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| Fact | Why it's interesting | |------|----------------------| | The first game was but had full voice acting and a 10-hour campaign. | Insane compression for 2009. | | The main character's armor is called the "Judger Suit" — it has a "Cloak" ability that predates Halo: Reach 's active camo by a year. | Gameloft was ahead of the curve. | | The series made over $30 million in its first two years on iOS alone. | Proved premium mobile games could sell. | | Gameloft deliberately removed the games from sale to avoid paying royalties to a third-party engine (Unreal Engine 3 for N.O.V.A. 3 ). | Legal/financial reasons, not just obsolescence. | n.o.v.a. near orbit vanguard alliance elite

⚓ ELITE served as a "technical demo" of sorts, proving that console-style FPS gameplay could exist within a social media environment. If you'd like, I can: Detail the weaponry and power-ups used across the series. | | The main character's armor is called

Despite its closure, it was briefly revived before shutting down again on September 30, 2011. | Proved premium mobile games could sell

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: Even in its multiplayer-centric form, the game remained tied to the story of Captain Kal Wardin , the elite soldier tasked with defending humanity’s orbital satellites from the invading Xenos . The N.O.V.A. Legacy Connection