tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70033909971089207712024-03-05T20:13:07.882-06:00BigWorld Tech NewsBigWorld MMOG and Virtual Worlds Technology in the newsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger136125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003390997108920771.post-24520606004247692332009-12-14T20:15:00.001-06:002009-12-14T20:15:44.854-06:00KH2 New TrailerUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003390997108920771.post-23478866094511999262009-10-06T16:43:00.007-05:002009-10-06T17:20:28.781-05:00Rumour : BigWorld games licensing in China - The 9 & Neteasefrom 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 Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003390997108920771.post-65840648048855501952009-10-06T16:34:00.002-05:002009-10-06T17:20:55.646-05:00Jobs : Position openings at BW licensee - 38 Studiosfrom 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)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003390997108920771.post-54205834011982791712009-09-28T20:26:00.005-05:002009-10-06T17:21:07.843-05:00Opinion : Seeking Alpha - NetEase: Reasons Behind TX2's Successfrom 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 185000Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003390997108920771.post-68122918652855646162009-09-22T18:36:00.005-05:002009-09-22T18:54:25.144-05:00Sydney turns redfrom 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 -Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003390997108920771.post-59101489699275428702009-09-22T00:46:00.003-05:002009-09-22T00:53:30.996-05:0038 Studios remarks on Storytelling at AGDCfrom 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 Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003390997108920771.post-21425768021356508882009-09-21T22:25:00.004-05:002009-09-21T22:30:06.942-05:00Twinity blogged : Sun Festivalfrom 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.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003390997108920771.post-33183456604150130482009-09-21T12:33:00.005-05:002009-09-28T20:36:45.312-05:00Review : Tianxia II by Neteasefrom 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 Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003390997108920771.post-16086545781605315572009-09-21T10:09:00.002-05:002009-09-28T20:36:36.052-05:00Netease - TX2 strong results for open betafrom 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%, indicatingUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003390997108920771.post-30524814722277450202009-09-10T20:18:00.005-05:002009-09-28T20:36:24.294-05:00INTC,IBM,NTES,NTES NetEase.com Buys Blade Servers for Tianxia IIINTC,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 Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003390997108920771.post-40865896771828062332009-09-10T12:41:00.001-05:002009-09-10T12:50:56.025-05:00Austin Game Developers Conference on next weekfrom the Stop by and see us dept.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003390997108920771.post-37108590460498866662009-09-10T00:47:00.005-05:002009-09-10T00:52:37.948-05:00Twinity launches music event ahead of real world albumfrom 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 Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003390997108920771.post-7113892800112596862009-09-09T22:53:00.001-05:002009-09-09T22:56:23.757-05:00Netease - Genesis: Journey to the West gameplay trailerfrom the Not that Genesis, the Other One deptUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003390997108920771.post-8727298105690921442009-09-08T22:40:00.005-05:002009-09-08T22:49:11.018-05:00Grandia Online commercial service start!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Yoshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17229749068082838742noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003390997108920771.post-49993632182087447062009-09-04T18:41:00.001-05:002009-09-04T18:43:11.025-05:00A preview of extended web and social network capability inside BigWorld 2.0Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003390997108920771.post-9237303314698869272009-09-03T20:56:00.005-05:002009-09-03T21:18:49.452-05:00Austin Game Developers Conference is on in two weeksfrom 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.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003390997108920771.post-90028651173989643992009-09-03T14:43:00.005-05:002009-09-03T15:21:22.305-05:0038 Studios' Curt Schilling interviewed by Boston Globefrom 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 Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003390997108920771.post-83660656320570384812009-08-25T15:02:00.004-05:002009-09-28T20:36:04.613-05:00Netease to Open Beta TX2 today, China - stats/analysisfrom 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 Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003390997108920771.post-52855956022042768472009-08-25T13:16:00.003-05:002009-08-25T15:05:17.588-05:00Germany's Gamigo signs Interzone Futebol for Europe - also Gamescon trailerfrom 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 (Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003390997108920771.post-83061870112603607242009-08-13T11:37:00.002-05:002009-08-13T11:40:25.985-05:00BigWorld @ GDC/GamesCom Cologne 2009 next weekfrom the Will you be There? dept.Contact details here.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003390997108920771.post-65291364678357263882009-08-10T20:04:00.006-05:002009-08-10T21:56:17.468-05:00Navy Legend : in-game screensfrom the Blow them out of the water dept.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003390997108920771.post-73250418679455226902009-08-10T13:58:00.007-05:002009-08-10T21:56:38.425-05:00Navy Legend CG trailer for BigWorld powered MMOfrom the Awesome vids dept.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003390997108920771.post-80358216952213223012009-08-10T12:30:00.017-05:002009-08-10T13:22:38.298-05:00BigWorld features seven games at China Joy 09from 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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003390997108920771.post-89175712336544443022009-08-06T09:49:00.002-05:002009-08-06T09:51:36.642-05:00Metaversum launches Twinity Singapore - Straits Timesfrom 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 Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7003390997108920771.post-85662543952431820592009-08-05T17:55:00.003-05:002009-08-05T17:57:49.131-05:00Trailer for a BigWorld powered game from http://gui.uqugame.com/ 《鬼吹灯》online高清视频 -from the Finally, tentacles! dept.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0