Monday, September 01, 2003
BBC NEWS | Technology | Online sci-fi shooter listens to fans
BBC NEWS | Technology | Online sci-fi shooter listens to fans:
"Online gaming is here to stay and will continue to be compelling, as long as you evolve with your community.
Several new characters join older ones in UT2004
So says Jay Wilbur, Epic Games developer of Unreal Tournament 2004, the latest multiplayer online game from the Unreal family. "
Problems with this article:
"Billed by games giant Atari as "the next evolution of the greatest competitive computer game ever created", the futuristic, multiplayer PC title prepares for combat this autumn".
Billed by most players as "oh yeah, UT2003, I played it for about a week".
"It comes less than a year after its smash hit predecessor UT2003."
Which is kind of a pointer in itself. DOS 5 anyone?
"One for UT2004 is voice over IP (VoIP). This lets players talk to each other online using headsets and increases the tactical ability of the team.
Before this innovation, he and his sons used standard telephone headsets to communicate to each other which made them an unbeatable team.
As more players take up broadband, Epic believes VoIP will give them enormous benefits and make the games even more fun."
Like CS players have been for years? I cannot beleieve the subtext here is talking about innovative comms.
"Or you can sit back and watch the game from afar using UT2004's new feature, UnrealTV."
Like, er HLTV? the Half-Life version? Which incindentally has been around for years.
"Who knows? But the key, world changing innovations are going to come from some place you never expected and are going to be delivered in a manner you'd never consider, from people you thought would probably never have made it."
Like Valve for instance.
Might as well call it CS in space.
"Online gaming is here to stay and will continue to be compelling, as long as you evolve with your community.
Several new characters join older ones in UT2004
So says Jay Wilbur, Epic Games developer of Unreal Tournament 2004, the latest multiplayer online game from the Unreal family. "
Problems with this article:
"Billed by games giant Atari as "the next evolution of the greatest competitive computer game ever created", the futuristic, multiplayer PC title prepares for combat this autumn".
Billed by most players as "oh yeah, UT2003, I played it for about a week".
"It comes less than a year after its smash hit predecessor UT2003."
Which is kind of a pointer in itself. DOS 5 anyone?
"One for UT2004 is voice over IP (VoIP). This lets players talk to each other online using headsets and increases the tactical ability of the team.
Before this innovation, he and his sons used standard telephone headsets to communicate to each other which made them an unbeatable team.
As more players take up broadband, Epic believes VoIP will give them enormous benefits and make the games even more fun."
Like CS players have been for years? I cannot beleieve the subtext here is talking about innovative comms.
"Or you can sit back and watch the game from afar using UT2004's new feature, UnrealTV."
Like, er HLTV? the Half-Life version? Which incindentally has been around for years.
"Who knows? But the key, world changing innovations are going to come from some place you never expected and are going to be delivered in a manner you'd never consider, from people you thought would probably never have made it."
Like Valve for instance.
Might as well call it CS in space.
