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Mithra: Episode 1, Chapter 1 has featured on XNARoundup episode 8:

http://xnaroundup.blogspot.com/2009/03/xna-roundup-episode-8-mithra-zp2k9.html

Thanks HadesGigas for letting us know.

Walkthrough of the game is available now. You can access it by clicking here or through the game page. Be careful, don't check it before trying the game! It's a graphical walkthrough full of solutions and spoilers.

Based on the initial feedbacks, it seems that many of you have concerns about the price and gamelength of the first chapter and next releases. Currently we're working on the issue and we're trying to find the best solution for it. Here are some points regarding this issue:

1- Since this is our first release, our initial inclination was to sell the game for a lower price. But as some of you might know, there is a minimum price restriction for games over 50MB on XBOX360 Community Games. It means that this 5$ price is imposed on us by Microsoft. In order to balance the price of the game with its value, we have some initial ideas as follow:

2- Our first decision is to implement the achievement system into the game. Also we're working on the idea of increasing the replayibility of the game. We think that these two can increase the value of the game to some extent.

4- We're planning to increase the gamelength for the next chapters. Since this decision can affect our schedule for the next releases and at the same time, we don't want to make you wait too long for the next chapters, we will probably increase the gamelength gradually. It means that you can expect a longer gameplay for chapter 2 and a more longer one for chapter 3 and the next episodes.

5- Finally we're thinking to increase the value of the game by adding some side offers to your purchase. Let me explain it in this way: after buying the game, you can come to the website and register as a buyer of the game. Upon the validation of your purchase, you will get back part of your money in the form of credit. You can either use this credit to purchase some other products on the website or you can keep and increase your credit and after passing some limit, you can ask for your money via paypal or money order or some other means.

As you can see, all of these ideas are very unpolished and they're still in the feasibility study stage. Currently we want to assure you that your satisfaction has the highest priority in our mind and we're trying our best to solve all the concerns regarding this issue. As a result, we're asking all of you to participate in this discussion and share your ideas with us in the forum of the game (click here to go to the related topic in the forum section). We believe that with your participation, together we can find a good solution.

Three days have passed from our release and during these days, we've got some reviews and feedbacks on the game in other websites. You can find the links to them in the "reviews and feedbacks" section of the forum. If you have written a review on the game and you can not find your link, please feel free to add it yourself to the thread. For now you can take a look at these two links:

Mithra: Xbox Community Games’ first AAA Title?

Xbox Live Community Watch - 3/6/09

Soon we will update you with the news of the game... 

We are honored to announce that the first chapter of "Mithra: The Calling", the first episode of our action adventure series, Mithra, is now released for XBOX360. Mithra is being developed and released in an episodic fashion, and this is the first chapter of Episode 1 of the series.

You can try the game through the XBOX Live Marketplace here. You can find the game under the title "Mithra, Episode 1, Chapter 1" in the Community Games section of your XBOX360.

Join Tag in a mysterious adventure set in the bizarre world of planet Gi! Mithra is an action-adventure game full of fun puzzles to solve, new places to explore, interesting story to uncover, and lots of characters to meet.

Enjoy the fun! And check back soon for future updates and releases.