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Massive - DirectX10 Effects Possible On Consoles

If you've got the time and the resources, your console game can look pretty damn close to its DirectX10-enabled PC counterpart. This from Massive Entertainment's VP of Development Peter Sydow in an interview with Videogamers.com in which he discusses development of the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of World In Conflict.

Yeah, at this point we've managed to replicate some of the effects, but I don't know what features will make it into the final release. Nearly all of our DX10 features are possible to do on the consoles if you give it enough time and resources, so we'll keep on working on them and see what happens.
See Funcom? Even the console developers can do it!

World in Conflict Interview [Videogamers.com - Thanks David!]

11:00 AM on Tue May 20 2008
By Mike Fahey
3,769 views, 32 comments

Latest by KroKan: They just couldnt allow PC graphics&performance to surpass their shitty consoles' ; so they invented DX10 and Vista, which are more »

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World in Conflict 360/PS3 Impressions

World in Conflict, the PC based Cold War conflict RTS is grinding its gears to make its first big debut on consoles. The developers are billing this tale of the Soviets invading Germany not as an expansion but more of an "enhancement" to the original. The game is essentially the same as the PC version with some key differences such as this time rather than being from the Soviets perspective, we get the US perspective. That makes up the majority of the story changes and other changes have been implemented in the controls and menu system.

RTSs are traditionally menu deep affairs much more suited to the many keys of a PC rather than the limited buttons of a game controller. From what I could see, the developers (Massive and Swordfish Manchester) seem to have done an admirable job in making the switch from PC to consoles and have completely reworked the control and menu system to suit console specific controllers. FPS like camera controls allow you to navigate quickly and easily and a tracking reticle makes it easy to pinpoint that specific enemy. A new, simpler menu interface adds to the ease by making it unnecessary to dig through layers of menus to find the one you want. You can also take to your Global War Room to compare your victories and battles with fellow players from around the world.

Whether or not World in Conflict will successfully make the jump from PC to consoles (where many others have failed) remains to be seen and I will let RTS aficionados be the ones to make the final judgment. My personal experience with such games is admittedly rather limited, but I do wonder how the depth of a PC menu system can be truly duplicated in a console version. It seems a herculean task but if they can pull it off it could mean more successful console RTSs in the future. Look for World in Conflict to made available for your PS3 and 360 later this year.

4:00 AM on Mon Apr 28 2008
By fdemarco
2,285 views, 23 comments

Latest by kcorbo: @TinyLightning: I was wondering the same thing. Maybe I bought a future version accidentally. more »

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World In Conflict: Soviet Assault


Don't know what Soviet Assault is? Do keep up. It's the next World in Conflict release: for PC owners, it's a big expansion, for console owners, it's a standalone title. Here's the first footage to go along with the first details, along with the first [sigh] developer diary.

6:40 AM on Fri Apr 11 2008
By Luke Plunkett
4,561 views, 14 comments

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Details On World In Conflict Console Version

World in Conflict is coming to the 360 and PS3. We already knew that. What we didn't know about this console-specific game is that it'll be called World in Conflict: Soviet Assault, and will take the PC game, give it console-specific controls and give you the chance to also command the invading Soviet forces. Yes, yes, In Soviet Russia, invaders command you, etc, etc. PC owners, for you, nothing else has changed: you'll get all the new content as an expansion pack, same time as the console versions arrive (which is "Fall").
World in Conflict: Soviet Assault - first details [OXM Czech, via Tiscali, thanks Jan!]

7:20 AM on Thu Mar 27 2008
By Luke Plunkett
2,495 views, 18 comments

Latest by squidboy007: sweet. Ive never played a console RTS before and I think this will be my first. more »

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World In Conflict Slated For Consoles This Fall

Good news, console RTSers! Sierra/Massive Entertainment's acclaimed post-Cold War real-time strategy title World in Conflict is spreading from the PC to the Xbox 360 and PS3. Expected to launch fall 2008, these console versions won't just be a port of the original World in Conflict, instead including extra "new content" planned for both the singleplayer campaign and online multiplayer.

For existing PC players, this new content will come in the form of an add-on. Potential pricing has not been discussed. As for me, I just feel lucky that I'm no longer forced to own a PC to play a lot of games formerly reserved for the platform, even if the authenticity of experience isn't always duplicated.

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1:20 PM on Thu Feb 14 2008
By Mark Wilson
1,174 views, 38 comments

Latest by I was blocked unfairly.: YES YES YES !!!!! I was gonna get this for pc but wasn't sure if i met requirements... more »

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A World in Conflict Christmas

Wow, those folks over at Massive Entertainment have issues, Christmas issues! But who doesn't. I mean who hasn't wanted to take out the neighborhood with a flood or tanks and barrage of mortar fire?

3:01 PM on Tue Dec 18 2007
By Brian Crecente
7,393 views, 43 comments

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World In Conflict Takes It To The Countryside

Massive continues their inspiring post-launch support of their cold war action RTS World in Conflict next week, with an all new map - Countryside. If you've ever taken a cross-country road trip, Countryside will be extremely familiar to you, as many cows have been counted by children in the back of their parents' station wagon in spots like these since time began. I guess now you can count nuclear explosions instead, though I am guessing you wouldn't get much further than one.

8:00 AM on Thu Dec 6 2007
By Mike Fahey
1,060 views, 13 comments

Latest by ShineyBlueShoes: Man I really need to stop playing WoW again and go back to playing this and TF2. more »

Our 25 countries World in Conflict contest has drawn to a close, and we've selected a winner. And that winner is... Jenny N.! So, Jenny N. shoot us an email at tipsATkotaku.com with your address. Make sure you put "WORLD IN CONFLICT WINNER" in the subject line, because that's what you are. Congrats!

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World in Conflict Quick Draw Contest

First person to shoot kotakucontestATgmail.com an email with a list of twenty-five countries gets a copy of World in Conflict. Yup, that's it! Realize: As you are reading this, there are people, you know, who are sending emails — one of which will get a free game. Uh-huh, uh-huh.
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9:00 PM on Fri Oct 5 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
1,373 views, 43 comments

Latest by desi_jatt: yo so who won? if u win will dey tell u thru email? more »

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World In Conflict's Cold War

World In Conflict developers Massive Entertainment is creating a series of behind the scenes vignettes about the upcoming PC RTS game that Crecente and I recently got a chance to suck at. This first one details the setting, which is of course an alternate timeline where instead of the cold war ending, it got hot. Really hot. We're talking Red Dawn hot. The video is worth it for the closing scene alone, which features Seattle being enveloped in a mushroom cloud while Tears for Fears' Everybody Wants To Rule The World plays in the background. Classy! More »

2:00 PM on Tue Sep 18 2007
By Mike Fahey
2,611 views, 9 comments

Latest by carnage_almighty: Yay ! more »