tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70033909971089207712011-11-27T18:29:48.012-06:00BigWorld MMOG and Virtual Worlds Technology in the newsskgnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1361100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003390997108920771.post-24520606004247692332009-12-14T20:15:00.001-06:002009-12-14T20:15:44.854-06:00

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from the Busy day in the East dept.In what appears to be some significant licensing to-ing and fro-ing, we may be able to shortly confirm the following :1) Netease (NTES) is publishing the BigWorld-powered 'Tianxia 2' in Taiwan through BigWorld licensee, Userjoy.2) Userjoy themselves are publishing BigWorld-powered Kingdom Heroes II in mainland China through The9.All of this is assumption and

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from the Work in the USA dept.38 Studios Project Art Director. Timonium, MD. (USA)Senior PS3 Programmer. Timonium, MD. (USA)Graphics Engineer. Timonium, MD. (USA)

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from the We've only just begun dept.Seeking Alpha offers up some initial observations surrounding the strong debut of Netease's BigWorld powered title, Tian Xia 2:TX2 reached 245K PCU during first week of open beta. NetEase's 3D game Tian Xia II (TX2) reached 245000 Peak Concurrent Users (PCU) on September 26, according to my tracking in the chart below. This represents a 32% increase from 185000

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from the A little off topic but worth a look dept.BigWorld principal R&D is based in normally sunny Sydney, though we also have offices in the US, Japan, China and Europe. If Sydney-siders at the office are a bit weirded out today, it may be because a massive roiling cloud of red dust has spread across the NSW capital -

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from the Skip to the End deptGamasutra has some AGDC coverage of Steve Danuser from 38 Studios, one of the writers for Curt Schilling's upcoming BigWorld powered title, talks about some of the difficulties in writing for online :"No one wants to read in MMOs. As much as writers want to think their quest prose is for the ages, reading is not a popular activity in online gaming. The genre is a bad

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from the Others like to play also dept.From the Twinity Monitor, a Twinity focused virtual world blog site, comes news of a recent mini-festival in the Singapore segment of the Twinity universe. Check out the other articles over at the blog.

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from the Better reviewed than Dead dept.After posting some very solid numbers for Tianxia 2 over the weekend, let's head over to MMO Culture to check out Cinderboy's review of this Netease's title :TianXia 2 is one of the typical oriental fantasy MMORPG churned out from China, but its the really refined graphics, questing and simplicity which really captivated me. The game was actually in Beta a

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from the Gather Stats deptTian Xia II (TX2) had a strong open beta debut. NetEase (NTES) launched the open beta testing of its 3D game TX2 on Sunday, September 20. According to my tracking in the chart below, TX2 reached 227500 Peak Concurrent Users (PCU) on Sunday, surging 24% from 185000 in Saturday. During the peak time of Sunday, TX2's overall server utilization rate was about 90%, indicating

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INTC,IBM,NTES,NTES NetEase.com Buys Blade Servers for Tianxia IINetEase.com Inc. (Nasdaq: NTES) lately purchased BladeCenter HS22 blade servers from IBM for the operation of its heavyweight 3D online game Tianxia II.BladeCenter HS22 adopts Xeon 5500 processors made by Intel Corporation (Nasdaq: INTC; SEHK: 4335). It is redesigned on the basis of former BladeCenter servers, adding many new

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from the Stop by and see us dept.

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from the You just missed it deptTwinity - Berlin and now Singapore friendly Virtual World this week previewed Indie powerhouse duo Kilowatt and Vanek's upcoming (September 11 release) album.Indie Tuesday: KiloWatts & Vanek Exclusive Sneak Preview of the New AlbumIndie Tuesday special! The new album “Focus and Flow” by KiloWatts & Vanek will be presented in Twinity two days before the official

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from the Not that Genesis, the Other One dept

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冒険活劇オンラインRPG『グランディア オンライン』が2009年8月26日より正式サービスを開始した。　『グランディア オンライン』は、家庭用ゲームシリーズ累計販売本数200万本を超える『グランディア』シリーズの最新作。基本プレイ無料(アイテム課金方式)のオンラインゲームで、強力な連携・コンボ攻撃ができる「アルティメット アクション バトル システム」、精霊石を装着して装備品を自分好みにカスタマイズできる「精霊石システム」、50種類以上存在する称号をプレイヤーキャラクターにつけて個性を持たせることが可能な「称号システム」などが特徴となっている。正式サービス開始に伴い、ゲーム内ショップ「GRANDIA MALL」で購入できる課金アイテム「プレミアムアイテム」や、ランダムでゲーム内アイテムが当たる抽選くじ「グラオンくじ」も利用できるようになる。　そして正式サービス開始を記念して、キャンペーン

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from the Come see us at the show dept.BigWorld will be previewing Bigworld Technology 2.0 at AGDC in Austin in mid-September, showcasing a slew of new features and capabilities.

