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Oil Rush 
Developer(s) Unigine Corp Designer(s) Vitaliy Sidorov, Stanislav Zagniy Engine Unigine Platform(s) Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, PlayStation 3 Release date(s) January 25, 2012 Genre(s) Real-time strategy, Tower defense Mode(s) Single-player, Multiplayer[1] Media/distribution Digital Download Oil Rush is an upcoming tower defense real-time strategy game being developed by Unigine Corp using their Unigine engine technology.[2] Set in a post-apocalyptic flooded world, the game consists of players fighting over control of the world's remaining oil reserves.[3]
This theme has been viewed as controversial by some, as Oil Rush is to be released only a little more than a year after the much publicized Deepwater Horizon oil spill.[4] The game itself will actually deliver an environmental warning message, with Unigine's CEO Denis Shergin commenting that "Fuel devouring armies that fight over the last drops of oil and pollute already trashed world is nothing but doublethink. That is a warning environmental message we'd like to deliver in a single-player campaign."[5]
Players must defend oil rigs through the use of platforms against hordes of enemy ships and other units.[6][7] The game's SDK will be made available after release.[8] The game will be released as a digital download for Microsoft Windows and Linux,[9] and a release for the PlayStation 3 will follow.[10] A playable demo for all of the games supported platforms will be made available shortly before the game's release.[5]
Although originally planned to be released in the fourth quarter of 2010, the game was later delayed until March 2011 due to more development time being needed as well as more time to negotiate with potential publishers.[11] It was then further delayed until June 2011 to allow more time to work on the single-player campaign. The ability to pre-order the game has been available since March 2, 2011.[12] Although they were originally not interested in a Mac OS X release of the game,[13] they now intend to launch a native Mac OS X client.[14]
A mobile version of Oil Rush is also being considered, although it would most likely contain fewer units and missions than the regular desktop versions. Any mobile versions would also not be released until after the regular desktop version.[15]
See also
References
- ^ Unigine Build Now Does Multi-Player, More Destruction March 31, 2011 (Article by Michael Larabel)
- ^ Unigine Announces Its OilRush Game For Linux Phoronix, September 1, 2010 (Article by Michael Larabel)
- ^ Naval RTS-Tower Defense Hybrid 'OilRush' Announced shacknews, September 2, 2010 (Article by Alice O'Connor)
- ^ Drilling for controversy: indie games tackle offshore oil drilling ars technica, September 17, 2010 (Article by Andrew Webster)
- ^ a b Interview: Unigine co-founder chats about OilRush Big Download, October 17 2010 (Article by John Callaham)
- ^ OilRush announced BIG Download, September 2, 2010 (Article by John Callaham)
- ^ Graphically Slick: OilRush Rock, Paper Shotgun, September 2, 2010 (Article by Jim Rossignol)
- ^ OilRush - Impressive Linux game is in final stage LinAPP, September 2, 2010
- ^ OilRush – Amazing RTS Soon To Be Released! Linux Gaming News, September 2, 2010 (Article by Maxim Bardin)
- ^ OilRush Announced Blue's News, September 1, 2010
- ^ Unigine OilRush Linux Game Delayed To March 2011 Phoronix, December 07, 2010 (Article by Michael Larabel)
- ^ Unigine OilRush Pre-Order For Linux Now Open Phoronix, March 02, 2011 (Article by Michael Larabel)
- ^ More Details On Unigine's OilRush Game Phoronix, September 4, 2010 (Article by Michael Larabel)
- ^ Unigine OilRush Barely Does 800 Sales To Date Phoronix, March 9, 2011 (Article by Michael Larabel)
- ^ Mac Graphics Drivers Are Still Troubled Phoronix, March 25, 2011 (article by Michael Larabel)
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