'83 IS BACK IN DEVELOPMENT! Dev Talk with Tony Gillham (CEO) and Sturt Jeffery (Lead Designer)
Wishlist 83 on Steam: 🔗 https://store.steampowered.com/app/10...
We're back! After the #pcgamingshow announcement this summer, we're happy to report that we're close to making '83 happen at Blue Dot Games! We're currently negotiating a possible deal with a private investor who's willing to fund several months of development with a smaller team, so we're getting the band together ✌️
While we still need to raise additional funds to cover the full development cycle, we can now put the actual game design in the spotlight for a moment. Tony Gillham sat down with none other than the Lead Designer of the game, Sturt Jeffery, to discuss the design direction of '83!
They are also talking about what happened to '83 and what we think the future holds for the game.
Stay tuned for more content from Blue Dot Games!
https://83thegame.com/
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🪖 '83 is a large scale, team based, objective based multiplayer shooter set in the Cold War. Designed with accessible realism for the most enjoyable and hardcore experience that gets to the action fast without losing the realistic lethality of war.
Initially, '83 was developed by Antimatter Games. After Enad Global 7 (EG7) joined as a publisher and acquired the studio, '83 continued development alongside another project, I.G.I. Origins, set in the same historical era.
EG7’s aim was to create two unique cold war games, sharing assets and code to expedite development. However, this proved more challenging than anticipated, and EG7 eventually determined neither project aligned with their new objective of higher business predictability.
Consequently, EG7 closed Antimatter Games in 2023, and '83 was abandoned.
This led Chris Rickard and Tony Gillham to establish Blue Dot Games Ltd., negotiate with EG7 to acquire the '83 assets and resume development!