It’s almost time for Gridrunner Revolution.

Waaaay back in January it was announced that Gridrunner +++ would release in April on PC.  Seeing as August is right around the corner it’s pretty obvious that was wishful thinking, but the time has been used to rip out Gridrunner+++’s soul and insert a shiny new one in its place.  Adapting the controls from the 360’s gamepad to a mouse started off as a small tweak and turned into a complete rebuild of the game from the ground up.

Now that the controls have been modified and all levels completely re-balanced to work better to work better with them, the new Gridrunner is just about done.  It’s received its final name, Gridrunner Revolution, and is in the last round of testing before release.  In preparation for the joyous day, Jeff Minter has written an excellent history of the series at his blog, and the gameplay video of the first few levels (taken prior to the name change) played on easy is available below. It’s gonna be beautiful.

As for the fate of the 360 version, that’s still a mystery.  The game was submitted to Microsoft last summer and disappeared into a corporate limbo.  Until someone at MS gives the go-ahead, there’s nothing else that can be done.  Still, the PC version is coming along nicely and Llamasoft has been very careful to make sure it runs on even low-spec machines.  An XBLA version would be nice, but at this point it seems unlikely.