The developers of Prison Architect have read our guest writer Paolo Pedercini's tough critique of their game. They... liked it! And they've recorded a video addressing Pedercini's concerns about how their game does or doesn't bleed the reality of the real prison system into the game. » 1/24/14 6:00pm 1/24/14 6:00pm

Is it possible to create a prison management game without trivializing or misrepresenting the issue of mass incarceration? As video games mature and tackle more serious topics, players and developers should be aware of the values embedded in their systems. » 1/20/14 2:30pm 1/20/14 2:30pm

The somewhat-wonderful, somewhat-demented interactive incarceration simulator Prison Architect always gets the best updates. » 5/31/13 2:40pm 5/31/13 2:40pm

Proven countless times over the past several years alone, video games are a form of entertainment uniquely suited to communicating serious subjects in an interactive fashion — far more effectively than reading a book or watching a documentary. Unfortunately Apple wants nothing to do with that sort of communication, so… » 3/21/13 8:30pm 3/21/13 8:30pm

There's retiring old video game characters by not using them any more, and then there's retiring old video game characters by building little models of them and destroying them. » 2/09/12 10:00pm 2/09/12 10:00pm

Spooky. We were only lamenting the other day around the office water cooler about how there weren't enough good heist games these days, and what do we get? A new heist game — and an interesting one to boot. » 12/01/10 3:30am 12/01/10 3:30am

If ever proof was needed of how important Valve's Steam platform has become to many PC developers, look no further than the tale of Introversion, the developers of Defcon and Darwinia, whose company was saved by a Steam sale. » 8/24/10 3:30am 8/24/10 3:30am

In 2008, independent developer Introversion announced an Xbox Live Arcade version of its innovative PC strategy action puzzler, Darwinia. Now Darwinia+ is only a few short weeks away. » 1/25/10 4:30pm 1/25/10 4:30pm

Introversion's Chris Delay has - in a continuation of the company's earlier decision to "tell all" about their recent operational dealings - posted an account of the company's recent woes. » 4/30/09 7:30am 4/30/09 7:30am

Talented British developers Introversion have announced that, after a previous deal with a publisher fell through, they're looking for somebody else to publish nuclear war "simulator" Defcon on the Nintendo DS. » 4/20/09 8:30am 4/20/09 8:30am

Introversion - developers of Defcon and Darwinia - have a treat in store for us. Following "unprecedented approval" from Microsoft, they've uploaded a paper trail documenting the journey a game takes from pitch to release. » 4/01/09 1:30am 4/01/09 1:30am

Introversion, developers behind nuclear war party game Defcon, are no strangers to monkeying around with game code. This, we know. So don't be surprised to see them working on Defcon for your desktop. » 2/17/09 8:30am 2/17/09 8:30am

On September 19th players will be able to get their hands on Multiwinia: Survival of the Flattest, the fourth game from Introversion software. If you have ever played Darwinia or Defcon, then you know how great this game could be. Until then we have a new "Capture the Statue" video for you guys. Multiwinia Video… » 8/26/08 3:40pm 8/26/08 3:40pm

For those of you who don't know, Multiwinia is the fourth game developed by Introversion Software. I was a huge fan of Defcon and Darwinia. Multiwinia looks like it's shaping up very nicely. In this video we take a look at the "King of the Hill" mode where players try to control zones. » 8/20/08 10:00pm 8/20/08 10:00pm

Over at Introversion Software's blog, the developer of Defcon and Darwinia has revealed it's at work on its sixth game, Chronometer, with funding from the UK's Channel 4. » 7/09/08 7:20pm 7/09/08 7:20pm

Though it's been public knowledge for a while now, nobody has really seen or heard much about Multiwinia, the upcoming multiplayer edition of Introversion's brilliant strategy title Darwinia. Have now! RPS' Kieron Gillen has had a sit-down with the game, which can be best summed up with "It's an RTS cut back to its… » 6/20/08 7:30am 6/20/08 7:30am