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Mojang Hoping to Drop Cobalt by Friday

Posted Dec 12, 2011 at 3:03PM EST by Listed in: PC Gaming Tags: cobalt, minecraft, mojang, scrolls

The company aims its first entry in the world of games publishing at the end of the week, but can they make it?

Up until this week, Mojang’s only claim to fame is Minecraft. Of course, Minecraft is an enormous claim to fame, with a successful PC release, a ridiculous beta period and a perfectly okay mobile adaptation. Which is why when the studio announced it would be branching out into games publishing, most people were excited to see what they’d come up with.

Their first publishing title, known as Cobalt, is a side-scrolling action game set for release sometime in the next few months. But, as with Minecraft, Mojang intends to release the game in both alpha and beta phases, allowing gamers to play it and offer feedback that will hopefully turn it into another home run. It’s a unique design philosophy – one that worked out big time with Minecraft.

Mojang went on the record as hoping to drop the alpha version of Cobalt by Friday, but there are a few things holding them back. They need to touch up a few final in-game details, and they have to sort out the Mojang login system, which will allow you to access Minecraft, Cobalt and the company’s future game, Scrolls (Skyrim 2, right?).

If the studio can get everything together in time, you’ll be able to access the Oxeye-helmed Cobalt sometime on Friday. You can purchase the game in alpha state and, as with Minecraft, receive every future update free.

Keep an eye out for Cobalt, and we’ll keep you updated if anything major happens with the release. In the meantime, what do you think of the alpha/beta release strategy?

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The company aims its first entry in the world of games publishing at the end of the week, but can they make it?


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Mojang Confirms Alpha/Beta Release for Cobalt

Posted Nov 26, 2011 at 12:00PM EST by Listed in: PC Gaming Tags: cobalt, minecraft, mojang

Oxeye’s side-scrolling action game will follow the same pre-release schedule as Minecraft, according to the publisher.

The publishing model for Minecraft doesn’t make sense at first glance: release an unfinished alpha game for free, upgrade it little by little and slowly make it cost money. It’s definitely not the traditional way to release a game, but Minecraft’s 4,000,000+ sales indicate that Mojang seems to have found what works for them.

They’re going to test this launch theory again with their next big release, Cobalt.

Cobalt is in development at Oxeye Game Studios and was only recently announced. The game will be published with Mojang, and is not to be confused with Mojang’s next title, Scrolls. Like Minecraft, the game will be release in an early alpha stage – players that elect to pick the game up at this time will receive all future updates for free.

There are rumors that a level editor will be included with the alpha version, as well as a method for customizing your character. If those features aren’t in the alpha, they’ll probably turn up in the beta.

Cobalt marks Mojang’s first attempt to publish someone else’s game, though Oxeye has noted that the process is much more of a team effort than the traditional relationship between publishers and developers. We’ll just have to see how it plays out in practice.

Do you think Mojang can continue to strike gold, or was Minecraft a lucky break?

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Oxeye’s side-scrolling action game will follow the same pre-release schedule as Minecraft, according to the publisher.


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