8-Bit Rebellion!
{{Short description|2010 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = 8-Bit Rebellion!
| image = 8-Bit Rebellion!.jpg
| image_size=256px
| caption = 8-Bit Rebellion! promotional logo
| developer = Artificial Life, Inc.
| designer = Linkin Park
| publisher = Artificial Life, Inc.
| released = April 26, 2010
| genre = Action-adventure MMORPG
| modes = Multiplayer
| platforms = 8-Bit Rebellion!: iOS
8-Bit Rebellion! HD: iOS (iPad only)
}}
8-Bit Rebellion! is a massively multiplayer online, and single player, video game released and based on the American rock band, Linkin Park for iOS.
Gameplay
The game stages a plot in which players aim to defeat PixxelKorp, an "evil HD empire that has taken over the 8-bit world". Players take on missions that lead them through several levels called "dicts", each one based on one of the band's members. The game features Linkin Park promotional art as the basis of the game, including posters on the walls, paintings by Mike Shinoda himself, and all six band members drawn as 8-bit styled characters.{{cite web|url=https://www.pocketgamer.com/linkin-park-8-bit-rebellion/linkin-park-8-bit-rebellion/|title=Linkin Park 8-Bit Rebellion!|last=Rose|first=Mike|date=May 5, 2010|website=Pocket Gamer|publisher=Steel Media Ltd|access-date=February 17, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://toucharcade.com/2010/04/26/linkin-park-8-bit-rebellion-review-no-rhythm-required/|title='Linkin Park 8-Bit Rebellion!' Review ā No Rhythm Required|last=Nelson|first=Jared|date=April 26, 2010|website=TouchArcade|publisher=TouchArcade.com, LLC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100428225424/https://toucharcade.com/2010/04/26/linkin-park-8-bit-rebellion-review-no-rhythm-required/|archive-date=April 28, 2010|url-status=live|access-date=February 17, 2023}}
Soundtrack
{{Main|8-Bit Rebellion! (soundtrack)}}
Each level includes 8-bit and original versions of Linkin Park songs.{{cite web|url=https://www.macworld.com/article/206104/linkinparkreview.html|title=Linkin Park 8 Bit Rebellion for iPhone|last=Schell|first=Bryan|date=June 19, 2010|website=Macworld|publisher=IDG Communications|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924023146/https://www.macworld.com/article/1152155/linkinparkreview.html|archive-date=September 24, 2014|url-status=live|access-date=February 17, 2023}} After beating the game and stopping PixxelKorp, the player unlocks a previously unreleased song, titled "Blackbirds" along with a video. It can be listened to in the game.{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2010/04/26/linkin-park-8-bit-rebellion-game-for-iphone-ipod-touch-and-ipad-launches-today|title=Linkin Park 8-Bit Rebellion! Game for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad Launches Today|author=IGN staff|date=April 26, 2010|website=IGN|publisher=Ziff Davis|access-date=December 20, 2018}}
Reception
{{Video game reviews
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| MC = 63/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/linkin-park-8-bit-rebellion/critic-reviews/?platform=ios-iphoneipad|title=Linkin Park 8-Bit Rebellion for iPhone/iPad Reviews|website=Metacritic|publisher=Fandom}}
| AVC = Cā{{Cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/may-17-2010-1798221866|title=May 17, 2010|last1=Constantine|first1=John|last2=Wolinsky|first2=David|last3=Heisler|first3=Steve|last4=Nelson|first4=Samantha|last5=Williams|first5=Christian|last6=Robinson|first6=Tasha|last7=Teti|first7=John|date=May 17, 2010|website=The A.V. Club|publisher=G/O Media|access-date=February 17, 2023}}
| GamePro = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.gamepro.com/article/features/215029/app-store-games-of-the-week/|title=App Store Games of the Week - April 30th Edition|last=Rigney|first=Ryan|date=April 30, 2010|magazine=GamePro|publisher=GamePro Media|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100503221704/http://www.gamepro.com/article/features/215029/app-store-games-of-the-week/|archive-date=May 3, 2010|url-status=dead|access-date=February 17, 2023}}
| GMaster = 67%{{cite magazine|title=Review: Linkin Park 8-Bit Rebellion!|magazine=GamesMaster|publisher=Future plc|date=August 2010|page=100}}
| Gamezebo = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.gamezebo.com/reviews/linkin-park-8-bit-rebellion-review/|title=Linkin Park 8-Bit Rebellion[!] Review|last=Hewson|first=Ryan|date=May 2, 2010|website=Gamezebo|access-date=February 17, 2023}}
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The game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.
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References
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External links
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- {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317233844/https://8bityourself.com/|date=March 17, 2014|title=Linkin Park official 8-bit maker}}
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