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Activision published game Dark Reign put on Xbox Indie channel.
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Well most of the work would go into porting the engine to C# really. I mean you already have all the assets right? I don't think it would be an easy task but it would still be cool to see older PC games or older games in general hit the service and could draw some good attention to the service too.
This is actually what I meant, terrain based FOW.
Its not amazing but its not bad either.
Super weird BUT more people should do this. It draws more attention to the service and you dont have to deal with Microsoft's BS really.
Jesus christ I would completely lose my shit. They still sell the PC versions for $60. :lol
Yesh. Giff me 3d mech sim pls.
Steel Battalion is on its way.
Someone who isn't independent publishing a game where independent people publish games doesn't preclude what was published from being a game you see.
You... look?
He was being ironic
Neuromancer
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Look for the girl with the green hoodie jump-kicking in the air. Under game types.
They really need to make the "Game Types" section pop out more.
Exactly. I know how to get to it, it's just convoluted.
abracadaver
Member
How is the game/port ?
Controls ?
Any screenshots ?
Worth 400 points ?
Controls ?
Any screenshots ?
Worth 400 points ?
Try it for yourself and see
Man, super weird.
Not the first time a more "well known" title has made it to the XBLIG service:
True but it terms of publisher this is pretty big.
Seems more that the developer licensed the rights to the game from Activision, rather than Activision "publishing" the game:
http://www.armlessoctopus.com/2012/...ps-dark-reign-redux-on-xbox-live-indie-games/
Personally I wish we'd see more of this sort of thing. Games like Tyrian and Raptor: Call Of The Shadows have had ports to the iPhone and Mac OS, it'd be good to see on XBLIG too.
I don't know, maybe some people could try and talk to companies into doing this. Would be awesome to see more classic and well known games hit the service to draw more attention to it.
I mean we are not going to see games like PSO: BB hit the service (sadly) but things like Mech Warrior are a possibility as long as the company is willing.
Dog Problems
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That's what I'm wondering. Good game though. Hope it turns people on to the genre who may never have played one before.
What is this game? Dan Hsu, halp!
DaveVoyles
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Yeah it wasn't Activision who had anything to do with this. I also have an XNA developer's account, so I'm able to go into the playtesting forums, and in doing so the dev said that they simple approached Activision and asked for the ability to rerelease the title since Act wasn't doing anything with it at he moment.
We posted that minutes after the story went up, but for some reason people kept thinking that Activision had something to do with the new release on XBLIG.
We posted that minutes after the story went up, but for some reason people kept thinking that Activision had something to do with the new release on XBLIG.
Ninja Scooter
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maybe because Activision's logo is on the cover art?
JOURNALISM
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I am Korean.
Every game is worth a dollar now. (Going by the Vita threads at least.)
Neat. This is easily one of the most oddball releases I have ever seen. Someone tell Ubisoft to do this with Conquest: Frontier Wars.
Of All Trades
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This isn't the first time an old port has shown up on XBLIG: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onslaught_(video_game)
Kinda surprised there haven't been more ports given the lack of restrictions.
Kinda surprised there haven't been more ports given the lack of restrictions.
First of all.. WTF?! Dark Reign??? Loved that series. But Dark Reign 2 was far far better than the first, and one of the first 3D RTS games... and also one of the best. I used to make tons of maps for multiplayer for the game that actually played a good part in its online community. (about a dozen or so maps people regularly played) It was actually the first game that made me realize I wanted to make games for a living. 
Super random.
Super random.
LSauchelli
Member
That's pretty awesome, hope they end up reviving the series, easily one of my favorite RTS out there.
Correctomundo
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I'm looking at the thread title thinking "It can't be that Dark Reign." Then I opened it, and it was.
I'm about a centimeter from buying it....but the whole indie thing. I keep losing my connection intermittently. Decisions, decisions.
I'm about a centimeter from buying it....but the whole indie thing. I keep losing my connection intermittently. Decisions, decisions.
Heh, I remember the campaign in the game being super-hard. But that could be because I was 10 years old when it came out...
You mean the cover from 1997? I'd guess that this release won't have Activision on it anywhere.
Edit: Wait, it is on the cover on the marketplace link. Wow, Activision = Indy?
This game also appears to be completely built on MS Silverlight.
You mean the cover from 1997? I'd guess that this release won't have Activision on it anywhere.
Edit: Wait, it is on the cover on the marketplace link. Wow, Activision = Indy?
This game also appears to be completely built on MS Silverlight.
nothing to do with offensive games, its all down to the fact online games in certain countries (the ones xbig are available in) dont require to be age rated, simple as that, take those games offline, then money has to be spent getting them rated, hence why xbig isnt worldwide
I absolutely adored this game back in the day.
I tried it out briefly, it's a decent port, and 360 controls seem alright, but damn, if the units and text aren't super small. Also, lack of "Rise of the Shadowhand" content makes me sad.
Kinda weird to think about both Dark Reign and Star Craft being owned by the same company now. I think had Star Craft made its original release date, these two would have gone head-to-head.
I tried it out briefly, it's a decent port, and 360 controls seem alright, but damn, if the units and text aren't super small. Also, lack of "Rise of the Shadowhand" content makes me sad.
Kinda weird to think about both Dark Reign and Star Craft being owned by the same company now. I think had Star Craft made its original release date, these two would have gone head-to-head.
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