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Project GODUS Passes its Pledge Goal

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If I’m being honest I didn’t think it would succeed, towards the middle of the Project GODUS kickstarter campaign I thought to myself, ‘clearly they’re just clutching at straws now’. Especially where it came to the cliché ‘NEW’ stamp they decided to put on the front page video.

If you’re not quite sure what I’m talking about, go over and have a look at the campaign page; it’s a game thought up by one of the founders of Bullfrog himself, going back to the good old days when the God genre of gaming was in its prime. Specifically I’m talking about the likes of Populous, Dungeon Keeper and Black & White.

The kickstarter campaign has been a turbulent experience for them since the beginning and I am glad that it has ended up succeeding, simply because I’m tremendously excited about the potential GODUS has to offer for this genre of gaming. Taking note of the similarity that GODUS has to Populous: The Beginning and previous games, Populous Online will be closely following its development.

News and information will appear along side our usual Devil Worlds updates, Populous news and gaming related news.

Duke Nukem 3D Promotion & Best of Bullfrog

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For anyone interested in free game promotions, gog.com are currently running a 48 hour one for Duke Nukem 3D: Atomic Edition. The game will be available, for free, for the next 48 hours!

In addition to the Duke Nukem promotion there is a daily deal running for ‘Bullfrog Favourites’; acquire all of the best bullfrog games including Dungeon Keeper 1 and 2, Populous 1, 2 and The Beginning for only $11.92.

Populous Online Forums

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The Populous-Online forums will be returning, we’re looking into a way of merging the system with the new site and linking it up to the user account system we have here. It’ll be a good place for you all to share any screenshots, stories, suggestions and criticisms you have for the team about Devil Worlds or anything else you have in mind.

Keep an eye out in the top menu bar!

Project Godus

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It looks like the old man Molyneux is heading back towards his roots. (I sincerely hope) Project Godus is a reinvention of the god genre that he invented with Populous way back in the day. It’s being developed by his new small studio 22cans who recently revealed ‘Curiosity – what’s in the cube’ to the world.

I’d recommend keeping a close eye on the development of this kickstarter, on the one hand I feel it could be awesome; on the other I feel they might be over their heads and what we’re hoping for turns out to be a tap-to-click mobile game.

Pay what you want – Interplay

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Greetings all!

GoG.com is having a two week promotional event that is offering a huge chunk of interplay games on a pay-what-you-want basis. This is an amazing opportunity to get some fantastic games at a price that you believe they are worth.

By paying what you like, you can get 8 of the available 32 however if you consider paying above the average or even the 82% off value of $34.99 (~£21.86, ~€26.87) you can get 20 and 32 games respectively.

It’s worth checking out, not to mention all of the games are DRM free.

Conclusion of Populous Online Competition

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Would like to send out a heartfelt thanks for the entries received for the competition. The respective winners have now been chosen and your codes have been sent back to you as a reply to your original entry email.

Thanks again to everyone who participated and look out for more promotions in the future!

Partnership with GoG.com & Populous: TB Coupon Codes

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I am pleased to announce that Populous Online and the entire network now has an affiliation with GoG.com. Through this partnership we are announcing a competition to give away 4 coupon-codes that will allow you to obtain a copy from GoG.com Free of charge.

All you need to do in order to have a chance at getting one of these codes is answer the following question:

In the level ‘MIDDLE GROUND’ in Populous 3: The Beginning which spell is acquired from worshipping the Stone Head in the center of the map?

Send your answer to competition@jjbarlow.net with Populous Online Competition in the subject line.

Entries close on 31st August 2012 at 23:59 and winners will be sent their respective codes by email.

Good Luck!

Site Maintenance

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The main site and subsequent site pages will be updating as we move over to a child theme of the latest version of WordPress’s Twenty Eleven theme. Things may be broken momentarily, sorry for the inconvenience!

Server Upgrades

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The website will be down for a few hours at various times within the next 48 hours. The server is getting an upgrade from CentOS 5 to CentOS 6, this will bring in performance boosts across the board and should result in a much more streamlined Populous experience.

Apologies for any inconvenience!

Patch update

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The description for patch 1.04 in the downloads section has been updated at the request of IncaWarrior. Please note the change and familiarise yourself with the possible issues of playing Populous with people on different patch versions.