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{{Infobox video game
|title = Cipher Complex
|image =
|caption =
|developer = [[Edge of Reality]]
|publisher = [[Sega]]
|platforms = [[Microsoft Windows]], [[PlayStation 3]], [[Xbox 360]]
|released = Cancelled<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gamingbolt.com/15-cancelled-xbox-360-games-that-should-have-never-been-cancelled|title=15 cancelled Xbox 360 games that should have never been cancelled|access-date=2024-03-21|archive-date=2024-03-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310002801/https://gamingbolt.com/15-cancelled-xbox-360-games-that-should-have-never-been-cancelled|url-status=live}}</ref>
|genre = [[Stealth game|Stealth]], [[Action game|action]]
|modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]], [[Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]]
|composer = [[Front 242]]
}}

'''''Cipher Complex''''' is a cancelled [[Stealth game|stealth]] [[Action game|action]] [[video game]] that was being [[Video game development|developed]] for the [[Microsoft Windows]], [[PlayStation 3]] and [[Xbox 360]] systems by [[Edge of Reality]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Interview with Evan Bell|url=http://www.allaboutcoding.com/articles/evan_bell_1.asp|publisher=All About Coding|accessdate=23 November 2010|archive-date=3 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101003132551/http://www.allaboutcoding.com/articles/evan_bell_1.asp|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Development==
The game was first announced in June 2006,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2006/06/23/edge-of-reality-announces-cipher-complex|title=Edge of Reality Announces Cipher Complex|first=Andrew|last=Burnes|date=June 23, 2006|website=IGN|access-date=March 21, 2024|archive-date=March 21, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240321165923/https://www.ign.com/articles/2006/06/23/edge-of-reality-announces-cipher-complex|url-status=live}}</ref> by which time it was reported to already have been in production and self-funded for two years; the title was then signed with [[Sega]] in 2007,<ref>{{cite web|title=''Cipher Complex'' is still in production|url=http://www.psu.com/Cipher-Complex-is-still-in-production-News--aa0004009-p0.php|publisher=[[PSU.com]]|accessdate=23 November 2010}}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> but in July 2009 it was reported to be cancelled.<ref>{{cite web|title=''Cipher Complex'' canned?|url=http://www.gamespot.com/news/6214480|publisher=[[GameSpot]]|accessdate=23 November 2010}}</ref><ref>[https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2013/01/04/the-cancelled-game-database-of-this-generation-39-s-games.aspx Game Informer]</ref>

==Gameplay==
Edge of Reality was hoping to "revolutionize" the stealth action genre.

In June 2010, [[gameplay]] footage of a level from ''Cipher Complex'' was leaked online via [[Dailymotion]], depicting the player character (Cipher) infiltrating a [[steel mill]] in [[People's Republic of China|China]], under orders to extract a [[Jiang (rank)|General]] who is being held hostage; in addition, short clips of gameplay can be seen on Edge of Reality's official homepage.<ref>{{cite web|title=''Cipher Complex'' gameplay footage|date=29 June 2010|url=http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xduyim_cipher-complex_videogames|publisher=Dailymotion|accessdate=30 September 2010|archive-date=18 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101018125503/http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xduyim_cipher-complex_videogames|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Edge of Reality company homepage|url=http://www.edgeofreality.com/index.html|accessdate=17 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719025828/http://www.edgeofreality.com/index.html|archive-date=19 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> An "in-game screenshot" of the steel mill level, as well as some concept art, textures and logos from the game have also been posted to [[Picasa]] by the lead environment artist, who has since clarified that it is a demo level.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kohler|first=Rick|title=''Cipher Complex'' demo screenshot|url=https://picasaweb.google.com/rickkohler1/Art#5369853165190331058|publisher=Picasa|accessdate=17 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110114813/https://picasaweb.google.com/rickkohler1/Art#5369853165190331058|archive-date=10 November 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Kohler|first=Rick|title=Gallery|url=https://picasaweb.google.com/rickkohler1|publisher=Picasa|accessdate=17 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101024234348/http://picasaweb.google.com/rickkohler1|archive-date=24 October 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> Part of an early cinematic as well as some character animations were again posted via Dailymotion in March 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=''Cipher Complex'' cinematics|date=31 March 2011|url=http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xhwsy3_cipher-complex_videogames|publisher=Dailymotion|accessdate=2 April 2011|archive-date=11 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111001928/http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xhwsy3_cipher-complex_videogames|url-status=live}}</ref> Gameplay from an unreleased demo and testing environment was published by the Hard4Games channel on [[YouTube]] in April 2018.<ref>{{cite web|title=FOUND! Unreleased ''Cipher Complex'' on Dev Xbox 360 XDK Test Kit - H4G|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9ybwm3qWrE|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=9 April 2018}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links|date=February 2022}}</ref>

==Plot==
The official storyline, as quoted from the game's original press release, is as follows:
<blockquote>U.S. surveillance satellites detect activity onboard the decommissioned Soviet Bargration Missile Defense Station 4 off the east coast of Siberia. When the Russians deny the U.S. access to the facility, Department of Defense strategists suggest that a small, plausibly deniable reconnaissance mission be sent in to investigate. The Defense Threat Reduction Agency is given the go-ahead for operation BLACKOUT, the insertion of a single expert Operator on Russian WMDs and launch facilities. Lt. Col. John Sullivan, callsign: Cipher is air dropped in, and what was supposed to be primarily a reconnaissance mission becomes a race against a terrorist threat; one with implications that will shake the foundations of American democracy and freedoms.</blockquote>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.gamespot.com/news/6153147.html Announcement]
*[http://ps3.ign.com/objects/836/836884.html IGN]
*[http://www.ciphercomplex.com/ Official website]

[[Category:PlayStation 3 games]]
[[Category:Stealth video games]]
[[Category:Xbox 360 games]]
[[Category:Cancelled PlayStation 3 games]]
[[Category:Cancelled Windows games]]
[[Category:Cancelled Xbox 360 games]]
[[Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games]]

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