- Happy IGI-versary Agents! - 21 February 2023
Happy IGI-versary Agents! We couldn't let today go by without remembering that historic day in 2003, yes, the 20th anniversary of the release of I.G.I.2: Covert Strike. So to celebrate with us, post your favourite memory of playing I.G.I. 2. In case you missed it, here are some silhouettes of characters that will feature in I.G.I. Origins, and We look forward to sharing more exciting news about I.G.I. Origins soon!
- The World of I.G.I. Origins Teaser - 5 December 2022
From everyone at AntiMatter Games, we would like to express our gratitude at the huge and positive response to our first gameplay reveal. It’s been incredible and humbling to read your reactions to our work so far and we are immensely thankful for your support. As the year draws to a close, we wanted to share with you some more glimpses of the world of I.G.I. we are creating and give you a taster... of what is to come. Season’s Greetings from AntiMatter Games! We hope you enjoy this video :-)
- Revealed! The first official glimpses of gameplay from I.G.I. Origins - 27 September 2022
We’re really excited to reveal the first official glimpses of gameplay from I.G.I. Origins, and we’re looking forward to sharing more details as we get closer to release!
- Development Update Information for Unreal Engine on IGI Origins - 13 May 2022
At AntiMatter Games, we are fully committed to bringing the best game experiences for our players. As part of this initiative, our team has been hard at work and is delighted to share updates on our current projects. First, we are thrilled to announce that we have moved to Unreal Engine 5! We are confident that the update to the new, superior engine will make a significant impact on our games and ensure we deliver on our promise. With that goal in mind, we will be shifting gears and focusing our development efforts on ensuring we create the best game experience for IGI: Origins. The game has received overwhelming support from our community thus far, and we can’t wait to share more. In the meantime, we will continue to provide regular development updates via Mission Briefings on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/AntiMatterGamesUK. Lastly, as we concentrate our efforts on mak…
- Mission Briefing #4 - The Lone Agent - 8 December 2021
Greetings agents! We’re CELEBRATING the 21st Anniversary of Project I.G.I. with a special new mission briefing for you! Game Director & Managing Director at AntiMatter Games, Rich Barham, Producer Adam Walenkiewicz & Cinematics & Video Lead, Richard Dawson, are back! Their mission? To delve into the solitary world of being a lone agent. In this update the team takes you behind the scenes to show some of the steps taken to ensure I.G.I. Origins delivers the authenticity, pressure & nail-biting tension you would expect from operating alone behind enemy lines. Take a look at the video now and enjoy your sneak peek into the making of the game: PLUS as it is the anniversary, we also wanted to give a shout out to Kim Jensen, the composer for the first two games. Kim kindly made a surprise appearance in our last video to talk about his experiences of working on Project I.G.I. & I.G.I. 2: Cover…
- Your Top 10 I.G.I. Moments - 18 November 2021
Hi Agents, For those who have been following the videos about our team at AntiMatter Games & their favourite moments from the original I.G.I. games, we have a new video, but this time the spotlight is firmly on YOU! This latest video shows the Top 10 Moments as voted by the fans, with a very special guest appearance to celebrate #1! We’ll be back for I.G.I.’s 21st Anniversary, until then – Gear Up!
- Mission Briefing #3.5 - Bonus AMG Intel - 19 October 2021
Greetings Agents, Those of you monitoring our social channels will have seen the Bonus Intel we have been posting over the past couple of weeks, revealing deeper information about the team members who featured in Mission Briefing #3. In case you missed them, we’ve gathered them all here - so dive in to hear more about what they enjoyed in the original games & their goals for I.G.I. Origins. Mission Briefing # 3 - Bonus Intel: Luca Uccellatori Strategy & choices are some of Lead Game Designer, Luca’s favourite aspects of the original I.G.I. games, ensuring they will also be standout qualities of I.G.I. Origins. His best moment from Project I.G.I. was mentioned by so many of you that it just may be the ultimate fan favourite too! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiCExVz-c04 Mission Briefing # 3 - Bonus Intel: Mike Ellis Mike is a Technical Designer on I.G.I. Origins & judging from your com…
- Mission Briefing #3 – The AMG Team - 28 September 2021
Welcome agents, please take your seats for Mission Briefing #3! At AntiMatter Games, we feel strongly about giving fans of I.G.I. sneak peeks into how the game is progressing, as a way of saying thank you for your continued support! As our plan is to bring you updates directly from the development team, we wanted to introduce the people who will be doing this, so you know a bit about who they are and why they are such a perfect fit for I.G.I.! What better way to do this, than have them tell you what they loved most about the original game and the goals they have for I.G.I. Origins? Watch the Mission Briefing to see whether their best recollections match your own! You’ll be hearing more from the team featured in Mission Briefing #3 as they share further favourite moments and memories. Follow I.G.I. Origins on Steam, so you don’t miss any of these & in the comments section, share what you…
- Mission Briefing #2 - Your Feedback - 12 August 2021
Hi Agents! Last month in the first of our updates, we mentioned how we had taken a deep dive into the responses from the I.G.I. Fan Survey, to understand what you wanted from a new I.G.I. game. The feedback we gained from you was immensely valuable and as it is helping us to shape the game, we wanted to share some of the highlights with you. A huge thank you to everyone who took part! You probably recognise yourself in some of these answers, we certainly saw ourselves! We also wanted to take this opportunity to answer some of the frequently asked questions we have been receiving from you! 1. What is the release date for the game? We know you are eager to know exactly when you can play I.G.I. Origins, and we're eager to get it into your hands! Right now, we can confirm the game is going to be released in 2022, when we are ready to announce the exact release date, you will be the first to…
- Mission Briefing #1 - The Spirit of I.G.I. - 1 July 2021
Hello everybody! It’s the AntiMatter Games team here. We know it’s been a while since we gave you an update on I.G.I Origins. We want to be better at this, so going forward we are excited to start sharing more news and information about the game and the progress we are making. We posted our first update today, a video from our studio Managing Director and Game Director for I.G.I. Origins, Rich Barham, you can watch it here: The most frequently asked question we receive from you is about the release date. We are working hard on the game, development is going really well and it’s going to be released in 2022. We’re not ready to share an exact release date just yet, but rest assured we’ll share more as soon as we can, so be sure to follow our I.G.I channels for updates. Another question that we are asked is whether there is anyone from the original development team, Innerloop Studios, work…
- IGI Origins drags the early-00s cult classic FPS series out of retirement - 7 November 2019
I loved those bafflingly ambitious late ’90s/early 2000s shooters. I tried them all. I traipsed through Trespasser and wept at Hidden & Dangerous’s muddy, buggy, broken war. And I joined Graham in falling a little bit in love with Project IGI’s stomach crawling spy jank. That’s why I’m not scoffing at IGI Origins , a return to the 80s Cold War sneakers that kept me entertained back in the day. As broken as they were, I’m always happy to see more. (more…)
