Kabuki Warriors is a 2001

2001 in video gaming

-Events:* Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences hosts the 4th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards; inducts John Carmack of id Software to the AIAS Hall of Fame...

 video game released for the Microsoft

Microsoft

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 Xbox

Xbox

The Xbox is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Microsoft. It was released on November 15, 2001 in North America, February 22, 2002 in Japan, and March 14, 2002 in Australia and Europe and is the predecessor to the Xbox 360. It was Microsoft's first foray into the gaming console...

, shortly after the release of the console. It was published by Crave Entertainment

Crave Entertainment

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, and co-developed by Genki

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 and Lightweight.

Reception

The game was universally panned by critics. Receiving a 1.4 out of 10 on GameSpot

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, it earned the distinction of being named "Worst Game of 2001", and to date is the only game to have received a 1 out of 10 from Edge

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magazine since its inception in 1993. Game Informer

Game Informer

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gave the game a .5, with the comment by editor Andy McNamara, "I literally won a match just bashing the controller against my ass. I wish I was joking, but the score is seriously Kabuki Warriors zero, my ass one." Similarly, the game was a commercial and financial failure for Crave Entertainment.