Originally posted by Soren Johnson on the Mohawk Games blog.   Offworld  shipped three weeks ago, so it’s a good time to roundup some of our best reviews! Rock Paper Shotgun : Civilization IV  –  the greatest strategy game ever made  – was  Offworld  creator Soren Johnson’s first commercial games as a lead designer.  Offworld Trading Company  is an entirely different proposition: short-form rather than ultra-long...

Originally posted by Soren Johnson on the Mohawk Games blog. The Offworld Release Tournament has finished, and the best-of-5 finals were between PBHead and YerAnd. The streams were broadcast by  Zultar , and the match is linked below. The final bracket can be viewed  here . The third-place match between Gameslayer and Deathtacticus was also pretty interesting:

Originally posted by Soren Johnson on the Mohawk Games blog.   I did a playthrough of all five of the Practice Games, which can be found under Learn to Play. (Note: to unlock them, finish the first two scripted tutorials.) Over the course of the series, I explain how to play from scratch, so the videos will also serve as a good introduction to the game if you want to learn to play just from watching. The videos are also available as a  playlist . Enjoy! ...

Originally posted by Soren Johnson on the Mohawk Games blog.   Offworld Trading Company has shipped! The game has exited Early Access, and the 1.0 version is now  live on Steam . We also have some special deal running for the next two weeks: Regular Edition is 25% off ($29.99) Deluxe Edition is 33% off ($39.59) and includes Real Mars Map Pack DLC Original Soundtrack DLC Extra Offworld Trading Company key to give to a friend An early revie...

Originally posted by Soren Johnson on the Mohawk Games blog.   We are announcing the Offworld Release Twitch Tournament! Here are the rules: The tournament uses a single-elimination bracket of 16 players. All tournament matches are 1v1, with a small map and default settings, with the exception of Reveal Map and Random Prices which must both be turned on. The format for winning is best-of-3, except for the finals, which will be best-of-5. If a player...

Originally posted by Soren Johnson on the Mohawk Games blog.   Listen now to ‘ Red Planet Nocturne ‘ – the title track for  Offworld Trading Company . “Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” -Berthold Auerbach (Interview by Kristy Eason) When creating a game, there are several pieces that need to fall into place in order to make it a complete package. Obviously, the core concept and gameplay elements ne...

Originally posted by Soren Johnson on the Mohawk Games blog.   The Eighth Offworld Twitch Tournament has finished, between Gameslayer, Cubit, Blues, and Heisenberg. The winner of this four-player free-for-all format is the first to win two games. The finals were broadcast by Zultar and Soren: The final bracket can be viewed here:  http://challonge.com/1k5c7f0

Originally posted by Soren Johnson on the Mohawk Games blog. Offworld Trading Company  has been in Early Access for over a year, and in that time we have launched 10 major beta updates based on feedback from you. The game has improved in innumerable ways from our first version because of the dedication and involvement of our community. Today, we announce the release date of the game as April 28th, 2016, and we are excited to bring this game to a wider audience. We don’t v...

Originally posted by Soren Johnson on the Mohawk Games blog.   Here are the rules: All tournament matches are free-for-alls, with a medium map and default settings, with the exception of Masquerade, Reveal Map, and Random Prices, which must be turned on. All games will be played on the next_version branch (password is “MohicanSun2015)”). The format for winning is that games continue until one player has won two matches. If a player does not show up w...

Originally posted by Soren Johnson on the Mohawk Games blog.   The Seventh Offworld Twitch Tournament has finished, and the best-of-5 finals was between Cubit and Gameslayer. The streams were broadcast by  Zultar , and the first game is linked below. The final bracket can be viewed here:  http://challonge.com/offworld7 .

Originally posted by Soren Johnson on the Mohawk Games blog.   Modding support has been a priority for us at Mohawk Games, and we built Offworld Trading Company to support mods that could not just change the game values (via XML) but also the C# code itself. Jason Winokur, the programmer in charge of mod support, has recorded three tutorial videos to help guide prospective modders. If you are interested in changing our game, please give them a look! Intro to Offworld Modd...

Originally posted by Soren Johnson on the Mohawk Games blog.   We are announcing the Third Offworld Twitch Tournament! Here are the rules: The tournament uses a single-elimination bracket of 16 players. All tournament matches are 1v1, with a small map and default settings, with the exception of Reveal Map which must be turned on. Games must be played on the next_version branch or Beta 10 if the latter is available. The format for winning is best-of-...

The Sixth Offworld Twitch Tournament has finished, and the four-player best-of-5 finals was between Blues, Cubit, Gameslayer, and Soren Johnson. The streams were broadcast by  Zultar , and the first game is linked below. The final bracket can be viewed here:  http://challonge.com/offworld6 .

Originally posted by Soren Johnson on the Mohawk Games blog.   We are announcing the Sixth Offworld Twitch Tournament! Here are the rules: All tournament matches are free-for-alls, with a medium map and default settings, with the exception of Masquerade and Reveal Map, which must be turned on. All games must be played on the next_version branch (password is “MohicanSun2015)”). The format for winning is that games continue until one player has won&n...

Originally posted by Soren Johnson on the Mohawk Games blog.   We’ve never been super happy with the original stock system – in which after all of a player’s stock is purchased, another player can buyout that player by paying double for all stock owned by other players. Although the initial period of stock buying is exciting, there is also a long period of time while players are just stockpiling cash for the final buyout, which can be a little boring and also has gam...