SpeedRunners Launch Date Announced

tinyBuild Games and DoubleDutch Games are today announcing that SpeedRunners, their hit multiplayer platform racing game, has sold more than 1 million units on Steam, and will fully launch on April 19 with tons of brand new features.

tinyBuild has compiled a detailed breakdown of exactly how the game reached 1 million copies sold, including how piracy and bundles helped boost the game up the sales charts in its early days.

Yes, tinyBuild gave away over $2m worth of SpeedRunners copies during Early Access and it only benefited the game.

On April 19, the following features will be injected into SpeedRunners to celebrate the launch:

• A huge Mario Kart-style single player campaign, with cups to beat and rivalries to manifest
• The Trail Shop, where players can purchase and sell special trails for their characters, in the same vein as what Valve has been doing with Counter Strike and DOTA 2
• A Twitch betting system, through which streamers can more heavily involve their players, who in turn will be able to directly affect the game with modifiers
• A new animated opening cinematic, new UI features, and Mac/Linux/SteamOS support

The full details of the launch can be found in this blog post on the tinyBuild website.