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DEFCON Released Today

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the open-the-silos dept.

VVrath writes "Independent developers (and bedroom programmers), Introversion are releasing their third game, DEFCON at 6pm GMT today. As the successor to the sleeper hit Uplink and the IGF award winning Darwinia, this is one of the most eagerly awaited indy games of this year. Based on the game of thermonuclear war played in the film WarGames, DEFCON gives you the opportunity to nuke the hell out of your friends (and enemies), with the player who loses the least crowned victorious. With this being Introversion's first game for sale by download only (it's available on Steam as well as through their own website), does this mark the end of indy games being sold in shops?"

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  1. I know this by Eightyford · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is about a criminal with bad hearing right?

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  2. Don't buy it!! by Control+Group · · Score: 5, Funny

    The only way to win is not to play!

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    Reality has a conservative bias: it conserves mass, energy, momentum...
  3. Re:23 years. by Control+Group · · Score: 3, Funny

    Drat. Beaten to the WarGames punch by 2 minutes.

    How about a game of chess?

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  4. Now if there is a nuclear war... by Facekhan · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now if there is a nuclear war Jack Thompson has someone to sue for 600 million dollars.

  5. Yes, but... by hcdejong · · Score: 3, Funny

    Does it run on the WOPR?