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Do you like Dinosaurs? Like Jetpacks? Like Mechs - then you will love ORION: Prelude, a brand new game headed to digital markets.

ORION: Prelude

Do you like Dinosaurs? Like Jetpacks? Like Mechs - then you will love ORION: Prelude, a brand new game headed to digital markets.
Do you like Dinosaurs? Like Jetpacks? Like Mechs - then you will love ORION: Prelude, a brand new game headed to digital markets.
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David Prassel
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Dinosaurs Are Returning To Kickstarter!

We are very excited to announce a date for the upcoming 'Guardians of Orion' crowdfunding campaign! The Dinosaurs (and more) are returning to Kickstarter on September 27th, 2015. If you... Read more

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Dinosaurs are FREE on Steam! (1 Week Only!)

The last major event for ‘ORION: Dino Horde' on Steam! [ IN PROGRESS ] (06-04-2014)


PREPARE FOR EVOLUTION
Buy ‘ORION: Dino Horde' now and have your Steam copy automatically evolve... Read more

The Orion Project Kickstarter Campaign Cancelled

The Orion Project Kickstarter is cancelled. We created this event in hopes of offering incredible rewards and the inclusion of fans in a way never demonstrated before. We appreciate all... Read more

Kickstarter Campaign | Launches Feb 27!

For backers only

The Kickstarter Cometh

Good morning!

We just wanted to post another quick update and remind everyone that our new 2014 Kickstarter is going to be launching on February 27, 2014 for The Orion... Read more

"A Prelude Within" ORION: Prelude | Coming to Steam (2014)

ORION: PRELUDE RETURNS | COMING TO STEAM (2014)
ORION: Prelude has been a part of Spiralsince nearly the very beginning.  It was originally inspired by and designed to be... Read more

The Orion Project | Mega Announcement

*NOTE TO ALL 2011 KICKSTARTER BACKERS:  YOU GET THIS NEW GAME ("THE ORION PROJECT") AS WELL AS ALL FUTURE GAMES CREATED BY SPIRAL GAME STUDIOS | FOR FREE!  (DETAILS HERE)... Read more

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VidDoc | "Into The Spiral" (20 Years)

"Into The Spiral" is our latest video documentary and it gives a 20 year glimpse at the history of the ORION IP and Spiral Game Studios dating back all the... Read more

ORION: Dino Horde | Community Appreciation

Spiral Game Studios is nearing 2 years of post-release support for ORION: Dino Horde on Steam! To celebrate how far the game has come we have put together this... Read more

Arctic Update | Now Available

OPEN WORLD GAMEPLAY (CONQUEST)
Open World gameplay is now a part of the ORION: Dino Horde experience via the mighty return of the 'Conquest' game mode.

It supports... Read more

INTO THE SPIRAL (Revelations)

A BLAST TO THE PAST
I haven’t said a word about this in something like 2-3 years. I have been avoiding it because I don’t want to say anything. But... Read more

KickStarter4Life

GDC Next 2013 has officially begun!  GDC Next is a brand new conferences focused on the future of gaming.  We have 3 major announcements for each of the three days... Read more

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Jurassic Update | Now Available for Dino Horde

The Jurassic Update is one of celebration. We are celebrating the love and support you guys gave us during the Steam Free Week Event back in August.
1 -... Read more

Kill Digital Dinosaurs | Help Children [Charity]

Friend of Spiral, David Ratcliff, is going to be playing ORION: Dino Horde for 24 hours straight on Saturday (November 2nd) for a children's charity. 100%... Read more

Desert DLC - Available!

We are thrilled to announce that the massive (and free) Desert DLC Pack for 'ORION: Dino Horde' is now available and should be automatically downloaded to... Read more

SPIRAL SPOOKTACULAR 2013

Spiral Spooktacular will launch on Monday, October 28th, 2013.  This is the very first of what we will be calling Spiral Eventsand will be the first big change-up... Read more

Steam Trading Cards now available!

We are thrilled to announce that Steam Trading Cards have been introduced to 'ORION: Dino Horde' on Steam via the recently released (and also free) Jungle... Read more

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Gun Game - Now Available (Free!)

