Here’s a brand new music video featuring “The Stars” (the vocal version of SteamWorld Heist’s main theme): Win the SteamWorld Heist soundtrack Together with Steam Powered Giraffe we’re giving away three digital copies of “Music from SteamWorld Heist” (the official name of the album).

Image Credit: Image & Form Strange beginningsWhen Image & Form first submitted SteamWorld Dig to Nintendo for publishing, the team didn’t dare dream that its little Wild West-meets-steampunk 3DS title would be a success. “We had a month where we had no clue: Is this game going to do all right, or is it just going to tank?” said Sigurgeirsson.But, thanks largely to word-of-mouth, it went on to in Europe and Australia, beating out big first-party titles like Animal Crossing: New Leaf.“The shit hit the fan with SteamWorld Dig,” said Sigurgeirsson. Image Credit: Image & FormThe joyful charms of SteamWorld Dig remain in the characterful steam-powered robots that inhabit the world of Heist, each with their own upgradable abilities and personal quirks. And Sigurgeirsson says that we’ll encounter other types of characters during our journey across the stars as we find and loot randomly generated space ships.

Dirt 2020. It’s a long way from the frontier life played out in Dig, but, many years into the future, water is still at a premium for the steam-hungry robots.“It is the same world as Dig,” said Sigurgeirsson. “These guys have been sort of forced to evolve.“Of course, I don’t know how that works,” he joked. “but they had to, otherwise they wouldn’t be riding steam-driven spaceships. Although, you’re going to find other factions that aren’t necessarily stream-driven.” Love for the 3DSSteamWorld Heist is launching on 3DS first. It’s an interesting move, given how popular SteamWorld Dig proved across a wide range of platforms, including PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. But Sigurgeirsson’s team clearly have a lot of love for the 3DS community and a lot to be thankful for.“We have a very good following in the Nintendo community,” said Sigurgeirsson. “It feels like the 3DS community made us; to bypass them with the very next game was just unthinkable.”.

Image Credit: Image & FormSigurgeirsson explained how the 3DS is quite tough to develop for, given its relatively weak CPU and dual screens, but the chance of finding success is comparatively high. Nintendo has sold over 3DS units worldwide, and the loyal Nintendo community can help new games get a lot of attention.Of course, having already found multiplatform success, Image & Form isn’t stopping with the 3DS, and SteamWorld Heist is eventually coming to “every platform known to man,” including mobile, says Sigurgeirsson.I asked him how much gameplay we should expect from SteamWorld Heist when it does release, and he explained that it’s a very meaty title, bigger than SteamWorld Dig in every direction. “If you play it fast, you’re going to spend 12 hours,” he said. “I’m slow and stupid, so I’m going to spend about 16 hours.“It’s a skill-based strategy game,” he added. “If your strategy is bad, you’re not going to succeed. It’s going to bite you on the ass.”.