''The DinoHunters'' is an advertisement-supported

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and

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series created by

Kuma Reality Games Kuma Games is an American video game developer, specializing in developing free episodic and first-person shooters (FPS) since 2004. The company has also created a number of machinima movies for their games, particularly The Dinohunters. Kuma ...

. Using

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's Source for its engine, ''The Dinohunters'' is distributed in free downloadable episodes for the PC. The first episode was released in 2006 through Kuma Reality Games' game client. Accompanying comedic

movies were also created to bring the player closer to the world of ''The DinoHunters'', as well as advertise for ''The Dinohunters'' real life sponsors such as Schick, which was replaced later by

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(in levels, there are S.U.V.s that have license plates that say Jeep on them). The story of ''The DinoHunters'' is centered on a fictitious reality show on the Total Hunting Channel and sends a crew of washed up celebrities into the past to hunt dinosaurs for sport and big ratings. The crew consists of Australian stunt-man and actor Roger Wallaby, country singer Harlan Davis, native New Yorker Shaw, and their sexpot producer Candace "Candy" Spencer. ''The DinoHunters'' is one of the pioneers in the

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space of the video game industry. For its first episodes

partnered with Schick to promote its Schick Quattro Razor.

uses partnerships like this to also keep their other published games free:

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and The History Channel's ShootOut!: The Game.

Gameplay

''The DinoHunters'' is a first-person shooter that uses Valve's Source engine.DinoHunters – Valve Developer Community
/ref> Featuring single- and multiplayer modes, the game features a variety of different weapons and enemies for the player to encounter. ''The DinoHunters'' currently features 6 playable episodes and 6 machinima episodes. New free episodes are released periodically.

Machinima

Along with the game, ''The DinoHunters'' is also a

series.

References

External links

''The DinoHunters'' official websiteKuma Reality Games
{{DEFAULTSORT:DinoHunters, The 2006 video games Advergames Video games about dinosaurs Episodic video games First-person shooters Machinima works Windows games Windows-only games Windows-only freeware games Source (game engine) games Video games developed in the United States