Back to collectionRiftstorm sets a date for hands-on play
Riftstorm was still trying to put the game in players' hands. The team announced that a playable version of Riftstorm would be available at The MIX's spring event at Terra Gallery in San Francisco during GDC, March 9–13, and invited visitors to try it. Players now had a place to encounter the game directly, while the developers would have to face questions raised during play.
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Riftstorm was still trying to put the game in players' hands. For people following this cooperative shooter, a chance to play on site would offer something more concrete than another development update or promotional image.
The team announced that a playable version of Riftstorm would be available at The MIX's spring event at Terra Gallery in San Francisco during GDC, March 9–13, and invited visitors to try it. The announcement supplied a time and place, shifting attention from previews to the coming hands-on experience.
Players now had a place to encounter the game directly, while the developers would have to face questions raised during play. The narrator planned to watch whether people discussed controls and cooperation or merely shared the event notice. The show had yet to begin, and reactions to the demo remained unknown.