Area 51 (2005 video game)
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| Developer | Midway Studios Austin |
| Publisher | Midway |
| Producers | Zach Wood Daryl Allison |
| Designer | James Stiefelmaier |
| Artists | Peter Franco Mookie Weisbrod |
| Composer | Chris Vrenna |
| Series | Area 51 |
| Platforms | PlayStation 2, Xbox, Windows |
| Release | PlayStation 2, Xbox Windows |
| Genre | First-person shooter |
| Modes | Single-player, multiplayer |
Area 51 (stylized as Area-51) is a 2005 first-person shooter video game developed by Midway Studios Austin and published by Midway for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and Windows. A GameCube version was also in development, but was canceled. It is a loose remake of the 1995 arcade game of the same name, and was followed in 2007 by the loosely related BlackSite: Area 51. The player controls Ethan Cole, a HAZMAT operative sent to the Area 51 base to assist in the cleanup of a mutagenic virus.
Notable among the voice actors are David Duchovny as Ethan Cole, Marilyn Manson as Edgar the ancient and powerful Grey, Powers Boothe as Major Bridges, Nolan North as McCan, and Ian Abercrombie as Dr. Winston Cray.