The studio responsible for last year’s indie adventure/puzzle hit Machinarium says that Microsoft refused the game for Xbox Live Arcade after six months of negotiations. “They don’t want to support games which aren’t Microsoft exclusives,” the studio chief alleges.
In case you haven’t noticed, we’re playing catch-up here at Kotaku. Reviewing some games that were missed in the run-in to the holiday season. Which is great, because it means I get a chance to talk about Machinarium.
Machinarium, a cute little adventure game that stars robots and steals hearts, will be out on PC on October 16, the game’s developers (Amanita Design) let us know today.
Monkey Island was great, but as far as adventure games go, it’s nice to sit down with something new. Like Machinarium. We’ve been excited about this for a while now, and this new trailer only has us more excited.