Hello everyone,
You guys probably don't know me, especially since I haven't been on the forum for at least a year. Oops. Well, it'd probably take something quite important to get me back on the forum and creating a new thread, right? Damn straight.
Introversion software are one of the greatest indie game developers of the past 10 years. They are very much the Valve of the indie scene, releasing extremely polished, innovative, original, intelligent, absorbing and massively entertaining games. Defcon, Darwinia, Multiwinia and Uplink are all minor classics and, in this humble gamers opinion, should be played by everyone, including all your pets. They represent nearly everything that I love about gaming.
And they're dying. Over the past couple of years times have been hard for Introversion games. Their port of Darwinia for XBLA was delayed for unspecified reasons by Microsoft. Further projects that the team had been working on fell through, and after a near continual series of unfortunate events over the course of two years, the company is now facing a make or break scenario. They have stated publicly that unless they reach a set figure of sales for their forthcoming XBLA game Darwinia+ (a port of both Darwinia and Multiwinia) they will be unable to continue making games (SOURCE: http://www.joystiq.com/2010/01/22/darwinia-dev-on-psn-xbla-differences-psn-challenges/).
I don't want this to happen. There is a simple and easy way to stop this happening. Support Introversion and buy Darwinia+. Darwinia is a fantastic game. And Multiwinia is a great multiplayer expansion. Here's some proof:
Darwinia Metacritic - http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/pc/darwinia
Multiwinia Metacritic - http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/pc/multiwinia?q=multiwinia
I'll also state that I am in no way affiliated with Introversion Games and stand to profit in other people buying the game apart form the sense of satisfaction from bringing people's attention to an issue which I care about. I also appreciate that this could be construed as advertising, but I would ask that the mods please make an exception for this thread. This is not an attempt to make Introversion rich. This is an attempt to help them survive. Multiwinia arrives on XBLA on the 10th of February. Based on the quality of Darwinia, it's probably going to be fantastic. You can watch a video here: http://www.joystiq.com/2010/01/25/darwinia-colonizes-xbla-servers-february-10/
I implore you, if you have even that slightest interest in this game, please help Introversion to survive.
Yours Sincerely,
Strafe Mcgee
Ps: Their other games are awesome too.
You guys probably don't know me, especially since I haven't been on the forum for at least a year. Oops. Well, it'd probably take something quite important to get me back on the forum and creating a new thread, right? Damn straight.
Introversion software are one of the greatest indie game developers of the past 10 years. They are very much the Valve of the indie scene, releasing extremely polished, innovative, original, intelligent, absorbing and massively entertaining games. Defcon, Darwinia, Multiwinia and Uplink are all minor classics and, in this humble gamers opinion, should be played by everyone, including all your pets. They represent nearly everything that I love about gaming.
And they're dying. Over the past couple of years times have been hard for Introversion games. Their port of Darwinia for XBLA was delayed for unspecified reasons by Microsoft. Further projects that the team had been working on fell through, and after a near continual series of unfortunate events over the course of two years, the company is now facing a make or break scenario. They have stated publicly that unless they reach a set figure of sales for their forthcoming XBLA game Darwinia+ (a port of both Darwinia and Multiwinia) they will be unable to continue making games (SOURCE: http://www.joystiq.com/2010/01/22/darwinia-dev-on-psn-xbla-differences-psn-challenges/).
I don't want this to happen. There is a simple and easy way to stop this happening. Support Introversion and buy Darwinia+. Darwinia is a fantastic game. And Multiwinia is a great multiplayer expansion. Here's some proof:
Darwinia Metacritic - http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/pc/darwinia
Multiwinia Metacritic - http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/pc/multiwinia?q=multiwinia
I'll also state that I am in no way affiliated with Introversion Games and stand to profit in other people buying the game apart form the sense of satisfaction from bringing people's attention to an issue which I care about. I also appreciate that this could be construed as advertising, but I would ask that the mods please make an exception for this thread. This is not an attempt to make Introversion rich. This is an attempt to help them survive. Multiwinia arrives on XBLA on the 10th of February. Based on the quality of Darwinia, it's probably going to be fantastic. You can watch a video here: http://www.joystiq.com/2010/01/25/darwinia-colonizes-xbla-servers-february-10/
I implore you, if you have even that slightest interest in this game, please help Introversion to survive.
Yours Sincerely,
Strafe Mcgee
Ps: Their other games are awesome too.