Battlezone is a mixture of first person shooter and real time strategy, not to be confused with the arcade game Battlezone from 1980. It is also known as Battlezone: Rise of the Black Dogs for the Nintendo 64 platform. It was developed by Activision (Windows) and Climax Development (N64). The release by Activision for the Windows version took place on 11 of March 1998 in Northern America and some time later in 1998 in Europe. For the Nintendo 64 version by Crave Entertainment the release date was 30 of March 1998. It is based on an engine derived from Interstate ’76's engine.

The game features a single-player as well as a multi-player. The player is controlling everything on the battlefield from the first person view, but part of the game are also strong RTS aspects, similar to Uprising. Still in 1998 it was extended by two expansion packs, Battlegrounds and The Red Odyssey.

The successor of this game is Battlezone II: Combat Commander from 1999. In 2016 the game got a remaster and was re-released under the name Battlezone 98 Redux.

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