Kingpin: Life of Crime: Gameplay, Platforms and Key Facts

Kingpin: Life of Crime (1999) is a shooter, role-playing (rpg) video game developed by Xatrix Entertainment, available on Linux, PC. It holds an aggregated critic and player score of 73/100 on IGDB.

What is Kingpin: Life of Crime about?

Kingpin: Life of Crime is a first-person shooter developed by Xatrix Entertainment (now a part of Treyarch) and published by Interplay Entertainment in June 1999. The game begins with the player character wounded and beaten up by the Kingpin's henchmen, and the story follows his thirst for revenge. Released shortly after the Columbine High School massacre, the game attracted controversy which led it to be dropped from various retailers, despite receiving moderate critical acclaim.

The soundtrack for Kingpin was provided by the rap group Cypress Hill, and featured three tracks from their album IV. They were:

• 16 Men Till There's No Men Left
• Checkmate
• Lightning Strikes

Alongside the full versions of these tracks, instrumental versions with the vocals removed were used as backing tracks. Cypress Hill also provided some of the voice acting for the game.

Key details

Kingpin: Life of Crime was released in 1999 and supports single player, multiplayer. Platforms: Linux, PC. Developer: Xatrix Entertainment.

Should you play Kingpin: Life of Crime?

A solid 73/100 aggregate score makes Kingpin: Life of Crime a safe pick for fans of shooter, role-playing (rpg).