Gaming Age writes: "Back in 2005 (I can't believe that was 5 years ago!) the original Darwinia was released on the PC and was well received. Three years later the developers created a multiplayer version of Darwinia called Multiwinia. If you are like me, you missed both of those boats; but luckily the boats have circled back around (as they usually do) and are docking on the 360 together as a single compilation called Darwinia+. I am glad I waited because I love a deal and getting two great games for the price of one is just fantastic. With the mash up of real time strategy and a god type game Darwinia alone really appeals to me; then add in the multiplayer modes of Multivania, such as King of the Hill, Domination and Capture the Flag and you would be hard pressed to find a game with a better fun to value ratio."
Mark Morris, a co-founder of Introversion Software on the indie games scene, the impact of Minecraft, and how before Notch "we all had a dream, now we know the dream is achievable", on distribution platforms - how Steam is a priority for developers - and on how the best route in to games development is trying indie, before aspiring to work as part of a team at the 'old guard' (a big name studio).
AJ Lysiak: "2010 has been a phenomenal year for the Xbox Live Arcade. Disregarding the ridiculous price hike to $15.00 for the majority of games, I feel this is the best lineup we've ever seen. Microsoft's tendency to wait months to release games already complete puzzled me. Anyway, on to the list of what I feel are the 10 best games to release this year."
Darwinia + was a serious sleeper hit. Probably one of the more original games out there. Some big misses though.
Coplanet: Darwinia +, Introversion Software title for the Xbox 360, will be familiar to anyone: it is a collection of two computer games, and MultiWin Darwinia, released in 2005 and 2008 respectively, which were pumped for the occasion, revised and corrected .
