{"id":138452,"date":"2013-12-19T13:45:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-19T18:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/evil-genius-is-back-on-facebook-of-all-places\/"},"modified":"2013-12-19T13:45:00","modified_gmt":"2013-12-19T18:45:00","slug":"evil-genius-is-back-on-facebook-of-all-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/evil-genius-is-back-on-facebook-of-all-places\/","title":{"rendered":"Evil Genius is back on Facebook of all places"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"play-the-open-beta\">Play the open beta<\/h2> <p>I love me some <em>Evil Genius<\/em>. Enough that I&#8217;m willing to try <em>Evil Genius Online<\/em>, which is Rebellion&#8217;s free-to-play approximation of the classic base-building game. It&#8217;s playable now in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/When%20we%20launched%20the%20closed%20beta,%20we%20made%20it%20a%20priority%20to%20reach%20out%20to%20fans%20of%20the%202004%20Evil%20Genius%20PC%20game%20rather%20than%20a%20wider%20audience.%20I%20think%20it%E2%80%99s%20fair%20to%20say%20the%20Evil%20Genius%20community%20voiced%20some%20initial%20concerns%20about%20our%20direction,%20but%20it%E2%80%99s%20these%20same%20gamers%20that%20not%20only%20got%20behind%20the%20game,%20but%20played%20a%20big%20part%20in%20making%20it%20better\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">open beta on Facebook<\/a> and while it&#8217;s got the usual baggage that goes along with Facebook gaming, it is still unmistakably <em>Evil Genius<\/em>. Not the total disaster it could&#8217;ve been, then.<\/p> <p>&#8220;When we launched the closed beta, we made it a priority to reach out to  fans of the 2004 <em>Evil Genius<\/em> PC game rather than a wider audience,&#8221; said Rebellion CEO and creative director Jason Kingsley in a press release. &#8220;I  think it&#8217;s fair to say the <em>Evil Genius<\/em> community voiced some initial  concerns about our direction, but it&#8217;s these same gamers that not only  got behind the game, but played a big part in making it better.&#8221;<\/p> <p>More than anything, playing this has given me the unshakable desire to go play the original.<\/p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":138451,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"article_type":"","gamurs_wordpress_blocks_hide_tags":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[1,97,177],"tags":[725,2594,155,299,848],"internal-label":[],"invoiceable_action":[],"article_type":[],"coauthors":[{"id":10,"display_name":"Jordan Devore","user_login":"Jordan Devore","user_nicename":"jordan-devore"}],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n<title>Evil Genius is back on Facebook of all places &#8211; 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