[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Gamasutra and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource GamesPress.]
14 February 2012, Roswell, GA
Tripwire Interactive are thrilled to announce that Killing Floor
has sold more than 1 million copies on PC - and is still selling
strongly! This is a major achievement from any game studio as few
games, even multi-million-dollar AAA titles, ever sell over 1
million copies on PC. As a truly independent outfit who have funded
ourselves all the way, we are particularly proud of the
achievement. Our thanks go to all the developers of the Killing
Floor mod and everyone on the team here at Tripwire Interactive,
who's continued support has made the game such a huge
success. We would also like to thank all the members of the
community who have made maps and other add-ons for the game, with
the Killing Floor SDK. And, most importantly, we offer our
thanks to all of the fans and everyone who has bought the
game over the past two years and helped make Killing Floor the
cultural phenomenon that it is today.
As everyone loves stats, here are some of the important
ones:
- 1.1 MILLION copies of Killing Floor sold on PC in 2 and a half
years
- Nearly 2 million Killing Floor DLC packs sold
- 45 MILLION hours of Killing Floor played to date
- 440 MILLION Zeds have been dispatched in Achievements alone -
including more than a quarter-million Christmas Santa
- Zeds are being killed by you at the rate of over 20,000 an
hour!
- Hundreds of custom maps have been created by the community
But we're not just here to brag! In fact we've decided to do
something very special to celebrate the 1 million copies milestone.
For the next three days we're practically giving the game away with
a massive discount of 85% as the "Midweek Madness" feature on Steam
this week. That is the cheapest we've ever sold the game for. If
you have friends who don't yet play the game, now is the time to
educate them on the joys of Killing Floor. You all go on playing
the games we make for PC and we'll go on making and supporting
them!
Killing Floor will be available this week on the Steam "Midweek
Madness" sale at a staggering 85% discount (
http://store.steampowered.
com/app/1250/). The game is
also available on Gamers' Gate, Gamefly, Green Man Gaming and other
digital outlets, as well as in stores across the world.
For the press:
Grab a copy of the celebratory image here:
http://www.killingfloorthegame.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/KF_1Million.jpg
About Tripwire Interactive
Based in Roswell, Georgia, Tripwire Interactive is an
entertainment software developer and publisher founded in 2005 by
the award-winning mod team and winners of the 2004 edition of the
"$1,000,000 Make Something Unreal" competition. Released in early
2006, Tripwire Interactive's debut retail title Red
Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 achieved both critical and commercial
success garnering several awards including "Multiplayer Game of the
Year" and "FPS of the Year" for 2006. Killing Floor, Tripwire's
second title, jumped straight to the top of the Steam best-seller
list and instantly became one of the top-ten most played FPS games
in the world. That success has continued, with over 1 million units
of the game sold on PC and nearly 2 million DLC units sold. Red
Orchestra 2, released in September 2011, to high praise from the
major critics, will continue our tradition of strong, long-term
support for our games.
With some of the most-played PC multiplayer games on the market
and over 2 million units sold on PC, Tripwire Interactive have
proven that with hard work, determination, and great distribution
partners, independent game developers can still make a big splash
in the games industry. And if that wasn’t enough, Tripwire
has now published Zeno Clash, The Ball, and Dwarfs, bringing more
independent developers’ products to the world. For more
information visit Tripwire Interactive's website at
www.tripwireinteractive.com.
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