A new series of games based on the popular Left Behind rapture fiction novels leaves you behind after the End of Days to battle against the Antichrist and his forces. Newsweeksays the first games are due out later this year and will be marketed to congregations and mega-churches.
Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition: Christians are finally getting a high-caliber shoot-'em-up videogame of their own. Due out on PCs in the second half of 2006, Left Behind: Eternal Forces is the first game adapted from the blockbuster books by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins. Gamers familiar with the largely uninspiring and unprofitable history of Christian videogames will quickly notice two differences in Forces: the top-shelf design, which offers an eerily authentic reproduction of the game's Manhattan setting, and a level of violence reminiscent of Grand Theft Auto. The game revolves around New Yorkers who are "left behind" after the rapture. Players scour the streets for converts, training them into a work force to feed, shelter and join a paramilitary resistance against the growing forces of the Antichrist.
The Left Behind games were created by a company called Left Behind Games. The company was formed in 2001 for the sole purpose of developing computer games based on the apocalyptic fiction series written by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins.