Zero Point Software today announced their Early Access title, Interstellar Marines, is available to all Steam users to play for free from Feb 9th until Feb 16th. To play Interstellar Marines during the free week simply open up Steam, go to your Game Library and install. The game is available in Windows, Mac and Linux versions and is free to install and play until February 16th.
Kim Haar Jorgensen, Creative Director of Interstellar Marines, said:
“Interstellar Marines is at the stage where we want to invite people in to try it out and investigate the universe we are building. Having a free week on Steam ensures we can do that with the widest possible audience. We’re really proud of how far we’ve reached, and we think Interstellar Marines is at the perfect stage to ask the wider gaming community to come and have a look.
Recently we’ve added a huge amount of new features and content. For example last week’s update included many community-requested features, it greatly enhanced tactical movement and also introduced a brand new tutorial level. Over the last six months we have made substantial additions to Interstellar Marines, such as adding co-op, releasing many new missions and introducing three new game modes.”
During the free week Interstellar Marines is also on sale with a special 66% discount on the Steam store.
Zero Point Software have also announced they will be spending the next several months working on a large update to Interstellar Marines.
Paul Allen, Producer, added:
“Hell Week is part of your training as an Interstellar Marine, and consists of a trial where you face off against up to 63 other aspirants in several interlinked, AI-controlled artificial arenas. Weaker players are removed from the game by AI SARA, leaving only the strongest to fight it out. You have to rely on your tactical acumen, wits and drive to succeed to make it through a Hell Week. If you manage it though, the rewards are enormous.”
Enjoy!
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I was really excited for this game when it was first announced because it looked incredibly promising, but now the name is just associated with an abysmally slow development process. Granted they eventually added co-op missions like they promised awhile back so maybe there is hope yet for the game. The free week is absolutely necessary if they want the game to go anywhere, because it already has poor reviews.
I said the same thing, i was excited when i saw the first screenshots and gameplay, the trailer, it looked quite good, but now not only the game looks like it will never be finished but nothing of what it does is any diffirent from what is outhere.
When I first looked at it I was like, “That landshark looks awesome, and this game seems scary as s**t.”
Little did I know that the actual game barely even had functional PVP let alone a co-op campaign or any campaign for that matter.
that shark was impressive so were the graphics, the hud, the weapons, now? Meh, and when did they show the shooting demo? 4-5 years ago?
Erm, John, I think the title could potentially be misleading. Instead of “goes F2P this week” wouldn’t be better “is F2P this week”? The former implies a change in the business model.
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Yeap, can see why this can be misleading. Fixed
Well, the development is true that is quite slow…but now for 5,76€ I can’t say no to it.
The sound is great, the way the do things is and feels different even while being a shooter…it doesn’t feel generic at all (it feels like you are playing an “Alien game” because of its atmosphere and dynamically changing environments), the customizations “a la” Crysis in real time is simple and works great.
The idea overall of the story and the back-story itself is what makes the game…sadly that will be the last thing in the development process that we’ll see of course…but for me at least sometimes if the developer is good and makes something “stable” and “consistent” with the idea…I enjoy looking at the progress.
The coop is great and you see people working together even while playing “conquest” or other modes on PvP…that’s kind of an achievement if you think about it.
I like it.
Geeze this game is still in development stage after all these years. I still remember back in 2005 when they first announced the game.