Uplink Creators Surreal It Up With Darwinia

Thanks to DIY Games for its story noting that Introversion Software, "creator of the critically acclaimed hacker sim Uplink", has announced its next game: Darwinia, a "...monstrously fast [PC] shoot-'em-up, influenced by Cannon Fodder and Syndicate", according to PC Gamer UK. There's a very basic official site with the first screenshots, but fansite Darwinia Warfront has some further information on the early-in-development title, quoting PC Gamer as explaining you'll be "playing as a gamer, inserted into the network of retro videogame consoles... you're shooting sprites, stick men, and space-invaders - objets d'art from the annals of videogame history."

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[Andy Smith]

objets d'art from the annals of videogame history

For those who don't speak French, roughly translated this means dart objects. Oooh, scary!

"Darwinia" by Robert Charles Wilson

[dpilot]

This game looks like it has nothing to do with the Robert Charles Wilson book, where Europe disappears and is replaced by a primitive jungle. I had mixed feelings about the book, but I guess it could have been turned into a good shooter.