DEFCON ist in einer runderneuerten 20th Anniversary Edition erschienen und ab sofort auf Steam verfügbar.

DEFCON ist ein minimalistisches Echtzeit-Strategiespiel von Introversion Software, in dem Spieler als eine von mehreren Großmächten einen globalen Atomkrieg führen und dabei Bündnisse schmieden und brechen; regulär kostet der Titel 11,79 €.

Genau 20 Jahre nach dem ursprünglichen Release am 29. September 2006 bringt Introversion Software einen komplett überarbeiteten Build für alle Plattformen. Grafik- und Audio-Engine wurden von Grund auf erneuert, dazu kommen Unterstützung für High-DPI-Displays, Ultrawide- und Multi-Monitor-Setups sowie HDR. Wer möchte, kann weiterhin die Legacy Version spielen.

Twenty years ago on this day, the 29th September 2006, Introversion Software released their third game DEFCON, and our lives were never the same again. What started as a 24 hour game jam (and love letter to WARGAMES) rapidly turned into our most successful game yet, as tens of thousands of players flooded our servers and waged global thermonuclear war upon each other day after day, year after year, racking up civilian megadeaths with inhuman abandon.

In celebration of DEFCON’s ongoing legacy and popularity stretching over two decades, we have today released the 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION, a brand new build for all platforms with some much needed updates.

Detailed change list

• Graphics APIs completely updated to modern standards - DirectX 11 on PC, ANGLE and OpenGL ES 3.0 on MacOS, OpenGL CORE on Linux.
• System update to C++ 23, SDL3, and latest Steam API (major security/reliability boost)
• Audio engine completely rewritten - fixing serious stuttering and quality issues (especially on MacOS)
• The Music, Ambience and SFX volume can now be individually controlled
• Massively improved support for modern resolutions and monitors: High DPI support, Ultra-wide monitor support, Multi-monitor support, HDR support, Game window resizing support, UI scaling to match any resolution or user preference
• Full support for MSAA and SSAA, across all platforms
• Heavily optimised graphics code, making the game run fast and efficient even on very old hardware
• New high resolution coastlines and country borders (can be toggled from options menu)
• 64 bit support on Windows & Linux, supporting much more intensive community mods
• Comprehensive sync compatibility testing framework integrated (Automatic logging of ANY multiplayer sync problems)
• Automatic crash reporting is now enabled on all platforms
• NAT Traversal much improved, and connecting to a game in progress is now much faster
• This new version is 100% sync-compatible with the outgoing legacy version

Die 20th Anniversary Edition benötigt OpenGL 3.3+, Direct3D11, Metal oder Vulkan. Auf Linux liegt weiterhin ein natives Build vor; falls dieses Probleme macht, lässt sich alternativ auch der Windows-Build per Proton erzwingen.

Quelle: Steam