Consortium (video game)

Consortium
Developer(s)Interdimensional Games
Publisher(s)Interdimensional Games
Designer(s)Gregory MacMartin
Composer(s)Jeremy Soule
EngineSource
Platform(s)Windows, Meta Quest
Release
  • WW: January 8, 2014[1]
Genre(s)Role-playing, first-person shooter
Mode(s)Single-player

Consortium is a first-person shooter role-playing video game developed by Interdimensional Games for Microsoft Windows. The game is set almost entirely on a futuristic aircraft called Zenlil, crewed by a complement with chess-themed ranks. The game was principally financed by the Canada Media Fund by awarding a grant for $500,000 CAD in 2010.[2] After a first failed Kickstarter campaign in 2012, $70,435 USD was raised through Kickstarter on April 18, 2013.[3][4] Consortium was released on January 8, 2014. A sequel, Consortium: The Tower, was released to Steam Early Access on September 21, 2017.[5] Consortium VR and Consortium Remastered were both released on May 21, 2024. Consortium VR is available on Meta Quest and SteamVR.[6]

  1. ^ "CONSORTIUM on Steam". Valve. 10 December 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  2. ^ MacMartin, Gregory. "Consortium Production Post-Mortem" (PDF). Interdimensional Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  3. ^ "CONSORTIUM (Canceled) by Interdimensional Games Inc". Kickstarter. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  4. ^ "CONSORTIUM by Interdimensional Games Inc". Kickstarter. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Consortium: The Tower". Steam. Retrieved 28 Jun 2018.
  6. ^ MacMartin, Gregory. "CONSORTIUM VR 1.0 and CONSORTIUM Remastered coming May 21st..." iDGi. Retrieved 27 May 2024.