Activision Goes Indie with Dark Reign on Xbox Live [Update]

By Alex Chen | January 01, 0001

Dark Reign Redux, yono all app a remake of 1997’s Dark Reign: The Future of War, a real-time strategy game for PC, yono all app just published on the Xbox Live Indie Games channel yesterday, without Activision so much as stapling a flyer to a telephone pole or putting up a card on a café barter board for its marketing.(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); [Update] There’s a reason for that. The game actually is self-published by Magnetar Games, which seems to have reached a licensing agreement with Activision, the game’s owner. The title being sold over Xbox Live Indie Games has been QA-checked by Activision testers, reports Armless Octopus. Original post follows. Dark Reign Redux costs $5 (400 Microsoft Points) and was developed by Magnetar Games, which also is handling a browser-based version. yono all app This version supports two- to eight-player multiplayer, either online or through system link. Everything else appears to be a faithful port of the original game. Armless Octopus assures us that it runs at 1024×768 resolution and has yono all app widescreen w69 slot support, so it’s not totally kicking it old-school. This isn’t Activision’s only foray into indie territory, of course. It also runs w69 slot the Activision Independent Games Competition, whose submission period just closed. https://kotaku.com/activision-teams-up-with-indiecade-for-next-indie-dev-c-5846446 Activision Clandestinely Releases Dark Reign Redux on Xbox Live Indie Games [Armless Octopus]

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