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Hey, Mark of the Ninja’s Coming to PC, Too

Buzzed about Xbox Live Arcade stealth game is on the way to Steam.

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In news that should shock absolutely no one, Mark of the Ninja is also coming to to the PC. It’s scheduled for a release on Steam for $14.99 on October 16, and without Games for Windows Live hooks.

Mark of the Ninja follows a typical pattern for “exclusives” on Xbox Live Arcade, in which Microsoft ties up the game for a certain amount of time, and then it's released elsewhere. Sometimes the exclusivity is longer or shorter, but eventually, it leaves the nest.

Considering how great Mark of the Ninja was (make sure to read Brad’s glowing review over here), I’m happy to see the game come to a wider platform. All of you really need to play it.

Really.

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Edited By Nettacki

Great! Now put it on Gog or some other DRM-free site, and I'm sold!

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Edited By nicktorious_big

Oh geez, I thought this game was for the PC to begin with! Looks like I should pay more attention!

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Edited By walterbennet

This is great news. I'm used to being left to hang in the wind for months before we get word of PC ports like these.

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Fantastic. The staff sure has been hyping this game up, I'll certainly give it a shot.

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Edited By davo

Great news. Definitely picking this up on Steam. Looks fun.

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Awesome. I was down that I couldn't get this game after hearing all the GB crew feedback. I'll totally get this when it's on Steam.

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Edited By thehuntsmen5434

Nice. Don't have my xbox anymore so this is great news.

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Had a feeling it would and I'm very glad for it. I'm just so tired of buying XBLA games now just because of the stupid points system. It already has my card details on the system and when you buy full games you can get it in either money or points so why not just do that with the Arcade games?

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Edited By Marz

great, i was close to pulling the trigger on xbox, but i'd much rather play it on pc.

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Edited By djames216

Oh snap! That's awesome. I had kinda resigned myself to never playing it because I don't have an Xbox.

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Yay I will buy day one.

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Makes me all the more pissed that Shadow Complex never made the jump.

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Edited By beard_of_zeus

I'm glad more people will get to play the game, it's awesome.

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@mrcraggle said:

Had a feeling it would and I'm very glad for it. I'm just so tired of buying XBLA games now just because of the stupid points system. It already has my card details on the system and when you buy full games you can get it in either money or points so why not just do that with the Arcade games?

I agree with this totally

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Edited By Rayeth

Game looks great. Not for $15, when I can keep playing FTL for the present, but the minute this hits sub 10, I'll be all over it.

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Edited By bkbroiler

G.D. it. Knew I should have waited. Maybe I'll just buy it again. :(

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Edited By Rxanadu

In a sad way, this is the reason I purchased Dust: An Elysian Tail over Mark of the Ninja on Xbox. Given the history with Klei's releases on Xbox going onto Steam, this news was practically inevitable. Now, I can get the game on my PC, so that's awesome.

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Edited By fossas

I just bought this shit yesterday. Fuck.

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I'll be buying it

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Edited By DrStrangepork

Good news, more people need to play this game.

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Edited By wafflez

Cool, I'll pick it up during the christmas sale :)

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Perfect timing, I almost bought this for 360.

@whatisdelicious said:

Ugh I wish this would come to PSN.

You should be able to run it on your PC, it doesn't seem like it'd ruin even a simple laptop.

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Woot woot!

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Edited By Funk_Mother

Microsoft will not stop until they drive away every indie studio they want to work with. They don't half-ass these things.

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Oh damn. Dishonored, XCom on October 12th (in Europa) and Mark of the Ninja on October 16th? When should I play all this....I havent even finished Darksiders 2....or Borderlands 2

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Don't have an Xbox, so cool! Will buy!

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@WaltJay said:

I know XBLA and the exclusive deals have been getting hammered in the press because of lack of advertising, but I wonder how bad of a deal it really is when you take into account the game's entire lifespan.

I know it's obvious, but a game that is first on XBLA and then Steam will sell better than a game that goes straight to Steam. My greater point is that maybe going the XBLA route as the first release isn't such an awful deal when you consider how much better your game will sell once it hits Steam (vs. not being on XBLA at all). It's like using MS's platform to gather great reviews, sell 50k or so copies of your game, and graduate to Steam to sell double that amount (or more).

Assuming you can sell enough to make up the cost of certification

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This pleases me

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Edited By mpgeist

Good, I will wait for the PC release.

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Edited By Laneyy

I don't have an Xbox so I was kinda bummed when I watched the quick look which really sold the game to me, so i'm really happy its coming to PC!

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I do believe that indie games should come out on steam first.

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@MordeaniisChaos said:

Perfect timing, I almost bought this for 360.

@whatisdelicious said:

Ugh I wish this would come to PSN.

You should be able to run it on your PC, it doesn't seem like it'd ruin even a simple laptop.

Believe it or not, I noticed the 360 framerate take a hit sometimes.

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Edited By tourgen

great! I don't have a valid card attached to my xboxlive account anymore and just finished burning through all my remaining points on Hot Game Room Exclusives. Seriously though Black Widow is pretty fun.

A Steam release of this game works for me. Can't wait to check it out.

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Great, Shank might not have been an amazing game but the PC version was fine. Looking forward to it.

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Oh that's not a long wait at all, sweet.

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Edited By grendelpierat

Between this and Dishonored my fill of stealth mechanics is going to be good by years end.

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i guess there's no such thing as xbox exclusivity agreements anymore?

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huzzah! I almost turned my xbox on for this - now I don't have to.

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Edited By laserbolts

Awesome. The more people that get to play it the better. If it wasn't for Borderlands it would be my GOTY so far. Definetly worth a buy.

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Aaaaaaand I just bought it yesterday.

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@ripelivejam said:

i guess there's no such thing as xbox exclusivity agreements anymore?

I think only in some cases, but most games are just timed exclusivity now.

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I was afraid I'd have to wait a lot longer for this. Can't wait to play it.

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Loved this game, play it. PLAY IT!

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October is going to be a crazy month. I need to take some time off work to play all of these games. Also, glad to hear that this is coming to PC. Would have hated to had missed it because of stupid exclusivity.

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This is the news I've been waiting for. Looking forward to playing it.

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Almost S-Ranked it! Its so Awesome!

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Awesome this is all I was waiting for to buy it

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Yay! Read the review and was bummed I didn't have an Xbox. It seems to me the games I'm most annoyed about not playing are those indie games released on Xbox live, rather than what few big name exclusives are left.

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Happy I held off for a PC version.

@Boopie: Take your trolling elsewhere.

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Cool. Looking forward to the possibility of it being even prettier.