Introversion to come up with console, handheld games

Introversion Software proudly labels itself as the last of the bedroom programmers. It is a truly independent developing studio founded in 2002 by three people. Probably the more successful titles under its belt include DEFCON: Everybody Dies and Darwinia which won the Seamus McNally Award at last year’s Independent Games Festival.

The company director, Mark Morris, recently spoke with gaming site Next-Gen and revealed that Introversion is planning to make releases on next-gen consoles and handhelds. Morris added that these titles will likely be downloadable.

I think you’ll be seeing some console titles coming out from Introversion over the next twelve months or so. The downloads fit with Introversion very well. Downloadable games need to be smaller, they need to be unique. All of our games have at least got that.

The director wouldn’t reveal though what specific console their company is targetting. As you all know, all three consoles are capable of providing the above-mentioned service. Morris added that they wanted the same for handhelds but there’s not really much of a download market for DS and PSP at the moment.

With this move, some of you may be thinking that Introversion might lose its independence. But Morris shared that they believed there’s a difference between console makers and publishers. The former, according to him, are just offering mass distribution of their games. However, he admits that there are some who try to control them:

There are still publishers out there that are trying to give us money and that are trying to take control. There’s no way we’re going to go anywhere near them. We’re not going to touch them with a barge pole. We’ve not made a single deal yet and we never will that will compromise that in any way.

Introversion Software proudly labels itself as the last of the bedroom programmers. It is a truly independent developing studio founded in 2002 by three people. Probably the more successful titles under its belt include DEFCON: Everybody Dies and Darwinia which won the Seamus McNally Award at last year’s Independent Games Festival.

The company director, Mark Morris, recently spoke with gaming site Next-Gen and revealed that Introversion is planning to make releases on next-gen consoles and handhelds. Morris added that these titles will likely be downloadable.

I think you’ll be seeing some console titles coming out from Introversion over the next twelve months or so. The downloads fit with Introversion very well. Downloadable games need to be smaller, they need to be unique. All of our games have at least got that.

The director wouldn’t reveal though what specific console their company is targetting. As you all know, all three consoles are capable of providing the above-mentioned service. Morris added that they wanted the same for handhelds but there’s not really much of a download market for DS and PSP at the moment.

With this move, some of you may be thinking that Introversion might lose its independence. But Morris shared that they believed there’s a difference between console makers and publishers. The former, according to him, are just offering mass distribution of their games. However, he admits that there are some who try to control them:

There are still publishers out there that are trying to give us money and that are trying to take control. There’s no way we’re going to go anywhere near them. We’re not going to touch them with a barge pole. We’ve not made a single deal yet and we never will that will compromise that in any way.