Defcon
March 16th, 2006 by CrusaderEurogamer conducted an
Chris Delay: Points are scored by successfully nuking the enemy civilianpopulation into oblivion. This is an extremely difficult task becauselaunching an attack on the enemy makes you very vulnerable – Ground Silos andSubs and Bombers all give away their positions the moment they launch nuclearweapons.
We’re playing this game every day and people keep coming up with newstrategies – but the bottom line is it’s very difficult to win convincingly.Games often end with both sides obliterated. It’s a fascinating and nervousgame to play.
It’s anticipated that the game will be completed this April.
March 16th, 2006 at 12:03 pm
These guys are amazing! They just keep cranking out innovative and fun cross-platform games!
March 16th, 2006 at 12:08 pm
I can’t find anything about Linux on the page. Have they mentioned something about it?
March 17th, 2006 at 8:56 am
The Eurogamer interview is by Kieron Gillen who is/was an employee of Brit mag PC Gamer. If anybody has seen Brit mag Edge recently they will have seen a great interview in there also.
[i]“It’s Global Thermonuclear War, and nobody wins.
But maybe – just maybe – you can lose the least.”[/i]
I hope there’s a Linux port (I’m sure there will be). I’ve bought their last two games. Uplink as far as I am aware was the first game available in the High Street shops that came with Linux support. Also Uplink is going for £20 on eBay.co.uk at the moment; I’ve been monitoring them.