With its free-roaming camera, comparisons to World in Conflict's streamlined approach to warfare drift lazily to mind, but Multiwinia doesn't invite comparisons readily - as soon as you think you've got it pinned down something will happen to remind you that Introversion constantly choose to trek well off the beaten track. Though we're loathed to pigeonhole Multiwinia into any given genre, it is in essence an RTS cut to the bone. Multiwinia strips down the layers of its predecessor to deliver an instantly gratifying multiplayer game - a condensed and kinetic real-time strategy title that retains all the charisma of Introversion's back catalogue while pushing its property into more accessible realms. Darwinia was a game whose simple design and retro styling belied a graceful yet complex system beneath. Stand+up+and+be+counted+-+an+officer+rallies+his+troops. Don't be fooled into thinking Multiwinia is conventional, however – it's a quick-fire spin that will surely set servers alight when it hits Xbox 360 and PC later this year. It's something of a surprise, then, that it's latest game looks back to the highly acclaimed Darwinia, with Multiwinia taking the taking the genre-busting original and breaking it down to create an online experience like no other. Introversion is one of the most forward-thinking developers in the business and each of its three games published so far is an essay in innovation and fresh thinking, which is impressive coming from a developer that remains ferociously independent.
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