After scoring three successive independent hits (Uplink, Darwinia, and Defcon), Introversion is taking an uncharacteristic step back: revisiting its greatest critical and commercial success. Darwinia was an odd duck in many respects, but only one failed to count in its favor: it was an exclusively single player real-time strategy. Darwinia overcame what would have been a crippling weakness for any other game in the genre with the sheer force of its charm. In fact, 1UP hardly missed the nonexistent multiplayer. Which leaves them wondering now "did it ever really need it in the first place?"
After some hands on time with two of Multiwinia's multiplayer modes, it's apparent that a great game could have been even better. It would be easy to blow Multiwinia off as a simple, stripped down RTS, but that would be giving it short shrift. It's simple, yes, with few units other than the titular, spritely Darwinians. And no structures to build beyond the occasional turret. There's no fog of war or tech tree or anything else we've come to take for granted in a traditional RTS.
Indie Gala has unveiled their latest bundle, named the Colossus Bundle, and it most certainly lives up to its name. Featuring 5 games for a minimum of $1 and if you beat the average, which is currently $5.64, you will unlock an additional 5 games with 1 more game and 2 albums to unlock in the second week.
We are still waiting for the Tolstoy-esque war game where, by and large, instructions must be issued prior to engagement and may turn out to be irrelevant due to unforeseen events, where orders handed over to a messenger during the heat of the battle may be struck down by a stray musket shot before they are ever received. You know what gets closest? Multiwinia. Honest.
Grand Theft Auto IV and a host of new video game deals have been posted by Green Man Gaming in part of their Digital Download Festival deals.
i hate seeing "up to 75% off some games", just list the games man, retails (especially retailers who use digital distribution methods) almost always have 75% off some games
