{"id":34325,"date":"2015-01-28T10:23:47","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T18:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/?p=34325"},"modified":"2015-01-28T10:23:47","modified_gmt":"2015-01-28T18:23:47","slug":"offworld-trading-company-ready-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2015\/01\/28\/offworld-trading-company-ready-close\/","title":{"rendered":"Offworld Trading Company is ready for its close-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Offworld Trading Company is the economic real-time strategy game from Civ IV designer Soren Johnson and his new company, Mohawk Games.  It has been shrouded for a while now.  Not that no one&#8217;s been able to play it or talk about it.  On the contrary.  Early builds have been circulating and the people who&#8217;ve played them have been very vocal describing the experience.  But no one has posted videos or screenshots.  Why?  Because they were asked not to.  It was easy to imagine some sort of hideous Frankenstein monster placeholder graphics that developer Mohawk Games didn&#8217;t want us to see.<\/p>\n<p>But now the shroud has been lifted, with screenshots and even a video on <a href=\"http:\/\/offworldgame.com\/\">the official site<\/a>.  And I&#8217;m delighted to say that &#8212; surprise! &#8212; it&#8217;s an absolutely lovely game, clean and simple, with a shiny but quaint hard sci-fi vibe.  Well played, Mohawk Games.  <\/p>\n<p>Offworld Trading Company will be available for early access in two weeks.  Furthermore, Soren Johnson will be on the Quarter to Three Games Podcast in the near future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Offworld Trading Company is the economic real-time strategy game from Civ IV designer Soren Johnson and his new company, Mohawk Games. It has been shrouded for a while now. Not that no one&#8217;s been able to play it or talk about it. On the contrary. 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