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from the Older post but interesting dept.38 Studios' famous founder and recently departed CEO Brett Close talk to the Boston Globe about the labor and challenges involved in raising capital for a massive online IP and gaming studio."Creating a massively multiplayer game can take several years and is akin to designing an alternate universe. It involves lots of artwork, animation, and software

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from the Over in the East deptOn August 26, NetEase (NTES) will release the open beta version of Tian Xia II (TX2), one of its in-house developed 3D games. The open beta will be officially launched on September 20, accompanied by a large-scale advertising campaign. This article discusses TX2's 4Q09 outlook and potential risks, and shows the game's recent trends of Peak and Average Concurrent

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from the Kick Stuff deptInterzone's 11-a-side MMO footy game signed by gamigo gamigo AG and Interzone Entertainment have announced that Futebol will be released in German and English by the end of this year, with French, Spanish, Turkish and Polish language versions following in 2010. Futebol is an online game which features team-based multiplayer matches, with every character on the pitch (

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from the Will you be There? dept.Contact details here.

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from the Blow them out of the water dept.

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from the Awesome vids dept.

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from the Far East dept.This July's 'China Joy' - Shanghai's equivalent to E3 showcased a number of MMO titles either released or close to release from some of BigWorld's Chinese licensees.天下贰 Tian xia II http://tx2.163.com/创世西游 Chuang shi xi you http://csxy.163.com/创世Online Chuang shi Online http://cs.gyyx.cn/侠客列传 Xia ke lie zhuan http://www.t2xk.com/三国群英传

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from the Germans in the Far East dept. THIS National Day, Orchard Road may be a hive of activity - both in the real and virtual worlds. Twinity's maker, a virtual world developer, is launching an online realisation of Singapore's iconic shopping strip on Aug 9, where users can make virtual friends, visit online galleries, go shopping and even set up online

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from the Finally, tentacles! dept.

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from the Make the Eyes a bit bigger dept.

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from the Too much reflection dept.

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from the Quick Links dept."9Com (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. was formally created in 2007, is engaged in the Internet and mobile communications network of interactive entertainment products (online games, mobile games, etc.)-based operations, sales, R & D and investment in high-tech service enterprises. The company is headquartered in Beijing, with branches in Shanghai, Guangzhou and

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from the Hot off the Press dept.Userjoy - Taiwan MMOG powerhouse, is working on the final touches of its second BigWorld-powered title, Heroes - Scions of Phoenix, a Windows-based, fantasy MMO currently slated for a late 2009 release.Previewed at E3 2009, the latest fantasy outing from Userjoy focuses a mix of martial arts, history and magic for gamers to immerse themselves in. Head over to

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from the It's just nice to be included dept."Version 2.0 offers performance increases due to improved multi-threading support on the client side, various special and post-effects that enable a wide range of real-time filters to be applied to the graphics engine, including sophisticated motion blur, depth of field and colour correction and distortions. On the server side, the architecture has been

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from the Step on up dept.According to www.Steparu.com, there is a short closed beta test this week of Grandia Online, for a lucky few at least. More information at this link.

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from the It's all over the web - even in Japan dept.Japan is getting its second BigWorld-powered title launching in as many years, with Tokyo-based Gamearts studio publishing the online fest with Gungho."Yoshitada Iwata, Producer at GungHo Online Entertainment, commented that “The BigWorld Technology provides a robust, cost effective way for us to bring GameArts’ online visions to life. Both the

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from the You were there and you saw it dept.

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from the Anti-Orcs dept.More madness from Minsk, with the tongue in cheek debut trailer for Wargaming's upcoming, BigWorld-powered title, World of Tanks.

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from the anti-Orcs dept..Wargaming.net recently announced their top-secret BigWorld-powered title - "World of Tanks". Their early prototype, which was seen by a select few at Moscow's recent Russian Game Developer's Conference (KRI), featured heavy PvP arena-style action between Soviet and German forces along the Eastern Front in WWII.The title is currently expected to go into beta in Russia and

Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07832071103675337581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003390997108920771.post-45846699276619750682009-05-05T03:17:00.008-05:002009-05-05T03:26:50.342-05:00

www.userjoy.com.tw

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From http://games.enet.com.cn/article/A1120090428150.html/Quick Comment: Genesis Journey, as the second title developed by Netease based on BigWorld technology, provides with players so beautiful in-game-scenes.美夺天工，《创世西游》带你游遍如诗江南　　传统的中国人理解的天堂不在彼岸，不在来世。中国人的天堂，一直存在于中国的历史、传统所创造的生活世界中。这才有了“上有天堂，下有苏杭”这句话。而《创世西游》里的淮南道正是中国古代唐朝的江南。整个淮南道地处于大唐东南临海，是仙家、佛、武、文的新手出身地。那在游戏里，到底怎么样的一个场景可以担当得起江南的绮丽，

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from the Battle Hardened Brigade dept.

