Rise of the Triad

Rise of the Triad: Dark War is a first-person shooter video game, developed and published by Apogee Software in 1995. The shareware version of the game, released in 1994 is titled Rise of the Triad: The HUNT Begins and serves as a prequel to the main game. The player controls one of five members of a United Nations backed special forces unit, who have been sent to investigate a deadly cult operating on San Nicholas Island which seeks to destroy the nearby Los Angeles. A remake was designed by Interceptor Entertainment and released by Apogee Games in 2013, while a remaster developed by Nightdive Studios and co-published by New Blood Interactive, titled Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition, released in 2023.