Today the Community Development Team became aware that Natural Selection 2 no longer runs on Windows XP. This was not an intentional development, but it is a development that will remain. From today, Natural Selection 2 will not run on Windows XP, and Windows XP has been removed from the minimum operating system requirement as listed on NS2’s store page.

This is not a course of action that Unknown Worlds takes lightly. Wherever it is reasonably possible, we are committed to maintaining compatibility with older hardware and software environments. In the case of Windows XP, such maintenance has unfortunately become unreasonable.

Updates to the ‘tool-chain’ (the set of tools used to produce NS2, like Microsoft Visual Studio), have made it …

The world of game development is diverse and full of studios big and small. It turns out that Torn Banner Studios, the creators of Chivalry: Medieval Warfare, are about the same size. They are also an awesome bunch of people. So we thought it might be fun to throw a little joint party…

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV2g13wutmE

This weekend, you can get both NS2 and Chivalry for 66% off on Steam, by visiting this page: http://store.steampowered.com/sale/ns2_chivalry_weekend

Cory commissioned a fantastic piece of art to represent this coming together, and you can download high-resolution, text free, wall-paper ready versions of it right here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/or0z035o8a9k9jk/7rJFYzStgN

But wait, there’s more! Our studios paid visits to each other this week, and there are not a …