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From http://www.uqugame.com/Quick comment:'Relique Game',a MMORPG developed by Shanghai UQUgame will start its beta in this June and will be commercial launched in Sep.Relique Game是上海游趣公司开发的融合中国古代地宫探险与现代社会社交混合的一款超大型网络游戏，玩家将身处古代中国地宫探险、寻宝、解秘，在这个充满机关、怪兽与混战的世界之中，体验穿越时代的快感、认识历史的感知，玩家将完全不同感受的大型多人在线游戏。Relique Games 预计在今年6月份进行第一次公开性测试，力争在9月份完成商业化运营。

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From http://zr.5hma.com/html/news/20090306/0/shtm/1030550860.aspxQuick Comment: ' Zhengrong Tianxia' will start its second beta in June. More lucky players have chances to get test accounts than the first beta. More gameplays and game content will be tested in this beta.由杭州五花马网络科技公司历经两年，完全自主研发的MMORPG经典之作《峥嵘天下》一经推出，立刻受到广大玩家的热情支持，自08年末首测以来，以其人性化的游戏操作、精美的游戏画面获得一致好评，其浓厚的民族文化气息不断给玩家们带来美的享受！在首次技术测试后，

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from the Looks best in Red dept,BigWorld powered Virtual World 'Twinity' from Metaversum, has picked up a Red Herring Top 100 award in Europe, recognising leading private technology ventures in the EMEA region. Thanks to Virtual Worlds News.

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From http://game.people.com.cn/GB/48644/48661/9039203.html Quick Comment: Genesis Journey to the West, a massive 3D MMOPRG developped by Netease, will go into the first Closed beta on 3rd.Apr.2009人民网3月27日电　网易旗下“创世工作室”历时四年倾力打造的国产3D东方神幻大作《创世西游》，将于2009年4月3日正式开放第一次技术封闭测试。 网易分别在2002年和2004年推出了《西游三部曲》的前两部——《大话西游》和《梦幻西游》，并以其超凡的游戏品质、丰富多样的玩法和良好的网络社区环境，赢得了无数玩家的喜爱。《梦幻西游》更以232万同时在线的数据，创造了中国网络游戏的神话。

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25 March 2009 For Immediate Release In Game Web Functionality, Full 64 Bit Server Support, Ground Breaking Multi-Threaded Client Capability among enhancements to industry leading MMO middleware. [San Francisco, CA, 25th March 2009] BigWorld Pty Ltd. today announced the release of BigWorld Technology Suite 2.0, reinforcing its position as the leader in

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from the online games play you dept.Astrum Online Entertainment is developing a new online game based on BigWorld TechnologyMoscow, Russia, March 25, 2008Astrum Online Entertainment and BigWorld Pty Ltd. announced today the signing of a license agreement for the use of BigWorld’s technology software suite for developing a new online game.This new project has already been in development for

Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07832071103675337581noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003390997108920771.post-70427137658217890092009-03-23T20:09:00.003-05:002009-03-23T20:21:27.523-05:00

Hokuto No Ken is now Hokuto No Ken Online Heroes At a recent press conference (March 14th 2009) in Tokyo's Akihabara district, BigWorld customer GungHo Entertainment revealed details of a major overhaul of the popular online game title 'Hokuto No Ken Online' [Fist of the North Star Online].The update is scheduled to be available for download from the middle of April '09.Four new major

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from the Made in Australia file"Interzone Futebol features unique competitive gameplay with every character on field, including the goalkeeper, controlled by a real person. As players participate in matches, they unlock new abilities, earn salaries and are rewarded with sponsorship deals. The final release of the game will feature music by world-renowned DJ Paul Oakenfold and audio commentary

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from the You didn't read it first here dept.San Mateo-based studio 'Slipgate Ironworks' came out of hiding of sorts today with a massive industry lash of all things online and a name change, including the announcement of a mammoth ten-year licensing contract with Marvel to deliver MMO games based on the comic book and movie franchise's properties.This is a truly mammoth deal encompassing multiple

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3月14日東京秋葉原UDXシアターにて、「北斗の拳オンライン」の大型アップデートが発表された。　アップデートは3月下旬～5月まで徐々に実装される予定だ。新システムとして大きく4つの要素が加わる。・ヒーローシステム　一日一回ランダムでプレイヤーの誰かが「北斗の拳」のヒーローキャラクターに　なれる。ヒーローに合った「スペシャルな技」を発動できる。・クライムシステム　停めてあるバイクを盗んで乗り回すことができる。リヤカーや箱など街中の物を　破壊したり、村人などのNPCを殴ることができるようになるなど「悪党を選択した　ユーザーはより「悪事」を満喫できるようになった。・相棒システム　原作漫画「北斗の拳」に出演するキャラクターや動物を「相棒」として一緒に行　動することが可能になった。・一撃必殺！ 「一指奥義（ひとさしおうぎ）」　「奥儀」発動時に画面の「一指奥儀」ボタンアイコンで更に強力な技にすること

Yoshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17229749068082838742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003390997108920771.post-13291074349038591042009-03-16T03:05:00.005-05:002009-03-16T10:06:21.779-05:00

16 March 2009FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEHangzhou 9D Network Technology Co., Ltd. signs BigWorld Technology license dealToday, Hangzhou 9D Network Technology Co., Ltd. based in Hangzhou, China announced that they have begun work on their new game using the BigWorld Technology Suite.Mr. Bao Zijian, CEO of 9D commented “Our experienced team of developers and artists have already made good progress into

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from the See you at GDC dept.BigWorld is attending GDC this year, North Hall at booth # 6233, showcasing the upcoming release of BigWorld 2.0, including numerous architectural and procedural improvements to the technology suite. CTO Mr Simon Hayes, and VP Gavin Longhurst will also be attending. To set up a meeting time - please email 'appointments' at bigworldtech.com to secure time with our

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BigWorld 将参加今年的 GDC, 展台为北大厅 6233号， 到时将展示即将上市的BigWorld2.0 版本，包括许多建筑和程序技术套件的改进。CTO Mr Simon Hayes 和 VP Gavin Longhurst 将会出席。 如需安排会议-请email 至 appointments 'at' bigworldtech .com 与我们的员工确认时间。 在展会上见！

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ビッグワールドは今年もGDCに出展いたします。　北ホール6233番ブースにて更に進化をとげた最新版のBigWorld2.0を発表いたします。最高技術責任者サイモン・ヘイズとビジネス開発担当副社長のギャビン・ロングハーストがブースで皆様をお待ちしております。商談をご希望のお客様は、appointments 'at' bigworldtech.com にお問い合わせいただき、ミーティング時間のご調整をお願いいたします。　皆様とお会いできることを楽しみにしております。

Yoshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17229749068082838742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003390997108920771.post-18778830162208078952009-02-04T12:28:00.003-06:002009-02-04T12:40:47.800-06:00

from the Missed it last week dept.Metaversum's Twinity announced on its blog last week that they have surpassed 100k registered. Though still in beta, Twinity is starting to cement its grip on the mirror world market, with Virtual London and Singapore poised to join the available cities. More at the link.

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from the Come out and Play dept.BigWorld is gearing up towards it's first major tradeshow attendance of the year, the Game Developer's Conference in San Francisco this March. On hand will be a number of biz and technical staff showcasing the latest version of the engine and tools. Feel free to drop in and talk with our staff - hope to see you there!There is a list of upcoming events available

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From http://www.cogame.cn/cs/ Dept.Quick Comments: ‘Chuangshi online' goes into first Open Beta in March.《创世OL》是深圳光宇天成有限公司正在研发当中一款耗资超过千万的超大型上古神话MMORPG，即将在今年三月份进行首次公开测试，这款游戏包含了整个公司创作人员的心血，能够给玩家带来超一流的体验。作为一款代表国内网游顶级水平的3D巨作，《创世》开发之初就受到业内前所未有的关注，最精彩的剧情故事，最先进的3D引擎，最刺激的战斗体验都让广大玩家趋之若鹜。究竟是什么精彩的内容等待玩家去体验，让我们在三月份拭目以待吧！

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from the Passing mention dept.Twinity.com, a German company that has already built a virtual Berlin, is building London from Soho towards Westminster and hopes "definitely" to go live this year. Its avatars, which will look realistic as you can transplant your own photo on to your face, will help it build up a strong Facebook-style community in 3D. This distinguishes it from the fourth virtual

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from the Ho Ho Ho it's Christmas dept.Metaversum's Twinity crests 100,000 users this month and is laying on improvement after improvement, from cute Googlemaps inserts to help you navigate through the behemoth city to early testing of the city of London, Twinitized.Friday this week, there are some shennanigans on inside Twinity, including a best outfit competition winners to be announced at the

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from the Sounds like a tuning fork, smells like leather dept.BigWorld licensee 38 Studios and the esteemed Schilling and Close team up in this interview with Gamesindustry.biz - titled 'A perfect pitch' - on the difficulties of protracted, long term undertakings like MMOs.Q: Many developers with the financial clout of a company such as EA struggle to launch MMOs, how can a smaller company hope

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from the Get it Right dept.American-out-of-water-in-Australia developer Joseph Hewitt almost - but not really - trembles with unspoken rage at the Total PC Gaming magazine factual error about whether Interzone's Futebol has a free to play model or no - which it clearly *does* as it begins it's launch roll-out in Brazil first.Actually Hewitt is quite level-headed throughout his blog post and seems

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from the It came from the Press Dept dept.BigWorld Technology ranked the fastest growing Australian Software company in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Australia 2008 Program19 November 2008For Immediate ReleaseThe award recognizes the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Australia based on a sustained revenue growth over the past three years.(Sydney, Australia): BigWorld was announced the

