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Limbo: Holy crap, it's actually real.
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So some of you might possibly remember being directed to a certain website around 2007 showcasing a game called, simply, Limbo. The game itself looked like a simple platformer, albeit with a really cool grayscale motif and some great settings, at least judging by the website. Even though the site contained nothing more than a brief trailer and some awesome concept art, it was enough to create a spark of interest in a lot of the blogging circles.
But yeah, it pretty much dropped off the map and seemed to become vaporware. Until today, when I got this elegant and finely crafted email!
So yeah, awesome.
For reference, here's some of the art introduced in the original website, which will hopefully be making its way into the game proper in one way or another:
But yeah, it pretty much dropped off the map and seemed to become vaporware. Until today, when I got this elegant and finely crafted email!
Hi,
My name is Dino Patti, and I'm the CEO of the company now known as PLAYDEAD. We are the developers of LIMBO, an original game idea by Arnt Jensen, who produced and released the concept video you may have seen on our site in 2006. Arnt and I started planning and producing the game together right after that, and, being only two developers, we didn't have time to answer the thousands of emails we received from fans and publishers.
So, first of all, I thank you for your patience, some of you signed up as early as the beginning of 2007. The reason for the "radio silence" is that we have been very busy producing the game and didn't want to spam your inbox with irrelevant information.
It has been a long journey for us, which I won't cover in more detail here. I'll just let you know that the reason things have taken so long is that we started from scratch (Arnt started working on the concept two and a half years before we met) and decided to make LIMBO independently after talks with several publishers. Todayour team counts 8 in addition to some freelancers, at our maximum we were a total of 16.
Now for the real reason why I'm writing you...
LIMBO is launching on consoles this year with a summer launch on XBLA!
(See first official screenshot here: http://www.limbogame.org/maillist/link.php?id=1dce421ex1 or currently on the frontpage of www.ign.com)
From now on I'll keep you posted regularly, so expect updated content from the game very soon. Screenshots, movies, you name it...
(We'll also be at the IGF Pavillion at GDC if you are interested in seeing a small part of the game)
Spread the word
Regards,
Dino Patti
CEO, Co-founder
PLAYDEAD ApS
www.limbogame.org
@dinopatti
So yeah, awesome.
For reference, here's some of the art introduced in the original website, which will hopefully be making its way into the game proper in one way or another:
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but I don't have an x-box :?
You all have to buy this so it's successful enough to be ported to PC.