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{{Infobox video game
| title = APOX
| image = Apox box art.jpg
| caption = Box art for ''APOX''
| developer = BlueGiant Interactive
| publisher = BlueGiant Interactive
| designer =
| series =
| engine = [[OGRE]] (graphics)
| released = January 20, 2011
| genre = [[Real Time Strategy]], [[Indie game|Indie]], [[Action game|Action]]
| modes = [[Singleplayer video game|Singleplayer]], [[Multiplayer video game|Multiplayer]]
| writer =
| composer =
| release =
| platforms = [[Microsoft Windows]]
}}
'''''APOX''''' is a real-time strategy game developed and published by Indian studio BlueGiant Interactive for [[Microsoft Windows]], released through [[Steam (service)|Steam]] on January 20, 2011, takes place in a near-future, post-apocalyptic, [[Mad Max (franchise)|Mad Max]]-esque setting.{{R|gamershell|rossignol}}
==Gameplay==
''APOX'' includes features inherent in most RTS games including base-building, control points, and resource management. It is distinctive, however, in having units that can assume the [[prone position]],{{R|gamershell|rossignol}} crouch,{{R|cooptimus|rossignol}} and loot corpses like an FPS game.
Players can, according to [[Steam (service)|Steam]], create their own unit designs by having units switch weapons between each other and by having them occupy vehicles.
The game has 100 maps with up to 32 AI or players online and can play either co-op or [[Player versus player|PVP]].{{R|cooptimus|rossignol}} There are eight single player missions that are to be played as a tutorial for the game.
==Reception==
The game received generally unfavorable reviews and has a [[Metacritic]] score of 48/100 based on six reviews.<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/apox/critic-reviews/?platform=pc|title=APOX for PC Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic|work=[[Metacritic]]|accessdate=10 May 2012}}</ref> IGN gave the game a 4.5/10, citing poor graphics, repetitive gameplay, and clunky presentation.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110228070734/http://pc.ign.com/articles/115/1152185p1.html IGN]</ref>
==References==
{{Reflist|colwidth=40em|refs=
<ref name="gamershell">{{cite web
| title = News: APOX Available Now on Steam
| work = gamershell.com
| date = 2011-01-21
| url = http://www.gamershell.com/news_109652.html
| accessdate = 2011-01-26
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110125101144/http://www.gamershell.com/news_109652.html
| archive-date = 2011-01-25
| url-status = dead
}}</ref>
<ref name="cooptimus">{{cite web
| last = Pawlowski | first = Katrina
| title = APOX: When Real-Time Strategy Meets First Person Shooter, Co-Op Happens
| work = Co-Optimus
| date = 2011-01-25
| url = http://www.co-optimus.com/article/5337/apox-when-real-time-strategy-meets-first-person-shooter-co-op-happens.html
| accessdate = 2011-01-26
}}</ref>
<ref name="rossignol">{{cite web
| last = Rossignol | first = Jim | author-link = Jim Rossignol
| title = Mad Maximal: APOX Interview
| work = Rock, Paper, Shotgun
| date = 2010-09-27
| url = http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/09/27/mad-maximal-apox-interview/
| accessdate = 2011-01-30
}}</ref>
}}
==External links==
* http://www.apoxgame.com/
* [https://www.metacritic.com/game/apox/critic-reviews/?platform=pc ]
* http://www.bluegiantinteractive.com/
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[[Category:Post-apocalyptic video games]]
[[Category:Real-time strategy video games]]
[[Category:Video games developed in India]]
[[Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games]]
[[Category:2011 video games]]
[[Category:Windows-only games]]
[[Category:Windows games]]