{"id":2192,"date":"2013-02-21T18:05:10","date_gmt":"2013-02-21T18:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/positech.co.uk\/cliffsblog\/?p=2192"},"modified":"2013-02-21T18:05:10","modified_gmt":"2013-02-21T18:05:10","slug":"gratuitous-space-battles-free-weekend-on-steam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.positech.co.uk\/cliffsblog\/2013\/02\/21\/gratuitous-space-battles-free-weekend-on-steam\/","title":{"rendered":"Gratuitous Space Battles FREE weekend on steam"},"content":{"rendered":"

…has now started. behold:<\/p>\n

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I could (and probably will) talk at length about the reasoning behind doing this, from a business POV. Suffice it to say for now, that there are always people who are skeptical of buying a game based on reviews, or a demo, and feel they need to play the whole game properly before they can commit to buying it. I guess this is the appeal of pay-what-you-want in some ways (I guess retrospectively…) and also FreeToPlay games. Never let it be said that cliffski is an old man afraid of trying new things :D<\/p>\n

If you don’t know what I’m talking about here, Gratuitous Space Battles<\/a> is my best-known game. It’s a space strategy\/management game, that in some ways is like football-manager with space fleets, and in some ways it’s a puzzle games, and in some ways it’s an RTS. You can control the ships mid battle these days, by the way. The game has sold VERY well for a small indie, and won awards and stuff. You can check it out for free this weekend on steam (and there is a nice tasty discount to tempt you too).<\/p>\n

So as to show off some of the latest shininess, here is the video for the last GSB expansion pack: The outcasts<\/a> again… PLEASE TELL EVERYONE ABOUT THIS FREE WEEKEND!<\/p>\n