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{{Short description|2000 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Kurt Warner's Arena Football Unleashed
| image = Kurt Warner's Arena Football Unleashed.jpg
| developer = [[Midway Games]]<ref name="GameSpotTech">[http://www.gamespot.com/ps/sports/kurtwarnersarenafu/tech_info.html Kurt Warner's Arena Football Unleashed Tech Information] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525114030/http://www.gamespot.com/ps/sports/kurtwarnersarenafu/tech_info.html |date=2011-05-25 }}. [[GameSpot]]. Retrieved on February 12, 2008.</ref>
| publisher = Midway Games
| designer = 
| engine = 
| released = {{vgrelease|NA|May 18, 2000<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 18, 2000 |title=Kurt Warner Arrives On PS |url=http://www.psxnation.com/news/051800b.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010225233002/http://www.psxnation.com/news/051800b.shtml |archive-date=February 25, 2001 |access-date=January 22, 2024 |website=[[IGN|PSX Nation]]}}</ref>}}
| genre = [[Sports video game|Sports]]
| modes = [[Single player]], [[Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]]
| platforms = [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]]
}}

'''''Kurt Warner's Arena Football Unleashed''''' is a [[sports video game]] developed and published by [[Midway Games|Midway]] for the [[Sony]] [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]]. It was released in [[North America]] on May 18, 2000 and was based on the [[2000 Arena Football League season]]. It is of note that it would not be until 2006 before another [[Arena Football League]] video game would be released. It is based around the fame of [[American football]] quarterback [[Kurt Warner]], a former AFL player for the [[Iowa Barnstormers]] who later went on to star in the [[National Football League|NFL]].

==Gameplay==
[[Image:Kurt Warner's Arena Football Screen.jpg|left|thumb|A [[quarterback]] passes to one of his [[Wide receiver|receivers]].]]
''Kurt Warner's Arena Football Unleashed'' differs from other [[American football]] video games due to its usage of the [[arena football]] system. A few rule changes include that there are half as many players on the field, [[Field goal (football)|field goals]] go back into play if they miss the goalposts, and that there is no such thing as punting.<ref name="GameSpot">Gerstmann, Jeff (June 6, 2000). [http://www.gamespot.com/ps/sports/kurtwarnersarenafu/review.html Kurt Warner's Arena Football Review] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022203831/http://www.gamespot.com/ps/sports/kurtwarnersarenafu/review.html |date=2007-10-22 }}. Retrieved on February 12, 2008.</ref> The overall gameplay is very similar to the [[NFL Blitz]] series for its violence controls, modes, and general game structure,  with one reviewer even noting that "The post-play violence has been pumped up to the level that ''Blitz'' had before the NFL forced Midway to tone it down."<ref name="GameSpot"/> Unlike ''NFL Blitz'', it takes 20 yards to get a first down instead of 30, though this can be changed to 10 or 30 yards in the options menu.

==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
| EGM = 4.5/10<ref name="GameSpot2">[http://www.gamespot.com/ps/sports/kurtwarnersarenafu/review.html Kurt Warner's Arena Football Unleashed Reviews] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022203831/http://www.gamespot.com/ps/sports/kurtwarnersarenafu/review.html |date=2007-10-22 }}. [[GameSpot]]. Retrieved on February 12, 2008.</ref>
| GSpot = 5.9/10<ref name="GameSpot"/>
| IGN = 4.0/10<ref name="IGN">Zdyrko, David (May 30, 2000). [http://psx.ign.com/articles/163/163362p1.html Kurt Warner's Arena Football Unleashed Review] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070228023244/http://psx.ign.com/articles/163/163362p1.html |date=2007-02-28 }}. [[IGN]]. Retrieved on February 12, 2008.</ref>
}}

''Kurt Warner's Arena Football Unleashed'' received mostly poor reviews, portraying it as being a weaker version of ''NFL Blitz 2000''. [[GameSpot]] criticized the game and gave it a low score. "It's a scaled-down version of Blitz 2000 with a few changes, but these changes don't really enhance the game in any way."<ref name="GameSpot"/> [[IGN]] wrote, "... the actual game engine seems more like a poor man's Blitz."

==External links==
*{{moby game|id=/kurt-warners-arena-league-unleashed|name=''Kurt Warner's Arena Football Unleashed''}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Arenagames}}



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[[Category:Cultural depictions of American people|Warner]]
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[[Category:Midway video games]]
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[[Category:NFL Blitz video games]]
[[Category:North America-exclusive video games]]
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