Varsity
11-15-2005, 11:17 AM
It's a match made in heaven. (http://forums.introversion.co.uk/darwinia/viewtopic.php?t=2707) This is what Valve were talking about in last week's Update News.
Valve and Introversion today announce that Darwinia, Introversion’s multi-genre title, will be available to gamers worldwide on December 15, 2005 via Steam.
Darwinia is the second release from Introversion, a UK-based development group originally founded by three university students who set out to create games that summon the pioneering spirit of the industry’s early classics. The follow up to this group’s debut title (Uplink), Darwinia is a captivating mix of multiple genres including real-time strategy, arcade, and puzzle games.
PC Gamer magazine UK says, “Darwinia will remind you why you love gaming so much." And Eurogamer.com calls Darwinia, “This year's underground classic.”
“In today’s market, it’s incredibly difficult for an independent developer to secure worldwide distribution for a new property, let alone for one that attempts to blend genres and offer a wide variety of gameplay styles,” said Vicky Arundel, head of marketing at Introversion. “Through Steam, however, we are able to offer Darwinia to millions of gamers and early adopters the world over.”
This won't affect boxed copies of the game or existing purchases, but will mean you can't download it from Introversion's own store any more. They've also taken the demo offline to 'encouarge impulse buys for the first month'. While you ponder over how that helps, you might also want to download it from FileRush (http://www.filerush.com/download.php?target=darwinia-demo2.exe).
Further thoughts. (http://www.steamreview.org/?p=24)
Hell yes. I hope there's some way to import existing copies of the game into Steam. I want to get on board should they ever add multiplayer.
Valve and Introversion today announce that Darwinia, Introversion’s multi-genre title, will be available to gamers worldwide on December 15, 2005 via Steam.
Darwinia is the second release from Introversion, a UK-based development group originally founded by three university students who set out to create games that summon the pioneering spirit of the industry’s early classics. The follow up to this group’s debut title (Uplink), Darwinia is a captivating mix of multiple genres including real-time strategy, arcade, and puzzle games.
PC Gamer magazine UK says, “Darwinia will remind you why you love gaming so much." And Eurogamer.com calls Darwinia, “This year's underground classic.”
“In today’s market, it’s incredibly difficult for an independent developer to secure worldwide distribution for a new property, let alone for one that attempts to blend genres and offer a wide variety of gameplay styles,” said Vicky Arundel, head of marketing at Introversion. “Through Steam, however, we are able to offer Darwinia to millions of gamers and early adopters the world over.”
This won't affect boxed copies of the game or existing purchases, but will mean you can't download it from Introversion's own store any more. They've also taken the demo offline to 'encouarge impulse buys for the first month'. While you ponder over how that helps, you might also want to download it from FileRush (http://www.filerush.com/download.php?target=darwinia-demo2.exe).
Further thoughts. (http://www.steamreview.org/?p=24)
Hell yes. I hope there's some way to import existing copies of the game into Steam. I want to get on board should they ever add multiplayer.