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In a candid post on Introversion Software's DEFCON forums, company co-founder Mark Morris admits that the Darwinia+ developer was close to closing up shop following disappointing sales of the game's XBLA port. "Internally we knew within about an hour of Darwinia+'s launch that it hadn't done well enough," Morris wrote. "It took us about two weeks to really accept that and the awful realisation that we didn't have enough to continue with the office or the staff. We had a bunch of creditors knocking at the door, but worse than all of that we were absolutely shattered."

Having let its staff go, closed it office and retreated to the bedrooms of its three remaining employees, the company made a last-ditch move to generate some income. "We put together a rescue plan involving creating Steam achievements for DEFCON so we could convince Valve to run a promotion with it," explained Morris. Turns out, a seemingly small tweak and some promotion delivered major results, Morris revealed: "The promo exceeded all of our expectations and when combined with our low burn rate (no office or staff now) we had gone from being fearful about paying our mortgages to having a year's operating capital in the bank."

Introversion is still running lean, but is back on track to release its "most ambitious project so far," Subversion, in 2011.

JoystiqIntroversion credits Steam for company's salvation originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>Darwinia-PlusdefconIntroversionmark-morrismicrosoftpcsteamvalvexboxWed, 25 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST<![CDATA[DEFCON still headed to DS (if someone publishes it)]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/04/20/defcon-still-headed-to-ds-if-someone-publishes-it/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/04/20/defcon-still-headed-to-ds-if-someone-publishes-it/http://www.joystiq.com/2009/04/20/defcon-still-headed-to-ds-if-someone-publishes-it/#commentsRemember Introversion's plans to port DEFCON to handhelds? Yeah, we didn't either, because that was like two years ago. It turns out that that a DS version of the stylized strategy game was actually completed in conjunction with Pinnacle Software, who ran into some ... trouble, of the all-too-familiar financial variety.

Introversion has reacquired the rights to the DS game and now hopes to find a publishing partner, in order to get it out worldwide in the third quarter of this year. "With the DSi flying off the shelves recently," Introversion's Mark Morris said, "we believe that there will be particular interest in a finished DS product with such a great track record, especially as the RTS/Strategy sector is so poorly served on the platform."

JoystiqDEFCON still headed to DS (if someone publishes it) originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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According to CVG, indie studio Introversion (Uplink, Darwinia) is looking for developers to help create a portable version of its "everybody dies" disaster game, DEFCON. With simple visuals, an emphasis on multiplayer carnage, and highly addictive gameplay, DEFCON is an ideal candidate for cell phones, the PSP, or DS. The project is still in very early stages, so no details or platforms have been announced.

Earlier we reported that Introversion co-founder Mark Morris was looking to bring a few games to the home console market via digital distribution. DEFCON on your computer, on your TV, and in your pocket? Time to take the "everybody dies" slogan a bit more literally.

[Via PSP Fanboy]

JoystiqDEFCON in your pocket originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 25 May 2007 14:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Introversion recently started looking for new developers for a mobile version of DEFCON, according to CVG. The original DEFON was a cult success, heralded by many for its unique apocalyptic premise: players are engaged in a deadly endgame, where the world's superpowers are launching their nuclear weapons. Players must kill as many people as possible through strategic use of their country's nuclear cache.
The game's simplistic graphics would make it an ideal candidate for all handhelds, including cell phones, PSP and DS. Although the awkwardly-worded job ad mentions no specific platform, CVG speculates that it will most likely head to PSP. We're not exactly sure why they'd assume that, but we really hope they're right.

JoystiqDEFCON goes mobile; PSP intended target? originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 22 May 2007 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Introversion, creator of indie darlings Darwinia and DEFCON, have announced their next project will be called Subversion. Company co-founder Chris Delay made the announcement earlier last week, noting that the project is early in production and the development will be blogged.

Understanding that many developers fall into the trap where hype leads to disappointment, Delay assures that he will make no promises as to final features and game play details.

As another point, Delay points out that the attached images, including the one to the right, is not a representation of the game and anyone who treats the screenshots as such are mistaken. You've been warned.

[Via videogames blogger]

JoystiqDefcon dev announces new game: Subversion originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 28 Dec 2006 13:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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