We are happy to announce that the classic ‘Gun Game' game mode (originally making its debut with Counter-Strike) is now available for FREE in your copy... Read more

Jungle DLC - Now Available for Dino Horde!

We are thrilled to announce that the massive (and free) Jungle DLC for 'ORION: Dino Horde' is now available and ready to be downloaded on your Steam ... Read more

'ORION: DINO HORDE' ANNOUNCED!

OWNERS OF 'ORION: DINO BEATDOWN' RECEIVE FREE & BACKERS FROM KICKSTARTER RECEIVE FREE.

As many of you have noticed we have been extremely quiet lately.  When we are quiet we... Read more

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Spiral Update - May 2012

Here is the big update!  We have had one crazy month what with the first release and everything that followed.  We have been working hard this month getting out hotfix... Read more

‘ORION: Dino Beatdown’ Announced!

"REPORT IN, TEAM!" ... "REPORTING IN!"

It's been rather quiet these past few months due to us being busier than one could ever manifest.  We are only poking our heads... Read more

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Spiral @ GDC 2012

We have been quiet these last few months - but only for good reason.  We have been busier than ever and have the scars and wounds to show for it.... Read more

Featured in the latest issue of Official Xbox Magazine (OXM)

We are in the newest issue of Official Xbox Magazine - January 2012 issue (page 17)

Now on news stands!

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New Game Footage (Private) - For Backers!

We just wrapped up on an internal deadline.  Public won't get to see proper game footage until  early 2012 so enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8_a8EgxRudM#!

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Jungle Wreckage

We have just finished coming out of a massive internal deadline which we are very proud of. We have compiled some footage of the recent internal pre-alpha multiplayer game build... Read more

Spiral @ Eurogamer 2011

London's largest gaming event, Eurogamer, took place over this weekend.  We had a presence there to experience all the craziness and take photographs as evidence.  Tons of new games were on... Read more

Playable Dinosaurs - Coming to ORION: Prelude!

So the curtains are pulled back and our large announcement is finally revealed!  We are extremely pleased to announce Playable Dinosaurs are coming to ORION: Prelude!

(^CLICK IMAGE FOR HD) ... Read more

A Spiral August

We are back with another update.  We are so pleased that August is now behind us.  It wasn't that it was a bad month - not by any stretch.  But... Read more

GamesCom / PAX Prime 2011 - Direct-Feed Gameplay

We previously reported that you would not be seeing any gameplay of 'ORION: Prelude' for roughly another 3-4 months.  We are here today to mark ourselves as false preachers and... Read more

Spiral @ PAX Prime 2011

We will also be attending this years PAX Prime ^ PAX Dev 2011 in Seattle, WA.  We will be bringing the GamesCom ORION: Prelude game build and will be more... Read more

Spiral @ GamesCom 2011

GAMESCOM 2011

We are coming to Germany!  We will be attending this years Gamescom 2011event and we are going to be arriving in style - with Dinosaurs.

We will... Read more

KickStarter Update - All Gifts Have Been Sent!

For backers only

Up, Up and Away!

UP, UP AND AWAY

It is official!  All KickStarter gifts have officially been shipped out!  Well, almost all.  We are unfortunately currently unable to ship gifts to Canada as the... Read more

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KickStarter Gifts - Important Update

KickStarter Gifts - Important Update

Whoops!  We seemed to have a mistake.  Due to a few complaints regarding the foriegn gifts announcement - we are happily retracting it.  We announced... Read more

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Kickstarter gifts (finally) being sent out!

It is with great pleasure to announce that the KickStarter gifts will (finally) start being sent out over the course of late this week and carrying over into... Read more

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Indie March Madness 2011

March 2011 was a crazy month for everyone over at Spiral. We had two big conferences, lots of travel, tons of meeting and of course development towards the actual game... Read more

Holy KickStarter, Batman!

