When they made their first game, they couldn’t compete with big-budget projects as creating contemporary-looking games required manpower and technology they didn’t have but they also couldn’t just rely on nostalgic gamers looking for something more oldschool as the retrogaming market was much smaller than it is now (not to mention that current definition of “retro” is much broader than the one from the beginning of the century). This is the point of no return - once you decide whether to side with ARC or Arunmor, you will commit yourself to the final campaign mission.Introversion Software, the company behind Uplink (not to be mistaken with a Half-Life standalone expansion by the same title) is quite an unusual one: a small British software house created after most of the small British software houses dissolved and the market became dominated by AAA developers but before the indie boom and the popularity of crowdfunding which made businesses like that profitable again. At this point, the player has two options: side with ARC or side with Arunmor. A short while later, the player receives an email from Arunmor asking that they cancel the attack and deliver the virus for analysis. The job is to test fire a new virus against the Arunmor Corporation. In the ominous email, ARC will invite the player to work for them by responding to the email. The player will receive an email from ARC shortly afterward, indicating that the attempt didn't go unnoticed. It seems the user account was deactivated. They forbid any Uplink agents taking work from ARC, under penalty of account termination.Īttempting to use the provided credentials to access the ARC server doesn't work. In response, Uplink Corporation issues a statement on the news feed indicating that they are investigating ARC in partnership with federal agents. The email provides a username and password for the ARC server, asking that other agents come together and continue the investigation. The agent tried to break into their files to find out what project Revelation really is, but he was nearly caught. The email states that ARC cannot be trusted. On April 14th, the player will receive an email from the dead agent, now that its 7-day delay has expired. On April 8th, a week after expressing his support for ARC, the hacker is found dead. Fittingly, this announcement is made on April Fool's Day. He says the code couldn't be used for anything dangerous and that ARC will reveal its product soon. On April 1st, only two days later, another Uplink agent speaks out in support of ARC. He cautions anyone against working for them. On March 29th, an article features an Uplink agent warning that ARC's project could potentially be used as a weapon. They have been hiring a large number of Uplink agents to work on this project, while remaining silent about their ultimate goals. On March 25th, the first article tells of a mysterious research and development project being run by the Andromeda Research Corporation (ARC). It is foreshadowed by several articles appearing in the news feed on the Uplink Internal Services System. The main storyline of Uplink takes the form of a series of special missions.
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