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November, 2008FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEZhejiang KaiXun Selects BigWorld Technology SuiteToday, Zhejiang KaiXun, based in Wenzhou, China, announced that they have selected the BigWorld Technology Suite for their upcoming games. “We have plans to develop a series of unique next generation games. After a one year investigation into possible middleware solutions, we decided that BigWorld’s engines are

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from the communism with a cappuccino dept.The arms race for online gaming is heating up as Bigworld signs its second license in the former Soviet Union. For Immediate ReleaseWargaming.net chooses BigWorld Technology to develop their next title (Moscow, Russia): BigWorld’s Business Development Manager Europe/Russia, Mike Allenson announces a new license with New

ronniechttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17411061044652379620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003390997108920771.post-10145584960099952552008-11-05T18:36:00.009-06:002008-11-05T18:45:14.673-06:00

From http://www.798game.com/ Dept.Quick Comment: 'Badao' goes into second Closed Beta on 15th. Nov.11月15日大型3D国产网游巨作《霸道》技术测试将激情开启。测试就有手机拿，找bug、提意见还能领取万元大奖！届时《霸道》将举办一系列线上线下活动，让您除了能体验精彩的游戏世界之外，时刻都能有惊喜！　　《霸道》是一款将时下网络游戏中的大量流行元素与中国古代传统文化相结合，具有东方玄幻色彩的大型3D MMORPG。　　在3D游戏成为主流的网络游戏市场中，画面成为衡量一款游戏优劣的重要标尺，给人的第一印象十分重要。因此，《霸道》采用了世界闻名的BIG WORLD引擎，这让游戏的画面相较其他游戏有了飞跃性的进步，营造了一个画面唯美、渲染精细、色彩丰富的虚拟世界。　　精美的画面只是一个基本要素。

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from the Luckily there isn't an 'Aardvark' engine dept.Thanks to the miracle of alphabeticization, BigWorld is listed first in the round-up on Gamasutra, just nudging out Crysis and literally at the other end of the pile from Unreal 3, were it not for the fact Epic starts with an 'E'. Simutronics HeroEngine is the only other listed MMO specific engine.A few omissions to the article include

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from the Fresh out of the Gate dept.Twinity - the BigWorld-Powered-Mash-Up-Mirror-World (BPMUMW) from German Developers Metaversum has 50k users and growing according to APLink's Peters. Not bad for only a couple of months out of the gate, and more to come as they steamroll more and more virtual cities out, with London and Singapore pegged as their next milestones, hot on the heels of Singapore's

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from the Far out Brussel Sprout that's a lot of people on screen dept.Not much of a post really, but I have been looking at this screenshot for some time and trying to wrap my head around it - from Netease's BigWorld powered TianXia II, currently operating in China at over 100k PCU :That's a lot of people.

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From http://news.17173.com/content/2008-10-21/20081021092958790,1.shtml Dept.Quick Comment: Zhengrongtianxia goes into first beta on 31st this month and the game website goes alive in the same time.金秋十月，是个收获的季节，由杭州五花马网络公司历时2年精心打造的3D大作《峥嵘天下》即将进行技术封测。这是一款充满东方“仙侠”风的网络游戏，以东方修真成仙为背景，充满了灵动的韵味。盘古开天辟地、女娲补天、大禹治水；妖魔横行、人间浩劫，正所谓除魔卫道正当时！　　《峥嵘天下》以简单好玩为主旨，力求迎合广大玩家。法宝的养成，神兽的驾驭，武学秘籍的修习，交友、家族势力的发展建设，以及超爽的PK战斗，

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from the Still Working on It dept.TenTon Hammer and a host of other online commentators are marking the October 15th release of the Stargate World beta. Though this correspondent has yet to delve into the beta having been denied access by Cheyenne Mountain Space Command, news seems to be positive and there are a wealth of screenies to take a look at from eager contributers.Head over to

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From http://wangyou.pcgames.com.cn/xwkx/gnww/0810/1242405.html Dept.Quick Comment: As a ARPG MMOG based on BigWorld engine, Zhengrongtianxia, the heavy title of Cpegasus will hit closed beta within this year.“五花马，千金裘，呼儿将出换美酒”。意解：人生总难免面对各种挫折，只要诚心诚意去处理、对待每一件事情，终将换来我们想要得到的结果，至德厚载物。　　位于美丽的钱塘江畔的杭州五花马网络科技有限公司，历时两年打造的仙侠类网游《峥嵘天下online》预计在年底进行封闭测试。　　五花马公司成立于2005年，邀请了来自于华义、盛大、金山、蜗牛、目标、梦工厂等国内外著名游戏公司的制作人，

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From http://game.china.com/zh_cn/onlinegame/news/10003534/20081009/15127681.html Dept.Quick Comment: FIFA and Pro Evolution Soccer will face severe challenges from Interzone Futebol, a fantastic massively multiplayer online sports game based on BigWorld engine.2008年奥运会的举行刮起了一股全民体育的风潮但是在足球迷心中，除了残奥会上国足的银牌值得津津乐道外，08年仍然是一个伤心的“赛季”。让玩家们感到难过的还不仅仅于此。不争气的国足会传染，不仅球场上不行，即使是到了游戏研发领域，也仍然比老外们短了一条腿。

