Darwinia upgrades for Vista

by Ross Miller { Feb 1st 2007 at 4:45PM }

Introversion, the little game maker whose project Darwinia garnered them cult status, has just released an enhanced version specifically for Windows Vista. The upgrade has been in the making since June 2006, according to Introversion co-founder Chris Delay. Upgrades include:

Shift from OpenGL to DirectX, which enable enhanced visuals such as "screen warping explosion effects, reflective water, and Darwinian soul 'auras.'"
Support for the Xbox 360 controller
Three new levels: Jailbreak, Stronghold and Doomsday
Other Vista-centric compatibility features

Those who already own Darwinia can expect an upcoming patch that adds all the enhancements. For those that want to try out the game (and we wholly recommend that you do), Darwinia has been given a prominent purchase location MSN Vista games page for $19.95.

Introversion is currently working on a double secret title codenamed Subversion.

[Via CVG]

Tags: chris delay, ChrisDelay, darwinia, intro version, IntroVersion, vista, windows

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Korova @ Feb 1st 2007 5:14PM

Wow. Does anyone care at all?

'Stiqers: [Silence]

Vicente @ Feb 2nd 2007 12:36AM

Have you played it? Didn't think so. Great little indie game that, i should note, is on sale at Target for, like, $10. Schweet, if you ask me/

adam @ Feb 2nd 2007 11:59AM

this game has a nice graphical style but it really wasn't that fun. the gameplay was too slow for my tastes.

Deafod @ Feb 3rd 2007 3:28PM

Yeah, I do.

And if you ever took a break from playing The Sims 2, you'd realize that there are good games out there, such as Darwinia.

Number Six @ Feb 1st 2007 5:54PM

What about us lowly XP users? Are we getting upgrades too, or what?

D dogg @ Feb 2nd 2007 12:35PM

Update? All I see is:

- Convert to Direct X
- Map controls to Xbox 360 controller

Agenda:

- Port to Vista
- Port to XBLA

And as Korova said earlier, "Does anyone care at all?"

Thryon @ Feb 1st 2007 6:07PM

I hope this is a sign that Darwinia will show up on Xbox Live Arcade sometime soon.

ngs @ Feb 2nd 2007 2:48AM

-- Shift from OpenGL to DirectX, which enable enhanced visuals such as "screen warping explosion effects, reflective water, and Darwinian soul 'auras.'

Apparently they missed the newsletter that stated that OpenGL has already had the capability to do these things? Either way, it's a sad day when an indie firm gets paid to switch.