THE FANS HAVE SPOKEN
After 30 days and an insane amount of updates and revelations - we are thrilled to announce that you helped us take in nearly $18,000 and... Read more

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Successfully raised $17,686 with 371 backers

30 Days of ORION

30 DAYS OF ORION
What a month! Not only were we pumping away internally with our GDC deadline - but also externally with you guys through our insane amount of... Read more

"Dinosaurs in 3D!" - Alien Weapons Revealed!

“Dinosaurs in 3D!” & Alien Weapons Revealed!
We are proud to announce a brand new endeavor. Partnered with NVIDIA - we are going to be bringing you an incredible new... Read more

Win an NVIDIA GTX 480 Video Card!

Be The Voice of ORION - Win an NVIDIA GTX 480
We at Spiral Game Studios absolutely love our community, love interacting with them - and also allowing unique and... Read more

Carrier Weapons Revealed - Ben Boesel Interviewed!

We are back with a new type of update. We are going to be doing two things - showing you the new designs for the Carrier weapons and their amazing... Read more

Desura - The Fourth Market

We are thrilled to announce that the ORION games will now be headng to a 4th market - the community-driven and fantastic digital distribution service - Desura.

ABOUT ‘DESURA’
“The... Read more

"The Indie Dream"

We are back this week with something incredibly special for you. We have crafted one of the most intimate and revealing updates that we have ever posted. This is an... Read more

Italian girls LOVE ORION: Prelude - Seriously!

ITALIANS LOVE ORION - SERIOUSLY
It’s official - the Italians love us. We have two humbled Italian gentlemen that work around the clock with us - Paolo Giaiero and Oliver... Read more

Far From Home

We are back with a good deal of news this week. As promised we will be posting quite a few updates over the course of this week and all of... Read more

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100% Funded! Congratulations to both you - and us!

Hey everyone - we wanted to say thank you for all of your support, your kind words, your contributions and for just being bad ass.

We cannot thank you enough,... Read more

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Mysterious Alien Race Revealed! Meet the Altair

MYSTERIOUS ALIEN RACE REVEALED!
We are proud to announce to you that we are 96% funded (at the time of this writing)! We cannot thank you all for the support... Read more

ORION: Prelude @ KickStarter - Carrier’s Revealed

WE ARE BACK
We are back as previously promised. We will be posting insanely large updates every Monday for the duration of our KickStarter event.

Things have been overwhelmingly positive... Read more

Interview @ Thumb Culture (New Screens!)

We are back with yet another update. We are nearing the end of the first week and preparing hardcore for Wave 2. We are extremely excited as we draw closer... Read more

In The Press (and 60% funded!)

We are back! The first *official* update since the launch of KickStarter. We could not be more happy and appreciative right now. In two days we have received 50% of... Read more

Nearing 60% Funded! Huge update coming Monday!

HUGE UPDATE COMING MONDAY!
Hey everyone,

We are back with another update to hold you guys over until Monday. We are gearing up for quite a huge update with tons... Read more

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50% funded in 2 days! 28 days to go!

Hey everyone!

We are posting another update to thank every single one of you. For all of the folks that have been facebook-ing, tweeting, spreading the word, congratulating AND donating... Read more

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Nearing the 40% mark - mega mega thank you!

Hey guys,

We just wanted to take the time to post a quick mega-thank you to all of the supporters, whether it was a congratulations, a donation, or just helping... Read more

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SILVER LEVEL ($50) - Rewards Package Updated!

Hey guys and girls,

Based on feedback we have received from you guys, we are making some additions to the Silver Level ($50) package. We've added a few more rewards... Read more

[F]requently [A]sked [Q]uestions

What is ORION: Prelude?
ORION: Prelude is a fast-paced Sci-Fi First-Person Shooter. It features a retro-vibe, addictive gameplay and insanely awesome features such as jetpacks, dinosaurs and vehicular combat.

ORION:... Read more

List of Rewards!

Hey everyone,

Just putting together this quick news post to fully illustrate what each package will bring you. If you ever have any questions about ANYTHING - please just post... Read more

Things are about to get viral!

Hey world of KickStarter.

We just wanted to say thank you to all the early birds that have already donated. We posted and launched KickStarter at roughly 2:00am US Central.... Read more

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Project launched