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From the Now it's mainstream dept.The esteemed BBC takes a look at some virtual worlds and talks with Jochen Hummel, CEO of Metaversum, makers of Twinity, powered by the BigWorld engine."Fantasy worlds give you freedom and allow you to fly but the fantasy element limits them for the real world," said Jochen Hummel, the chief executive of Metaversum, the company behind Twinity. "Teenage boys are

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from the When you're not playing with your balls dept.Virtual Worlds News has an interview with Nick Lowe - Interzone VP of BigWorld powered MMO, Interzone Futebol."If you don't have a social space, it's harder for players to connect," said Hewitt. "It doesn't seem legitimate. If you see people going and doing stuff, it makes your world. There are people running around with things to do." Or, as

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From http://news.17173.com/content/2008-09-25/20080925101756296,1.shtml Dept.Quick Comment: It is the first time BigWorld Technologies be used on the development of a casual soccer MMO title.英众娱乐（Interzone games）早前公布了旗下首款足球网游《Interzone Futebol》（IZF）的消息。日前这款游戏的更多消息被曝光，其中采用BigWorld（BW）引擎研发的细节尤为令人关注。根据BW引擎的授权研发记录，IZF将是这款世界顶级网游引擎跨界研发的首款体育网游大作！BW引擎网游成中国市场热点　　引擎是游戏的核心技术，拥有一款好的引擎，能为游戏研发达到事半功倍的效果。

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from the Better late than never dept.The guys from Twinskies show off a closed demo for all of you who didn't make it to the booth that day in Seattle a couple of weeks ago. BigWorld licensee Meteor Games showcase Twin Skies, at least - the early version, with their basic gameplay hook Casual meets MMO :

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from the Joystiq AGDC round-up dept.Brett Close, head honcho at 38 Studios talks up some tidbits on their project in Boston, Copernicus, as well as their recent announcement with BigWorld partner, Vivox :So, the announcement with Vivox, what's that about?So, that was about a couple different pieces: 38 Studios is all about very strong partnerships. Smart, strategic partnerships that allow us to

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From http://www.bigworldtech.com/news/press_080909.php Dept. Wuxi Yinweixiang Selects the BigWorld Game Engine09 September 2008For Immediate ReleaseTan Laisuo, Yinwexiang’s Chairman of the Board said, “Yinweixiang offers a realistic experience of online interaction, unique music creation, entertainment and growing freedom for gamers with the most recent interactive technology. In order to make a

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from the Keys to the City dept.APLINK It's Real and others are reporting on Friday's ceremony for Twinity's formal open beta phase. CEO Jochen Hummel was on hand with other dignitaries, stating :“Our vision is clear, this is a trusted environment within a virtual world, lifelike, and based on real metropolises. People can live, work, and have fun here. They can also beam themselves straight into

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from the You asked for it now watch it dept.

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This post originally posted in Japanese by Yoshi on August 23rd 2008We know gamers all over the world eat a lot of instant noodles and here in Japan, that can actually pay off in game! Hokuto No Ken (Fist of the North Star) Online Special Pork Instant Noodles - made by ACE COOK gives you a special in-game item voucher in every delicious bowl.By typing in the redemption code found on the ticket,

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From http://www.badaogame.com/display.php?id=36 Dept.Quick Comment:'Badao OL' will start the second beta by the end of August. New content will be added in.《霸道OL》是由灵智伟业巨资研发的首款3D 网络游戏游戏。以中国上古神话奇书——《山海经》为背景。营造了一个神奇浪漫的上古世界。将《山海经》里面的上古神仙、珍奇异兽都一一再现。让玩家拥有一次特殊的山海经之旅。在第一次封测期间，官方收集了很多热心玩家提出的建设性意见和游戏B UG，为《霸道OL》进一步完善提供了大量切实有效的指导性信息。在停机维护的时间里我们对游戏进行完善，解决第一阶段封测中出现的问题和BUG；同时根据广大玩家朋友们的建议对游戏进行调整，我们相信在这第二阶段封测中《

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from the Sure he's from Chicago but you should try his borscht dept.Hot on the heels of announcing a presence in Japan and Korea, BigWorld today announced the signing of the first license in Russia with Cybertime:FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAugust 26, 2008 Cybertime System creating virtual cities with BigWorld Technology(Moscow, Russia): BigWorld today announced a new deal with Russian based Cybertime

