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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 Bloodgraiv3

Now hopefully it comes to PSN.

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Edited By Akrid

It's the 16th and it's not even marked on the coming soon list on Steam. What's the dealio?

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Glad I waited :D

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Can wait to try this on PC.

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While I'm not shocked, I am stoked to play this. And very glad it's coming across so soon, I feel like I had to wait forever for other XBLA "exclusives" to appear on Steam.

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@briangodsoe: Promote it where? in the list where it always shows all new game releases? or in the box above it where it 'almost' always shows all new releases. Or do you mean big sale.

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Great, my super old 360 barely had any storage left for another XBLA game so I'll pick this up on PC instead.

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"Hey" is a word that just shouldn't be in a headline.

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Hopefully Steam will actually promote the fucking game.

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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.

And that is why I don't see the point of owning a 360. All you need is a PS3, Wii and PC for the current generation. Unless you're really into Halo and/or Gears of War sufficiently that it justifies owning a console for one game or two.

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YES!

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Aaand I bet that's where the sequel will go to first too. 

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I have a 360 but like Brad I also have my PC attached to my TV. I was toying with the idea of getting it for 360, but now that it'll be out in all sorts of (hopefully) HD glory I shall be waiting impatiently for the PC release. Besides the DELUGE of games lately means I can postpone it for at least a month :P

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This game looks really good, PC is great news, but I believe Mark of the Ninja would be perfect on PS Vita as well... I will, however, buy the game on PC day 1..

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Hopefully Microsoft will learn from its mistakes in the marketing and advertising department. Developers no longer trust your strategies and are jumping ship to a more profitable platform. They will get ten times the exposure on Steam and we will see this developer flourish like it deserves to.

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Awesome! I knew it was coming, but that's much sooner than I expected.

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Thank god. I was worried I'd have to put my credit card into Microsoft's system again.

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This is great news! Cant wait to try it out, hopefully it is as good as people say :)

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Excellent news for it to be coming so soon!

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Will buy

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Hey... That's my birthday. Woohoo

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Happy I waited for this too.

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Yay! I'll never go back to you xbox. NEVER!

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STEAM FTW

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Fuck yeah! Waiting for this was the right move. :D

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Edited By Jazz_Lafayette

Awesome. Usually it takes up to a year to get these cool indie games from the claws of Microsoft and their fucking exclusivity deals.

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Sweet, I'll grab it there instead.

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I hope it's coming to PSN too, or at least for linux.

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Awesome!

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I'm glad I held off on buying the XBLA version, the convenience of my PC is unparalled at this point.

Might even be like Limbo and look phenomenal in Nvdia's 3D Vision.

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Fuck, guess I'll be buying it again. :)

This
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The PC is quickly becoming my primary gaming system. Mark of the Ninja, Trials...seems like the thing to do is wait for Xbox stuff to just come out on Steam.

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Glad to see its coming to PC via Steam. I don't have a 360 and this game looks great.

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oh sweet, I was gonna plan it some time this week, I can wait though.

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I've bought so many live games lately that I finish 80% of then stop, then buy and finish the PC versions completely (games like Rayman for example).

Should I just assume al these games will all come to PC and stop buying the 'stop-gap' version on 360 yet?

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Thanks be to the gaming gods! I really didnt want to have to go get my xbox back from my brother just for one game again!

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If I had known, I would have waited, but guess what? Don't regret it, game owns. I will buy this again on PC, though probably when it's on a steam sale or something, like I did with American Nightmare.

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Will happily purchase once it's on PC, glad it's soon. So many games!

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What a weird precedent that Microsoft has set with its XBLA exclusivity shenanigans. Because Microsoft can't short change their own sales window, no one can really talk about other platforms but everyone else talks around the fact that its way more than likely its coming to PC.

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Great now I don't have to play it on xbox :D

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Awesome!!! :) Now release dust!!!!!!!!!!!

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First sentence, TYPO!! You went to college, didn't you get marked down for having typos and misspelling words? Pathetic. It makes the whole rest of the site seem unprofessional. Its a shame, too, because the other guys are clearly professional. Once in a while might be understandable, but it is EVERY ARTICLE from this guy.

And he is a PAID WRITER!

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I never expected the game to come to the PC so soon, but this is awesome news! :)

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@DystopiaX: Sometimes its timed exclusivity, sometimes its permanent, but often its only referring to consoles.

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Yes!

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Day one purchase; not even going to wait for a Steam Sale.

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Not unexpected, but not unwelcome either!

My xbox is too loud to play games on it anymore. Seriously, you have never heard an xbox this loud. Most games require subtitles

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It was a fantastic game and I wouldn't be against getting it again.

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Oh, good, I'll wait, then.

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