"Major publisher" secured for Project Offset

Project Offset (working title), an in-development, fantasy-setting game for PC that's received numerous plaudits to date, has now been backed by a "major publisher" according to the game's developer Offset Software. Well, congratulations Offset which, for some reason, is currently choosing not to disclose publisher details - so who could it be?

Meanwhile, in highly related news, it's all but confirmed that Project Offset will actually appear on Xbox 360 as well as the PC platform - the game's official website carries word that the dev team is searching for an Xbox 360 programmer whose primary responsibility is to "handle porting, maintaining, and optimizing the codebase for the Xbox 360", you see.

Project Offset is the brainchild of former members of the team behind S2 Games' Savage - a PC title combining RTS and FPS gameplay. Offset Software describes its game as "a first-person shooter set in an epic fantasy world", and promises a full-on single-player and multiplayer fantasy experience as adventurers strap on hero boots and romp through impressive game environments, fighting, collecting loot etc.

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