Tork: Prehistoric Punk

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Tork: Prehistoric Punk
Tork: Prehistoric Punk
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Developer(s) Tiwak SAS
Publisher(s) Ubisoft
Platforms Xbox
Release date(s)
    Genre(s) Platform
    Mode(s) Single-player


    Tork: Prehistoric Punk is a platform video game released on January 12, 2005 for the Xbox video game console. It was developed by Tiwak SAS and published by Ubisoft Entertainment. The game was never released outside the United States.

    In the game, players control the title character as he fights back against an evil sorcerer who is trying to destroy his world. He is a shapeshifter who travels through time to change history, transforming into three "spirit" animals along the way: a squirrel, a Yeti, and an armadillo. Various periods from the Stone Age to the fictitious "Age of Fantastical Machines" are represented.

    The game is similar and resembles the THQ video game series, Tak and the Power of Juju.

    Development

    Developed by Tiwak SAS (a group founded by ex Rayman 2 developers), Tork was originally planned to be published under Microsoft Studios for release in 2004. However, following Ed Fries' departure from the company, Microsoft dropped publishing duties to the title (though, retaining the trademark to the Tork character).[1] On April 21, 2004 Ubisoft announced that it had acquired the publishing rights from Microsoft (in additional to purchasing developer Tiwak SAS) and would be releasing Tork: Prehistoric Punk in North America on January 2005, for the budgeted retail price of $19.99.[2]

    Critical response

    Reception
    Aggregate scores
    Aggregator Score
    GameRankings 63.69%[3]
    Metacritic 62/100[4]
    Review scores
    Publication Score
    EGM 6.17/10[5]
    Game Informer 6/10[6]
    GameSpot 5.3/10[7]
    GameSpy 2.5/5 stars[8]
    GameZone 6.9/10[9]
    IGN 6.4/10[1]
    OXM 7.6/10[10]
    TeamXbox 6.1/10[11]
    X-Play 2/5 stars[12]
    Detroit Free Press 2/4 stars[13]

    The game was met with mixed reception upon release; GameRankings gave it a score of 63.69%,[3] while Metacritic gave it 62 out of 100.[4]

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