Thu, Mar 29, 2012 | 09:14 BST
Fez launches on Xbox Live Arcade next month
It’s been a long time coming, but Polytron has finally announced a release date for its award-winning indie puzzle platformer, Fez.
As briefly detailed on Polytron’s blog, you’ll be able to grab Fez from the Xbox Live Marketplace on Friday, April 14, for 800 MS Points.
The “2.5D” game features a 2D protagonist in a 3D world; gameplay shifts between the two planes. Despite going unreleased for several years since first announce, Fez has attracted something of a following among indie fans, both for the promise of its core premise and its charming aesthetic.
Polytron has won two gongs at the Independent Games Festival Awards for the artistic puzzler, and was prominently featured in popular documentary Indie Games: The Movie.
Core creative Phil Fish is already plotting his next project.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Platformer, Puzzler, Xbox 360, Xbox Live, indie
Tags: fez, polytron, Polytron Corporation
11 comments
#1
ValveLover
29/03/12, 2:11 am
Fez reminds me of Paper Mario.
Is Fez a Japanese game or is the developer just borrowing?
#2
Brenna Hillier
29/03/12, 6:25 am
Polytron is a western indie. Would it not be borrowing if it was a Japanese developer…?
#3
Froseidon
29/03/12, 7:42 am
You have no idea how long I have been wanting this game. Saw it, looked epic, I am so gonna buy this.
#4
JonFE
29/03/12, 8:52 am
With this and Trials Evolution and Minecraft, XBLA’s April is going to be expensive.
#5
Da Man
29/03/12, 10:32 am
Finally.
#6
LOLshock94
29/03/12, 11:09 am
Dont care how good this game is the guy who made this is the biggest dickhead ever
#7
Da Man
29/03/12, 11:37 am
Jap games do suck though, and so does Nintendo’s marketplace.
#8
LOLshock94
29/03/12, 11:44 am
@7 http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/10/fez-creator-gamers-are-the-worst-fing-people/
^rapest, pedophiles and murders arnt the worst people in the world, its gamers hurrdurrr
#9
Da Man
29/03/12, 11:56 am
#8 – Albeit he didn’t say that.
#10
OlderGamer
29/03/12, 12:15 pm
Very creative.
#11
Ge0force
29/03/12, 1:33 pm
This game reminds me of Sideway: New York, where you play a 2D character painted on walls in a 3D environment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iIQmqrkWP0
The kind of puzzles seem different tho.