I appreciate your support and enthusiasm, but it is impossible for us to give a solid release date. And here's why:
If it gets accepted into XBLA (which will take us a week or so just to get a pitch together), that will mean Microsoft is in charge of the release date and it would probably be next summer. But if this happens, feel good about it and feel good for us, because XBLA is huge compared to Indie Games, and it means you get leaderboards and achievements, and the game will be more polished as we'll use that time to make the game better.
If it does not get accepted into XBLA, then expecte an XBLIG release shorty.
(Poor PC users will have to wait for the Xbox 360 release.)
As you can see, how can I give out a release date?
I think it has become Xona Game policy to never speak of release dates again. We have only burned ourselves by doing so! Trust me, this was not some weak marketing hype gimmick we put together. We meant the release dates we put up, and we felt the pain worse than anyone when we missed them. Being so new to this industry, we are just learning every day. About 95% of what we learn had nothing to do with games, and everything to do with business (marketing, networking, relations, etc.) and it takes time. EDIT: I shouldn't even say that, as we have learned a lot in software engineering, too, but it's all too late to be put to work on Duality ZF, as the damage has been done!
We just went to MIGS 2009 and met with Nintendo and Valve (Steam) to see about Wii and PC releases. All of this is important to us, but it takes time and resources and, being only two guys, it makes it hard to be productive on the game.
I'm not making excuses! If I had never promised a date, nobody would care, just like nobody seems to care when hurricane x2 evolution comes out, and it's placed in two Dream Build Play's already! So this is my fault, and I accept the consequences! I can only pay you back with a worthy game, and that's what I am trying to do.
Thank you all for your support!
M Doucette / Xona Games
Duality ZF (
Dream Build Play Top 20)
