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vic
Introversion Staff
Joined: 12 Jul 2005
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 Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 8:52 pm Post subject: Congratulations IV on our biggest deal yet! |
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We had some fantastic news last week when DEFCON was finally released to the masses in the US. Our distributor, Pinnacle Software based here in the UK was able to facilitate a deal between IV and Encore Software to retail DEFCON in North America and the first boxes of the game hit the shelves last week. We had to wait a little while for the go-ahead to announce publicly, hence this slightly belated news release but we thought you'd all be pleased to know.
This is IV's biggest deal yet with Encore taking an initial 50k units up front and an enthusiastic take-up from many of the major US retail giants, like Wal-mart and Gamestop!
Friday night was spent quaffing fine wines, feasting on curry to celebrate and congratulating Tom on his superb efforts at making this fantastic opportunity a reality. Well done Tom! 
Although DEFCON has proved extremely popular and we've been inundated with some great reviews over the past six months, we still felt that there were many people who hadn't given DEFCON a go simply because they hadn't yet heard about it. The decision to bring DEFCON to retail has made this possible and we hope to welcome a whole new set of DEFCON gamers to the fold... |
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NeoThermic
Joined: 02 Mar 2002
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Location: ::1
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| Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 9:01 pm Post subject: Re: Congratulations IV on our biggest deal yet! |
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| vic wrote: |
| This is IV's biggest deal yet with Encore taking an initial 50k units up front and an enthusiastic take-up from many of the major US retail giants, like Wal-mart and Gamestop! |
Wow. 50k upfront. 
| vic wrote: |
Friday night was spent quaffing fine wines, feasting on curry to celebrate and congratulating Tom on his superb efforts at making this fantastic opportunity a reality. Well done Tom!
Although DEFCON has proved extremely popular and we've been inundated with some great reviews over the past six months, we still felt that there were many people who hadn't given DEFCON a go simply because they hadn't yet heard about it. The decision to bring DEFCON to retail has made this possible and we hope to welcome a whole new set of DEFCON gamers to the fold... |
A congratulations from me!
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Rkiver
Joined: 01 Oct 2002
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| Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 9:02 pm Post subject: |
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That's great news, congratulations Introversion.
Also myself and NeoThermic just did the maths, even on bulk rates.....lots of cash. |
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estel
Joined: 02 Jan 2006
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allen
Joined: 28 Feb 2007
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pc gamer has been giving attention to defcon lately you guys were in their march/april (cant remember) issue and won best indie game and nominated for another category too, but you probably know that
hopefully this all means more servers and people playing |
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Ace Rimmer
Joined: 07 Dec 2006
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Location: The Multiverse
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| Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 7:17 am Post subject: Re: Congratulations IV on our biggest deal yet! |
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| vic wrote: |
| ...we hope to welcome a whole new set of DEFCON gamers to the fold... |
So do I, so do I.
I think I hear my 600+ game calling....  |
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elDiablo
Introversion Staff
Joined: 14 Mar 2002
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| Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 9:08 am Post subject: |
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| Congratulations there Iv! |
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martin
Joined: 19 Nov 2004
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Well done IV!
If this is your biggest deal yet, and steam had to make you a lot of money.... wow! |
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Nutter
Joined: 25 May 2006
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congratulations on the deal, time to rent a speedboat again?  |
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MS3FGX
Joined: 01 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 2:37 am Post subject: |
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| I just saw this in Gamestop a few days ago, was happy to see it in stores finally. Amazing game, deserves every bit of attention it gets. |
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ChasM
Joined: 11 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 7:45 am Post subject: |
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 Wal-Mart !?!?
I'm gonna miss that little green US Customs postal tag on my future IV purchases.
OH MY GOD! This IS a big deal. Fallout will be everywhere. Shelf-life will get confused with half-life. Atomic mass is even now degrading into energy.
Imagine the Kilo-Tons!
Okay, okay, that was too much, now I need a tranquilizer. |
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Wasgood
Joined: 02 Sep 2006
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| Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 1:25 pm Post subject: Re: Congratulations IV on our biggest deal yet! |
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| vic wrote: |
We had some fantastic news last week when DEFCON was finally released to the masses in the US. Our distributor, Pinnacle Software based here in the UK was able to facilitate a deal between IV and Encore Software to retail DEFCON in North America and the first boxes of the game hit the shelves last week. We had to wait a little while for the go-ahead to announce publicly, hence this slightly belated news release but we thought you'd all be pleased to know.
This is IV's biggest deal yet with Encore taking an initial 50k units up front and an enthusiastic take-up from many of the major US retail giants, like Wal-mart and Gamestop!
Friday night was spent quaffing fine wines, feasting on curry to celebrate and congratulating Tom on his superb efforts at making this fantastic opportunity a reality. Well done Tom!
Although DEFCON has proved extremely popular and we've been inundated with some great reviews over the past six months, we still felt that there were many people who hadn't given DEFCON a go simply because they hadn't yet heard about it. The decision to bring DEFCON to retail has made this possible and we hope to welcome a whole new set of DEFCON gamers to the fold... |
The only IV Game i've seen in Aus so far is Darwinia. Will it be the same box as the same one from the Pre-Orders? |
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NukeLord
Joined: 03 Nov 2006
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Location: Liverpool, England
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| Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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Congratulatons IV!
We need to get as many people as possible prepared for WW3 |
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RabidZombie
Joined: 18 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2007 5:29 pm Post subject: |
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*claps*
That's big.
I can only hope this is followed up with World Wide Retail for either Defcon or eventually, Subversion. |
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Inigo
Joined: 23 Dec 2004
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What could possibly go wrong?
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