Area 51 (stylized as Area-51) is a science fiction first-person shooter video game that was released in 2005. It was developed by Midway Studios Austin for the PlayStation 2 Xbox and Microsoft Windows. A Nintendo GameCube version was also in development but was silently canceled. It is a loose remake of the 1995 light gun video game of the same name and was followed in 2007 by the loosely related BlackSite: Area 51. The player controls Ethan Cole a HAZMAT operative sent to the Area 51 base to assist in the cleanup of a mutagenic virus.