| Deadly Dozen | |
| Developer: | Interactive |
| Publisher: | Infogrames (original) Ziggurat Interactive (Reloaded) |
| Genre: | Tactical shooter |
| Modes: | Single-player |
Deadly Dozen is a 2001 World War II oriented squad-based first-person shooter video game developed by Interactive. The title refers to the famous World War II film The Dirty Dozen. As in the film, the main protagonists are military misfits sentenced to death or long term imprisonment who are given a chance to redeem themselves by going on dangerous missions. The game was followed by a sequel titled .
The twelve characters have different specializations: sniper, demolition expert and so on. For every mission, the player selects four of European theater.
Deadly Dozen received mixed reviews from critics upon release. On Metacritic, the game holds a score of 56/100 based on 7 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[1] On GameRankings, the game holds a score of 61.33% based on 12 reviews.[2]
In July 2013, Tommo purchased many assets from Atari during their bankruptcy sale, including Deadly Dozen.[3] The company later re-released it on Steam under their "Retroism" brand in 2015.[4] By March 2020, the ownership of the title, alongside other Retroism games, was transferred over to the newly formed Ziggurat Interactive, who currently publish the game.[5]
Ziggurat Interactive published Deadly Dozen Reloaded, a remaster of the original game for PCs and consoles.[6] It was released for the PC via Steam and GOG.com in April 2022.[7] Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions were released in later half of the year.[8]