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Revolution Software has announced the creation of a new division dedicated to handheld platforms, Revolution Pocket, and revealed that an enhanced version of Beneath A Steel Sky will be its first release.
Beneath A Steel Sky - Remastered is due out this autumn on iPhone and iPod Touch, and will be released for other formats later. It features new animated movies from Dave Gibbons, a new context-sensitive help system, and higher-quality audio.
Revolution Pocket won't just be targeting iPhone, either - the studio plans to launch games for Android phones, PSPgo, Nintendo DSi (via DSiWare) and others.
Beneath A Steel Sky is available as an open-source game already, for use with the ScummVM emulator, so to some the release - expected at $2-3 - may seem peculiar, but Revolution founder Charles Cecil says that the studio is keen to offer "incredible value for money", and that proceeds from sales could even be reinvested in a sequel.
"Yes, you can jailbreak your phone and play the game for free. But if you like the game and like the kind of games we make, then pay us a little bit of money and, if it's a big enough success, we can reinvest the funds. We can start to look at a potential BASS sequel," Cecil told Eurogamer in a retrospective interview about Revolution's origins and the creation of Beneath A Steel Sky.
"You know, I think a massive part of the piracy problem is due to a broken-down relationship between game makers and consumers. There's no respect between the two parties anymore. So I'm very excited at the prospect of repairing the relationship. I think this is the model we'll take with our future games."
More Revolution Pocket games should be announced in due course.
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"You know, I think a massive part of the piracy problem is due to a broken-down relationship between game makers and consumers. There's no respect between the two parties anymore."
Well said! Anyway, like the dig, I missed this one first time round but heard so many good things about it I will 100% get this on the PSP when it hits...er sorry PSPgo, god that's a bad name :) |
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Vertical Stand
30/07/09 @ 08:06
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Same here, will gladly buy Revolution titles for my PSP, and also agree with the idea that downloads can not only allow older games to find a new audience, but more importantly enable the original designers to make money from older games and put that into new development.
Here's hoping others follow suit, like that Blade Runner game, and indeed other genres and designers of games beside adventure games that have been cast aside by the technology arms race of the past. |
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poopmonster
30/07/09 @ 09:36
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Charles is forgetting that piracy has been around as long as dual cassette decks. It's only talked about more now because of p2p 'outrage'.
But he's right all the same. More gamers are lazier, want everything for free and don't trust developers/publishers enough to want change their habits. Prices go up, the quality of the screenshots is getting better, but the games are getting stagnant and disappointing. Why pay to be disappointed? |
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