[[Jason Harris (TV host)|Jason Harris]] as Carter
*[[Steven Van Wormer]] as Henderson
*[[Mark Deakins]] as MG Commander


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For the Nintendo 64 game, see Turok: Dinosaur Hunter.
Turok
Developer(s)Propaganda Games
Aspyr (Windows)
Publisher(s)Disney Interactive Studios[a]
Director(s)Mike Jacob
Producer(s)Craig Ostrander
Gene Ransom
Programmer(s)Andrew Fisher
Artist(s)Jay Riddle
Writer(s)Doug Barber
Composer(s)Paul Ruskay
SeriesTurok
EngineUnreal Engine 3
Platform(s)PlayStation 3
Xbox 360
Windows
ReleasePlayStation 3, Xbox 360
  • NA: February 5, 2008
  • AU: February 7, 2008
  • EU: February 8, 2008
Microsoft Windows
  • NA: April 22, 2008
  • EU: June 13, 2008
  • AU: June 19, 2008
Genre(s)First-person shooter[1]
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Turok is a first-person shooter video game developed by Propaganda Games, and published by Disney Interactive Studios (through its Touchstone Games banner) for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in February 2008, later ported on to Microsoft Windows in April. This is the only game produced under the Touchstone Games label. The game is loosely based on the comic book series of the same title and is a reboot of previous Turok video games. Players assume the role of Native American space marine Joseph Turok, who is part of a team sent to a remote planet to apprehend General Roland Kane, Turok's former commanding officer, who is now a wanted war criminal. After crash landing, Turok discovers that the planet is home to all manner of dinosaurs, and must fight both the predatory creatures and Kane's private army on his mission to take down his former mentor.

This was the first and only video game published by Touchstone Interactive before its closure in 2008.

The game received mixed reviews from critics. A planned sequel to Turok was cancelled following the closure of Propaganda Games.

Gameplay[edit]

The gameplay of Turok is similar to that of most first-person shooters, with a strong focus on survival in dangerous natural environments. The human enemies, under the leadership of Kane, are the main threat to the player, although dinosaurs may often be found wandering throughout the game. The dinosaurs act as a neutral force and, if the player chooses, can be used as a tool to attack enemy soldiers. This may be done by attracting roaming dinosaurs to a firefight (via: flares, gunshots, etc.) to aid the player and help dispatch the enemy, with possible other ways depending on the situation. The dinosaurs' intelligence are much alike the Earth dinosaurs, so other dinosaurs and all humans, including the player's allies and enemies, may be attacked.[2] The game does not utilize an aim-assist feature.

The developer Propaganda Games has included an additional, stealth mechanic in the game. Because Turok takes place mostly in jungle environments with a focus on ambiance, the player may kill enemies with a bow or knife without being heard or use dinosaurs to attract the attention of other enemies and slip by unnoticed. A famed new feature into this game is the Silent Kill, which is done by drawing the knife, then attacking a human or unaware dinosaur from behind. The kill can be utilized against dinosaurs and humans alike as a finishing blow, and can be executed from any side. The knife is also utilized as a self-defense weapon during phases known as "mauls", where the player is attacked by a dinosaur or bug, and must hammer on the according buttons in order to counter-attack or fend off the attack.

Multiplayer[edit]

Online multiplayer support is also available. There is a (Team) Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, Wargames, and Assault Capture the Flag. Multiplayer supports up to 16 people, and 4 players for three co-op missions. A feature in the multiplayer—randomly spawning computer-controlled dinosaurs and insects that appear in various locations in levels—adds a new factor to the gameplay. While players must worry about the opposing enemies, they must now also worry about the hostile dinosaurs that will be attempting to kill them. There can be up to 4 A.I controlled dinosaurs or insects on any map at one time.[3]

Originally, the Xbox 360 version of Turok was set to feature an achievement called "Grab Bag", which required players to kill at least one enemy, one dinosaur, one teammate, and themselves, all in the same match.[4] This caused controversy on the Internet as the achievement essentially rewarded players for team killing. Josh Holmes, a representative of Propaganda Games, described the creation of the Achievement by saying: "What we found was that players playing their first match in Turok – almost every player – was (accidentally) killing himself, a team mate and an enemy with a grenade or a Stick [sic] Bomb gun and so we thought 'hey, we should give them an achievement for that', as kind of a joke". He went on to say that developers were planning to release a patch removing Grab Bag if excessive team killing became a problem after launch. In the launch version of the game, the achievement removed the requirement of killing a teammate, and is awarded after the player kills an enemy, a dinosaur, and themselves in the same match.[5] A Map pack called the "Velociraptor Pack" was later released, containing two new multiplayer maps, one new Co-op map, and 2 refurbished maps, which now take place at night.

