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| Darwinians will be all over XBLA on Feb 10th |
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We are excited to announce the release date for Darwinia+ on Xbox Live Arcade.
The game will be launched through XBLA on Wednesday 10th February 2010 and will cost 1200 points.
It’s been a long battle with Microsoft and their particularly high standards; in the end we are really thankful for their advice and help in completing this long and challenging game project. We have come to think of Darwinia+ as the Directors Cut as it has surpassed our expectations of what we were originally looking to create and now looks and feels smoother than ever. As Darwinia+ is our first adventure onto a games console this also marks an extra special celebration for Introversion.
We would also like to take this opportunity to give a special thank-you to everyone, especially the press and the fans for their continued support for Introversion, and as ever we look forward to reading some really interesting reviews and user comments. Without you guys Introversion’s lasting dream of creating true original games would not be a possible. Again many thanks.
We plan to make Darwinia+ review code available for our friends and partners with standard XBOX consoles on the day of launch. For those who have access to partner net, the final build is available now, but the standard rules apply and you need to hold off publishing a review until launch day.
For extensive Darwinia+ art assets, screenshots and web banners please visit here
The Darwinia+ game trailer can be viewed at www.darwiniaplus.com
For any queries, help or comments about Darwinia+ please contact martin@introversion.co.uk
About Darwinia+
Over thousands of generations the peaceful Darwinians have been evolving in a beautiful digital world, but now their whole way of life is under threat from a devastating computer virus that has infected their world and decimated their numbers. Without your protection they don't stand a chance and it’s up to you to lead them into battle to recapture their lost world! Once you've proven your command ability, take your Darwinian army online and challenge your friends to strategic combat, as tribes of Darwinians slaughter one another in a desperate struggle for supremacy.
Darwinia+ is developed by Introversion Software and published by Microsoft.
About Introversion Software
Introversion Software is one of the UK's most-respected and successful independent game developers and publishers. Founded in 2001 by three university students, Introversion has gone on to create four critically acclaimed video games including cult classics Uplink, DEFCON, Darwinia and Multiwinia. Introversion was recently voted one of the top 50 Best Games Companies in the world. For more information on these please visit www.introversion.co.uk and our developers' blog or follow us on Twitter @IVSoftware.
Posted by Mark on 25th January 2010. 11 comments
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| Darwinia+ Launch Event: Feb 19th |
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In the past Introversion launch parties have been something of a manic, drunken affair. We’d get our DJ pals to turn up, we’d dress up in crazy costumes, hire magicians and generally go a bit nuts. Well we’ve all gone and got grown up (TJ turned 31 yesterday) and to celebrate our new found gravitas and sophistication we have decided to celebrate the launch of Darwinia+ within the hallowed halls of BAFTA.
The event (which isn’t on the day of launch – you’ll have to wait a little longer for confirmation of that) takes place on Friday the 19th of February (6.30 for 7) at BAFTA – 195 Piccadilly, London. We’ll have Darwinia+ on show and Chris and I will talk a little about the history of Darwinia+ and how much fun we had bringing it over to the 360.
Rather than just banging on about Darwinia+ all night, Dave from BAFTA decided to make us justify our decision to move away from PC and he drafted in Kieron “Jeremy Paxman” Gillen from RPS to give us a good old grilling about whether the PC is better than the 360. Kieron has told me that he wants to enlist the help of the audience – so bring your opinions.
Despite our attempts to grow up, we’ve never managed it in the past so I’m sure we’ll be decamping to a local hostelry afterwards and those of you of firm constitution and debauched nature are more than welcome to join us for the after-party (more details on the night).
Times are tough and BAFTA charge £5 for entry, but this includes a free drink so there are no possible grounds for complaint. You need to register here and once that’s done you can sit back and look forward to a great evening.
We really hope to see you all!
Posted by Mark on 21st January 2010. 17 comments
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| CVG Interviews Introversion |
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Check out the first part of a detailed interview with Mark Morris (IV MD) on CVG. He explains how the deal with Microsoft XBLA came about and how it was managed. All of it is true and is worth a read if you’re interested in the lifecycle of the Darwinia+ project, from its birth to where it is today. Part 2 coming soon.
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Posted by martinmir on 21st January 2010. 4 comments
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| Mark and Chris on US Press Tour |
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First stop San Francisco where Chris (Creative Director) and I (MD) will be meeting various magazines and websites to give them a preview of our new release Darwinia+ for Xbox Live Arcade. We haven’t announced a launch date yet and instead are giving everyone we meet a sneak peak of Darwinia+ on our Xbox Developer kit.
We will be in the San Francisco area from 23rd to 29th January 2010. If you are available and would like to meet and have a play or just a beer, then please reply and we will make it happen. We'll be giving a walkthrough of the game and also giving out cool Darwinia+ promo material and goodies.
For our closer to home friends who feel left out, don’t be sad. We will also be making our rounds up and down the country. Please get in touch if you are interested and we will arrange a suitable date for you in February.
As is usual with XBLA we can’t let any reviews go out before our launch and we’ll let you know as soon as we can about the date. We want to get in touch early to give you time to have a play so you don’t have to rush to get it finished. If you don’t have partnernet then we‘ll make review codes available to you the day Darwinia+ goes live on Xbox Live Arcade.
You can get in touch with us here - we'd love to hear from you!
Posted by Mark on 19th January 2010. 7 comments
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