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From http://news.17173.com/content/2008-08-25/20080825110455814,1.shtml Dept.Quick Comment: 17173 interviewed Cpegasus about their brilliant full 3D MMO which is believed to be launched by the end of this year.“上有天堂，下有苏杭”，风景优美的杭州也是动漫游戏产业的集中地。近几年来，杭州政府大力扶持动漫游戏产业，17173记者来到了位于美丽的钱塘江畔的杭州五花马网络科技有限公司（以下简称五花马）。　　五花马成立于2005年，主要从事网络游戏的开发，研发团队的成员并非由杭州本地人组成，而是来自五湖四海。据五花马运营总监陈旭介绍，这里聚集着中国早一批的网络游戏制作人，平均拥有超过5

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フィールドの敵とバトルを行うことで獲得できる経験値が、キャンペーン期間中、公認ネットカフェでプレイすることで50％アップします！ 経験値は「強-謀経験値バー」と「術-能経験値バー」の2軸に分かれており、バトルの戦い方などによってさらに「強」「謀」「術」「能」に割り振られます。 各経験値が一定量たまるとレベルアップをして、それぞれ異なるステータスが成長します。 さらにジュドルショップで購入できる「経験値UPハイパー」等のプレミアムアイテムを使用すると、効果が重複し、獲得できる経験値がなんと最大で150％アップします！ この期間に一気にレベルアップし、それぞれの生業（なりわい）の高みを目指そう！ ネットカフェでプレミアムアイテム「経験値UPハイパー」を使用した状態でプレイした場合 最大で獲得経験値が150％UPします。 獲得経験値＝通常獲得経験値＋通常獲得経験値×100%（プレミアムアイテム

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2008年8月9日（土）発売の「オンラインゲーム すごい攻略やってます。Vol.24」（双葉社）では、北斗の拳ONLINEが表紙を飾った！双葉社は日本の出版社ではメジャープレイヤーである、ガンホー・オンライン・エンターテイメントは、「役立ち情報」という角度からもユーザーにアプローチしている。素晴らしい！　ただ売るという姿勢でなく「人（ユーザー）」の「情けに報いる」というウィンウィンなアプローチではないだろうか。掲載内容：巻頭10ページの特集でゲームの紹介が掲載。初心者に優しいマップ公開など役立ちの一冊だ。さらに同誌でしか入手できないオリジナルアイテムが付いてくるというコラボだ。特別付録「すごいタトゥー」というようだ。雑誌は全国の書店で購入可能！©1983 Buronson & Tetsuo Hara/NSP Approved No.EO-116 ©2008 GungHo Online

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MMORPG「北斗の拳ONLINE」の正式サービスが7月24日に開始された。　本作は，原作「北斗の拳」を忠実に再現したというサザンクロスエリアや拳王エリアを舞台に，生業（なりわい）を身につけながら，世紀末の世界で己の生き様を刻んでいくという，世紀末サバイバルMMORPGだ。マウスを使っての戦闘は，その動かし方で必殺技が発動するなど，直感的なバトルが楽しめる。　正式サービス開始に伴い，同じく同日ジュドルショップ（アイテム課金ショップ）がオープンしている。バイクなどの乗り物や，有名キャラクター風衣装セットなど，世紀末の世界を生きるための注目のプレミアムアイテムが盛りだくさんだ。対峙するもの全てと激烈マウスバトルを繰り広げよう。プレミアムアイテムを入手すれば、登場人物にもなりきれる！プレミアムアイテム「スペシャルダンジョンキー」で「シン」と闘える。プレミアムアイテム「スペシャルダンジョンキー」

Yoshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17229749068082838742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003390997108920771.post-23962918907801786992008-08-23T00:50:00.006-05:002008-08-23T01:17:10.562-05:00

ビッグワールドテクノロジーを採用するガンホー・オンライン・エンターテイメントでは、「北斗の拳ONLINE」のプロモーションの一環としてユニークな試みを行っている。 さすが、日本を代表するオンラインエンターテイメント会社だ。オンラインでのマーケティングだけでなく、ゲームユーザー層を熟考したオフラインのアプローチではないだろうか。 カップラーメン市場のメジャープレイヤーであるエースコック社とタイアップし、すべてのユーザーが避けては生きていけない食品という究極のコモディティ商品とのコラボレーションだ。 「北斗の拳ONLINE　漆黒の豚骨ラーメン大盛り」を購入すると、北斗の拳ONLINEのアイテムコードが印字されたチケットが付いてくる。キャンペーン期間：2008年11月30日（日）23:59まで。キャンペーン期間中にジュドルショップにてアイテムコードを入力するとゲームアイテムがもらえる。1等：

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from the Emote my face off dept.The trailer is here. 'nuff said.

