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I hope that everyone had a fabulous Super Bowl weekend, and enjoyed the game. If not, hopefully you enjoyed the commercials (Dorito’s Crystal Ball To The Groin FTW!). Now that it’s Monday, I have some good news to share which has me feeling iffy at the same time.

Winter, is a game that IGN debuted to the public awhile back. IGN interviewed the President of n-Space, and Creative Director of Winter, also showing off some video footage of the survival horror. The game footage had me quite excited, as I’m a sucker for a good survival horror.

Unfortunately, the game couldn’t come to be as Winter was going through some struggles. n-Space was having a hard time finding a publisher to release the title to the mass market. According to the interview, no publisher wanted to take a chance on a survival horror title for the Nintendo Wii.

This news then led to an outcry from gamers who wanted to see the game released. When an online outcry begins, a petition is then soon to follow. Many gamers from around the world signed the petition, and according to GoNintendo many publishers are starting to take notice.

GoNintendo, received this quote from Dan O’Leary, “The interest in and support of Winter has been amazing to witness. The whole thing has meant a lot to the team. The internet is so full of haters that it’s really refreshing to see all the positive response and the petition is quite amazing in itself.

We have had some new and revived interest from publishers for the title, but it’s not something we’ve aggressively pursued just yet. n-Space is currently in the midst of closing three titles – 7 skus plus localizations – so we’re pretty swamped right now. We’ll start some more aggressive follow-up in the near future. I suspect we will have some interesting conversations.”

So, there you have it folks, Winter might have some life in it yet. I hate to be a stickler, but I have some problems with the whole way this Winter story has gone down. First, I’m still wary of n-Space’s dedication to their products because of their Front Page looking website. Second, as I mentioned in my first post about Winter, ‘why is this the first time I’m ever hearing about this game?’. Even though they’ve apparently been trying to sell it to a publisher for nearly two years.

The latest bit of information that has confused me is n-Space’s reaction to the petition. They claim they’re excited, and have gained some interest from publishers. The reason they aren’t trying to progress forward is because they’re closing three titles, and setting seven others up for localization. Yet, looking around various gaming site databases I can’t find even one of these games. If a game is coming close to being finished (“closed”), you’d figure we’d have heard something about it.

The whole way n-Space has gone about their Winter project has me baffled. It worries me at the same time as I really want to see Winter released. Hopefully, all my worries are nothing and eventually we’ll see a Winter release.