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Cobalt is a game by Oxeye Game Studio made in collaboration with Mojang. The music is composed by Anosou. Check the right side of the page for everyone’s twitter accounts and follow them, if you fancy.

Cobalt is in Alpha. That means you can pre-order it for the reduced price of €9.95, download the alpha, and play early. It’s available for Windows right now. Mac and Linux builds are incoming.

We’ve hoovered up some Cobalt previews from around the web for your reading pleasure. Give them a read if you fancy, but bear in mind that some of the info might be outdated: IGN, Joystiq, PC Gamer, Rock Paper Shotgun.

Access the Alpha today

It features:

• Local multiplayer for as many players as you have gamepads
• A healthy slice of single player
• A level editor
• Cute robos
• Lots of upgradable guns
• Slo-mo combat rolls and rocket punches
• Hamster beasts

Reasons to pre-order:

• Alpha access for Windows today! Mac and Linux later
• Get all future updates at no additional cost
• Get the final game for a cheap-as-chips price when released.
• You're supporting the ongoing development of Cobalt. What a nice thing to do
• We will love you for it

Just in case you're not clear on what you're pre-ordering, here's our long-term plan...

Alpha

• That's now! Pre-order and download
• Local multiplayer on one machine
• An intriguing slice of the single player and co-op adventure
• A healthy sample of the level editor
• Access to the Windows build
• Pre-ordering costs €9.95

Beta

• You still get the following if you pre-order today. Lovely.
• A fully functional level editor
• A chance to share your levels with other players via the in-game tools
• Even more of the single player/co-op adventure
• Loads of maps and multiplayer game modes
• Cobalt for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux
• Pre-ordering will cost €14.95

Gold

• That means the game is complete! Exciting!
• You still get the following if you pre-order to Alpha today
• Sexed-up level editor
• Continous content through sharing tools for community adventures and levels
• The entire single player/co-op adventure!
• Cobalt will cost €19.95