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</style><table class="infobox ib-video-game hproduct"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn">Cipher Complex</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Video_game_developer" title="Video game developer">Developer(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Edge_of_Reality" title="Edge of Reality">Edge of Reality</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Video_game_publisher" title="Video game publisher">Publisher(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Sega" title="Sega">Sega</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Video_game_composer" class="mw-redirect" title="Video game composer">Composer(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Front_242" title="Front 242">Front 242</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Computing_platform" title="Computing platform">Platform(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a>, <a href="PlayStation_3" title="PlayStation 3">PlayStation 3</a>, <a href="Xbox_360" title="Xbox 360">Xbox 360</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Release</th><td class="infobox-data">Cancelled<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Video_game_genre" title="Video game genre">Genre(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Stealth_game" title="Stealth game">Stealth</a>, <a href="Action_game" title="Action game">action</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Mode(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Single-player_video_game" title="Single-player video game">Single-player</a>, <a href="Multiplayer_video_game" title="Multiplayer video game">multiplayer</a></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><i><b>Cipher Complex</b></i> is a cancelled <a href="Stealth_game" title="Stealth game">stealth</a> <a href="Action_game" title="Action game">action</a> <a href="Video_game" title="Video game">video game</a> that was being <a href="Video_game_development" title="Video game development">developed</a> for the <a href="Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a>, <a href="PlayStation_3" title="PlayStation 3">PlayStation 3</a> and <a href="Xbox_360" title="Xbox 360">Xbox 360</a> systems by <a href="Edge_of_Reality" title="Edge of Reality">Edge of Reality</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Development">Development</h2></div>
<p>The game was first announced in June 2006,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by which time it was reported to already have been in production and self-funded for two years; the title was then signed with <a href="Sega" title="Sega">Sega</a> in 2007,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but in July 2009 it was reported to be cancelled.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gameplay">Gameplay</h2></div>
<p>Edge of Reality was hoping to "revolutionize" the stealth action genre.
</p><p>In June 2010, <a href="Gameplay" title="Gameplay">gameplay</a> footage of a level from <i>Cipher Complex</i> was leaked online via <a href="Dailymotion" title="Dailymotion">Dailymotion</a>, depicting the player character (Cipher) infiltrating a <a href="Steel_mill" title="Steel mill">steel mill</a> in <a href="People's_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Republic of China">China</a>, under orders to extract a <a href="Jiang_(rank)" title="Jiang (rank)">General</a> who is being held hostage; in addition, short clips of gameplay can be seen on Edge of Reality's official homepage.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An "in-game screenshot" of the steel mill level, as well as some concept art, textures and logos from the game have also been posted to <a href="Picasa" title="Picasa">Picasa</a> by the lead environment artist, who has since clarified that it is a demo level.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Part of an early cinematic as well as some character animations were again posted via Dailymotion in March 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gameplay from an unreleased demo and testing environment was published by the Hard4Games channel on <a href="YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a> in April 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2></div>
<p>The official storyline, as quoted from the game's original press release, is as follows:
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<blockquote><p>U.S. surveillance satellites detect activity onboard the decommissioned Soviet Bargration Missile Defense Station 4 off the east coast of Siberia. When the Russians deny the U.S. access to the facility, Department of Defense strategists suggest that a small, plausibly deniable reconnaissance mission be sent in to investigate. The Defense Threat Reduction Agency is given the go-ahead for operation BLACKOUT, the insertion of a single expert Operator on Russian WMDs and launch facilities. Lt. Col. John Sullivan, callsign: Cipher is air dropped in, and what was supposed to be primarily a reconnaissance mission becomes a race against a terrorist threat; one with implications that will shake the foundations of American democracy and freedoms.</p></blockquote>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div>
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gamespot.com/news/6153147.html">Announcement</a></li>
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