Dark Reign Redux, a remake of 1997′s Dark Reign: The Future of War, a real-time strategy game for PC, was just published on the Xbox Live Indie Games channel yesterday, without Activision so much as stapling a flyer to a telephone pole for its marketing.
Dark Reign Redux costs $US5 (400 Microsoft Points) and was developed by Magnetar Games, which is also handling a browser-based version. This version supports two to eight players, 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 widescreen 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 the Activision Independent Games Competition, whose submission period just closed.
Activision Clandestinely Releases Dark Reign Redux on Xbox Live Indie Games [Armless Octopus]
McGarnical
Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 8:37 AMCool. Now, can we get the bloody indie channel on Xbox now?
Leigh
Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 10:32 AMI seem to remember Dark Reign being Australian-made too.
Logan Booker
Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 10:53 AMSure was. It was by Auran… before it made Fury.
Adam Ruch
Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 10:44 AMI played the hell out of Dark Reign back in the day. Really liked it.
Damo
Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 10:53 AMAwesome. My favourite game of all time. I reckon I put a couple of hundred hours into online multiplayer. Please bring it to the PSN!
McGarnical
Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 11:31 AMPlease bring it to Xbox as well. It’s not available in Australia if it’s on the indie channel.
Broken Code
Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 11:37 AMThe indie channel will NEVER be available to us due to the expenses forced on indie companies by the ACB. Which won’t be rectified for AT LEAST a few years.
I’m going to say that word again. NEVER. Remember it.
NEVER.
Tom
Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 11:59 AMIf that’s the case, then can Kotaku please stop these articles? I got my hopes up for nothing.
Nobody
Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 12:49 PMDamnit, was super excited.
Dizzying highs make way for crushing lows.
jsaaon
Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 1:21 PMTHIS is why we need indie xbox games in aus!! its a freaking aussie made game!
Christian
Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 3:31 PMSo we can or cannot play this game?
If we cannot, please can you point that out in the actual article, seeing it was an Aus article…
McGarnical
Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 4:37 PMWe cannot. It’s a US article, although it is reposted on the AU website, so your point is fair.
Hi Logan!
I don’t know how you’d work it in, maybe you could have an “[editor]” style comment where you make an observation for your fellow Australians?
Awnshegh
Monday, January 30, 2012 at 8:25 AMProbably my most beloved of all RTS games. Setting shredders to harass the enemy while I built up a large force to crush the Freedom guard was a wonderful experience.
Jesse
Monday, January 30, 2012 at 9:19 AMOr you could make a US account, buy US MS Points on a reliable website and purchase this??? It will work on the console you initially download it to for any account (including your Australian account).
I have a Japanese and US account for this exact reason but I play on my Aussie Gamertag.
Best of all-worlds.
Pete
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 12:08 AMLoved the game back in the day. Got over-shadowed by Total Annihlation, which was sad. I was fortunate enough to review it for PC Powerplay. Woot for me! :)
Joah
Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 8:06 PMOh shit, I remember that review.
The reason I got the game in the first place when I was kid :D