Posted Feb 13th 2008 10:30AM by [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
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Popular MMO publisher NCSoft has been relatively quiet since announcing their partnership with Sony at E3 last year. The deal secured console exclusivity for PS3, with [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] supposedly in the pipeline. NCSoft's new president Chris Chung told [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] that the company should have "something to announce -- not only announce but to show -- by the second half of this year. I'm pretty psyched about that."
The game will be far more than just a simple port of an existing game. In fact, Chung thinks that an online game must be reimagined to really work on a console. "You have to create a gameplay that's really suitable for the console space, the console experience. I mean, it's very different from PC."
Supposedly, the Mountain View studio (team behind the successful City of Heroes/Villians series) is donned the title of "console specialist." We can't wait to find out more, but let's not forget ... NCSoft has done this song and dance [Only registered and activated users can see links. ].
Cross-platform play not so likely for The Agency
Posted Feb 13th 2008 3:30PM by [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
Filed under: [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] If you don't remember, The Agency is an MMO designed for the PS3 and PC -- we assume it's a bigger deal to the PS3 crew though. While many online games gladly accommodate cross-platform play, like Phantasy Star Universe, it seems the group in charge of The Agency is having a slightly harder time.
It's not that they don't know how to do it, but they feel it might be a bit unfair due to the difference in control scheme between the console and the PC. Sony Online Entertainment's CEO, John Smedley, [Only registered and activated users can see links. ], saying, "Would the mouse player have a unique advantage? Would we have to make the auto-aiming system on the console a lot better to compensate for that? That would take some of the skill element away on the console."
You'll still be able to log into your character from either the PC or PS3. SOE is still going to try out cross-platform play, but as far as we can tell, they're warning you not to count on it actually making it to retail.
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