The online multiplayer for the PlayStation 3 version has been permanently shutdown since February 2011.

Plot[edit]

Corporal Joseph Turok (Gregory Cruz), alongside fellow members of Whiskey Company, is tasked with apprehending war criminal General Roland Kane (Powers Boothe), who has resurfaced on a backwater planet after disappearing for several years. Unbeknownst to Whiskey Company, the planet is controlled by the Mendel-Grumman (M-G) Corporation, with Kane commanding an army of M-G soldiers. Kane is also the former leader of Wolf Pack, an elite specialized black ops detachment. Turok was a member of this unit but left over its ideals during a mission in Colombia. Whiskey Company member Slade (Ron Perlman) holds a grudge against Turok because his brother, also a member of Wolf Pack, was killed during that mission.

On approach, Whiskey Company is shot down and crash lands on the terraformed planet, scattering the group. The land is populated by genetically-engineered dinosaurs created by M-G to use as weapons. Turok finds senior NCO Sergeant Henderson (Steve Van Wormer), who is killed by a Utahraptor, and then Slade; the two reunite with sniper Reese (Gideon Emery).

Reaching the crash site, the survivors locate more of Whiskey Company: leader Cole, second-in-command Lewis, Chief Engineer Carter (Jason Harris), heavy weapons trooper Jericho (Christopher Judge), weapons specialist Logan (William Fichtner), Whiskey Company's medic Parker (Joshua Gomez), technician and pilot Shepard (Donnie Wahlberg), and soldiers Foster (Jon Curry) and Gonzales (Lombardo Boyar). Tasked with finding the ship's comm unit, Turok encounters John Grimes (Sean Donnellan), Kane's second-in-command, and later another survivor, Cowboy (Timothy Olyphant), who is shot by Grimes. Whiskey Company comes to Cowboy's aid, and Turok resumes his search with Foster and Gonzales. After Foster is killed by a M-G sniper, Turok and Gonzales recover the comm unit. Gonzales is snatched by a large female Tyrannosaurus rex called, Mama Scarface. Turok injures Mama Scarface, but is knocked unconscious.

Turok wakes and makes his way back to camp with the comm unit, where Slade accuses him of again betraying his comrades. Cole (Mark Rolston) is killed in a surprise attack by Grimes, and M-G troops storm the area. Whiskey Company fends off the attack, but Parker and Lewis are killed and the comm unit is destroyed. Logan assumes command; he orders Turok, Slade, and Carter to investigate some distant searchlights.

Reaching an abandoned outpost, the trio find that Kane has derived a potent neurotoxin taken from scorpion-like creatures, as well as the location of a ship in a substation near the M-G base. The same creatures attack them, killing Carter, while Turok and Slade fall into a cave system. Turok saves Slade from a large tenatacled creature, earning Slade's respect. They escape the caves and link up with the remainder of Whiskey Company.

An approaching M-G patrol causes Logan to accuse Turok of betraying Whiskey Company, but Slade defends Turok. The patrol inadvertently discovers them and Logan is killed. The group fight their way to the substation and Jericho sacrifices himself to allow them access. They find the ship derelict, and travel to the M-G base in search of another. At the entrance, Reese is killed by Grimes from afar. Making their way inside, indirectly helped by Mama Scarface, the group further learn that Kane has developed a lethal nerve gas from the scorpion creatures. To prevent the bio-weapon from leaving the planet, Turok sets explosive charges on the base's generators. Kane captures them and kills Cowboy for speaking out, but Turok detonates the charges, resulting in the death of Grimes.

