To honor the passing of David Bowie, Square Enix is offering copies of Omikron: The Nomad Soul for free. The limited window for a free copy of Omikron: The Nomad Soul runs until Friday, Jan. 22 at 9 a.m.
FYI - for the Bowie fans out there, we're making Omikron: The Nomad Soul free for anybody that wants to check it out.
— Phil Elliott (@Sly_Rebirth) January 15, 2016To claim your free copy of Omikron, follow these steps:
Head over to the Square Enix store
Add the game to your cart.
Enter “Omikron” at check-out.
Receive your Steam code.
Obviously, you’ll need a Steam account in order to take advantage of this offer. The game normally costs $9.99 otherwise.
Bowie played protagonist Boz and collaborated on the game’s score, including songs that later appeared on his Hours album. From Quantic Dream studio founder David Cage, Omikron ’s central conceit involves inhabiting the bodies of people you encounter. In a heartfelt missive to GameInformer, Cage discussed the process of working with Bowie:
“I had been briefed that Mr. Bowie would only have 20 minutes, and that I would have to be very concise. I had been working on the game night and day for two years; I had hundreds of pieces of artwork, thousands of pages of script, some 3D sets running on a PC, and I had no clue how I could share all the ideas, and the passion and enthusiasm I had for this project, in 20 minutes. Fortunately, the meeting went on for two and a half hours. Bowie listened with a lot of attention, looked at everything we showed him, and asked some relevant questions."
Read the rest of Cage’s story over at GameInformer; it’s well worth a read.
