Blacklight: Retribution Free to Play Shooter Debuts on Steam

Perfect World Entertainment Inc. announced Tuesday the official release of its first-person shooter Blacklight: Retribution on Steam. The free-to-play game is now available for download using Valve’s digital distribution service.

In celebration of the Steam launch, every new Blacklight: Retribution player who registers through Steam and reaches level five is granted a free orange Portal weapon tag.

In addition, both Steam and veteran players will have the opportunity to acquire a blue Portal Weapon tag during the first week of the Steam launch.

“We’re excited to make Blacklight: Retribution available to all the PC gamers using Steam,” said Clifton Chu, product manager, Perfect World Entertainment. “The level of competition is going to be raised from intense to cut-throat with the influx of new Steam players.”

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For more details on Blacklight: Retribution, you can visit: store.steampowered.com/app/209870

Perfect World Entertainment also launched new Oceanic servers to better serve players in and around Australia and New Zealand. Players in those regions can now interact with North American players without experiencing latency issues typically associated with connecting to faraway servers, says the company.

Perfect World Entertainment is a leading North American online games publisher specializing in immersive free-to-play MMORPGs. Founded in 2008, Perfect World Entertainment has published 10 titles, including Blacklight Retribution, Forsaken World, Perfect World International and Star Trek Online.

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