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Unfinished build of Merchants of Brooklyn accidentally released photo

Remember how only two days ago Merchants of Brooklyn was released on Steam? Turns out, the Alpha version of the game was inadvertently let out and was what many of you experienced, rather than the finished product.

I understand that M.O.B. was made by an independent studio, and that mistakes do happen, but how did this one slip through? I'm just as puzzled as the rest of you here.

For what it's worth, the necessary fixes have since been made and the correct version of the game is now up on Steam. The developers also made it clear that they "will be patching this game periodically to correct any issues that arise, as well as new and exciting features and multiplayer modes!"

Talk about an unlucky game debut ...

[Shacknews via Giant Bomb]








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Chronic Logic's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2009 13:24
Chronic Logic
MoB uses the Cryengine 2? Doesn't look that good.
Zombutler's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2009 13:28
Zombutler
Publicity stunt. I had no idea this game existed until now...BRILLIANT
Dr Milkdad's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2009 13:28
Dr Milkdad
Trailer is kind of badass. On the topic at hand, I was reading the steam forums trying to decide if I want this game or not, and everyone was suspecting they may have released an Alpha build because it was buggy as fuck, or the game was just shit.

Glad to hear they just fucked up a tad, and the game isn't total shit. I still might look at it.
PhazonYoshi's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2009 13:30
PhazonYoshi
Ouch.

@Chronic, CE2 might be a fucking fantastic engine, but you still have to provide textures and models :P
Cuban B's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2009 13:45
Cuban B
Clown shoes are in the mail Paleo :)
HarassmentPanda's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2009 13:57
HarassmentPanda
I actually kind of like the visual style, but I didn't jump on buying just because I kept hearing how glitchy it was. I sure would like to see a proper review or a demo before I drop any money.
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2009 14:55
Holyetheline
What a terribly unsuccessful launch. My heart goes out to them.
Akitoscorpio's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2009 16:06
Akitoscorpio
That has to suck, I mean I hope he kicked whoever sent the wrong build in.
Naim Master's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2009 16:57
Naim Master
LMAO !
enfaw's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2009 20:23
enfaw
This has to be the first time anything like this has ever happened
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