Spearhead (video game)

Spearhead is a tank simulation / action video game developed by Zombie Studios and MAK Technologies, Inc., and published by Interactive Magic and Midas Interactive Entertainment for Microsoft Windows in 1998.

Spearhead
Developer(s)	Zombie Studios, MAK Technologies, Inc.
Publisher(s)	NA: Interactive Magic EU: Midas Interactive Entertainment
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows
Release	NA: August 24, 1998[1] EU: 1998
Genre(s)	Tank simulation, action
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Development

Spearhead was jointly developed by Zombie Studios and MAK Technologies, Inc. The networking protocols used in the game were originally developed by MAK for the United States Air Force.^[2] The game was showcased at E3 1997.^[3] The original publisher, BMG Interactive, shut down a few months later, and I-Magic acquired the publication rights.^[2]

Reception

Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
GameRankings	62%[4]

Review scores

Publication	Score
AllGame	[5]
CNET Gamecenter	4/10[6]
Computer Games Strategy Plus	[7]
Computer Gaming World	[8]
GamePro	[9]
GameRevolution	D+[10]
GameSpot	7.4/10[11]
IGN	7/10[12]
PC Accelerator	7/10[13]
PC Zone	55%[14]

Spearhead received mixed reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.^[4]

The game was described as a mix between tank simulation and an action game. GameSpot said, "The game offers a handful of features and elements that seem ideal for hard-core sim fans, but the mission designs and the general feel of gameplay seem more appropriate for an action game than a serious sim."^[11] IGN said, "the emphasis here is definitely more on fun than it is on realism."^[12] PC Accelerator called it an "action/strategy/tank sim hybrid".^[13]