Turok, Shepard, and Slade flee from the collapsing base. They reach another ship but Turok refuses to leave until Kane is dead. Turok shoots down Kane's ship, and they engage in a knife fight, ending in Turok killing Kane. Mama Scarface confronts Turok, who pushes a grenade into her ruptured eye which explodes, killing her. Turok is picked up by Shepard and Slade in their ship, and they set a course back to Earth.

Development[edit]

The game was in development for three years with a team of 150 people.[6]

Reception[edit]

Turok received "mixed or average" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic.[7][8][9]

GameTrailers, which gave the game 8.3/10, highlighted the game's use of the Unreal Engine 3, believing it to be "the best use of the tech outside of Epic's own efforts" and praising the modeling and animation of the dinosaurs in particular.[13] 1UP.com gave the game a score of C+, specifically complaining about its stealth mechanics, the use of camera shaking, and occasional graphical glitches in the PlayStation 3 version.[14] Hyper's Yuri Spadeface commended the game for its "solid frame rate" but he criticised the "frustrating level design and average execution".[15] Turok received 3/5 from X-Play, who commented on its aim-assist being woefully inadequate both in multiplayer and singleplayer, but praised its graphics and "outlook".[16]

Turok was a commercial success, shifting over 1 million units in its first two months of sales.[17] The game was popular enough for Propaganda Games to begin working on a sequel for the Xbox 360 before the developer was shuttered.[18][19][20][21][22][23]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Released under the Touchstone Interactive banner.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Turok 2008 Page". GamePro. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved April 29, 2008.
  2. ^ Holzworth, Chris (August 21, 2007). "Turok Preview for 360 from". 1UP.com. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
  3. ^ Rob Purchese (February 22, 2007). "Turok multiplayer details". Eurogamer.
  4. ^ "News: Turok gives achievement for team killing". ComputerAndVideoGames.com. November 20, 2007. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
  5. ^ "News: Turok dev to scrap team kill achievement". ComputerAndVideoGames.com. December 12, 2007. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
  6. ^ Andrews, Marke (January 31, 2008). "Turok steps out of comic book on to video gamer screens". Vancouver Sun. p. 30. Retrieved March 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ a b "Turok for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Turok for PlayStation 3 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  9. ^ a b "Turok for Xbox 360 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  10. ^ Bramwell, Tom (April 3, 2008). "Turok". Eurogamer. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  11. ^ VanOrd, Kevin (May 6, 2008). "Turok Review". GameSpot. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  12. ^ Miller, Greg (January 31, 2008). "Turok Review". IGN. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  13. ^ "Turok". GameTrailers. Archived from the original on February 2, 2008. Retrieved February 1, 2008.
  14. ^ Rybicki, Joe (January 31, 2008). "Turok Review for PS3 from". 1UP.com. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
  15. ^ Spadeface, Yuri (March 2008). "Turok". Hyper (173). Next Media: 64. ISSN 1320-7458.
  16. ^ Little Goten (March 18, 2013). "Turok for Xbox 360". G4tv. Archived from the original on October 15, 2008. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
  17. ^ "Turok's Dinosaurs Run Rampant with More Than 1 Million Units Shipped Worldwide – IGN". Xbox360.ign.com. March 26, 2008. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
  18. ^ Gibson, Ellie (January 30, 2009). "Disney throws Turok sequel in the bin". Eurogamer. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
  19. ^ "Turok 2 [Xbox 360 / PS3 – Cancelled] | Unseen 64: Beta, Cancelled & Unseen Videogames!". Unseen 64. May 17, 2010. Archived from the original on November 10, 2017. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
  20. ^ "Turok 2 [Xbox 360 / PS3 - Cancelled] - Unseen64". May 17, 2010. Archived from the original on November 10, 2017. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
  21. ^ Gera, Emily (September 16, 2013). "Here is what the cancelled Turok 2 would have looked like on Xbox 360". Polygon. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
  22. ^ Yin-Poole, Wesley (September 17, 2013). "This is what cancelled Turok 2 looked like". Eurogamer. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
  23. ^ "Cancelled Turok 2 Concept Art Features Big Guns and Dinosaurs". Archived from the original on November 21, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2018.

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