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From http://tx2.163.com/news/2008/8/15/4006_191589.html Dept.Quick Comment: Netease will release Tianxia 2 Expansion Set:Enemy At The Gates on Sep.24th. A brand new game content will help Tianxia2 to achieve the target of 1 million PCUs.9月24日，2008年3D网游首选大作《天下贰》将推出第一部资料片：兵临城下。兵临城下将以“三步曲”的方式推出，分别为：演武、远征、攻城。　　“兵临城下•演武”的主要内容是战场系统，《天下贰》将逐步开放各种战斗模式。其中8月底计划推出的是“蒙面乱斗”模式，类似CS等游戏中的“死亡竞赛”，玩家在战场中遇神杀神遇佛杀佛，

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from the You read it here... second... dept:Jeff Lyndon is a busy little bee these days, as you can see by the number of recent posts and this interview/summary he gave out regarding the upcoming BigWorld powered release, Interzone Futebol. The story of this MMO game and the development practice behind it :"Interzone Futebol is a virtual world centered on the game of futebol which is the most

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from the Get yours Mashed up here dept.Metaversum's Jeremy Snyder talks about the urban surreality of Twinity's Berlin, in a fairly comprehensive interview with Australia's Metaverse TV. The interview features shots of the recent mock-up of Barack Obama's visit to the Brandenburg Gate 'mashed up' in Twinity. The virtual world looks set to be unleashed sometime later this year.

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From http://www.17tech.com/news/2008042330999.shtml Dept.Quick Comment: The Legend of Three Kingdoms Online 2, a full 3D title based on BigWorld engine, will be launched at the end of this year. 宇峻奥汀于今年主打自制在线游戏，下半年将有数款游戏陆续推出。其中不乏知名作品的续作，如《三国群英传 Online 2》和《新绝代双骄 Online 2》等人气作品。宇峻奥汀表示，游戏陆续上市后，可望创下同时在线人数的新纪录。　　以丰富的三国历史为舞台的《三国群英传 Online》一代，以扎实的游戏内容、明快的节奏，赢得许多玩家的支持。在大陆、东南亚等海外地区，也都获得不错的营运表现。宇峻奥汀指出，续作《

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From http://tx2.163.com/news/2008/8/5/4006_191268.html Dept.Quick Comment: Netease will open new Tianxia 2 server to celebrate the opening of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. This new game server will be available on 12:00 am Aug.8.2008.8月8日中午12点，新服等着您：天下一统（大区）－－圣火燎原（服务器）　　“圣火燎原”服为电信服务器，但网易特有的技术将使网通、电信、教育网用户均可畅快游戏。亲爱的《天下贰》玩家：　　第二十九届夏季奥运会就将在北京点燃圣火。经过百年期盼，诞生于西方文明发源地的奥运会终于来到了东方的中国，

leighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17062125132220762300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003390997108920771.post-77331411412489946072008-08-07T19:08:00.004-05:002008-08-08T04:38:27.517-05:00

From http://tx2.163.com/news/2008/8/5/4006_191312.html Dept.Quick Comment: Netease will use new logo for its famous 3D title---Tianxia 2.近日，天下贰将启用全新的形象标识来替换原有天下贰的形象标识。新天下贰标识字体厚重大气，笔形苍劲，能更好的表现出天下贰的侠义感和大气感。8月6日更新后，客户端登陆标识已经更新为如下图标：网易将用新的天下贰形象标识替换现在所有场合中天下贰的原有形象标识，给玩家一个崭新的天下贰形象。

leighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17062125132220762300noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003390997108920771.post-85074296560413348312008-08-06T12:15:00.005-05:002008-08-07T13:41:02.449-05:00

from The Worst kept Secrets dept.Meteor Games of California have finally come out and officially announced that they are - indeed - calling their MMOG 'Twin Skies'. As top secret operational names for games goes, this has been a thunderous disaster of, well... massive proportions. There have been a host of community related sites up and running for a number of months, providing gossip, outlines

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from the If only they allowed embedding dept.Duck on over to Youtube and check out some of the shennanigans from the development team at Meteor Games working on their as yet unannounced title.

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from the It's not ready for Primetime dept.Nothing 'in-game' yet, but a short review with Thom Ang - Director of Art for 38 Studios by the team at Allakhazam."Thom, who was very recently hired and thrown into the 38 Studios frying pan, took charge from early on and made it clear that he wanted to talk about the concept art that they had to show us. One of the first topics of our conversation was

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from the Boys from Brazil dept.In a nice little review of some of the development issues related to making a Massive Soccer title like Futebol, Gamezone talks with the Interzone team :"Question: Soccer, or football, is a rapidly moving game that requires instant field recognition and reaction from the players. Any sort of lag can adversely affect the game conditions. How do you plan on reducing

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from the Music to our Ears dept.Donna Williams stepped down from her sky throne to talk with Twin Skies Navigator yesterday about the Meteor Games 'in development' BigWorld powered title.Donna Williams : "The original plan changed quite dramatically from our rather humble initial ideas. We always wanted to make an MMO crossed with a community, but we didn’t think we could pull off 3D.

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from the Can we Play it yet? dept.Jeff Lyndon, Interzone's VP of China Operations, steps up to the plate at an interview over at IncGamers. Or maybe not a plate - maybe a goal line. Or takes position at a corner."Any other activities in-game that don't have a connection to soccer?Yes, although the world is centered on futebol we want players to be able to enjoy the game world even if they don’t

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