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09 August 2010
Ship Simulator Extremes goes gold.
Ship Simulator Extremes offers exciting missions all over the world as you pilot an impressive array of vessels, and live the story of real ship captains. The most realistic simulator ever set on the high seas is scheduled for release on August 27th and will be published worldwide by Paradox Interactive. The PC title will be available in stores and on all leading digital distribution platforms.
01 March 2010
Totem Games announces new real time naval combat sim "Ironclads: Schleswig War 1864".
A key element of Denmark's war strategy was the blockade of Germany's Baltic sea ports, thereby disrupting German overseas trade and hindering Prussian naval operations in support the Prussian army. The supreme commander of the Prussian army insisted that the navy attempt to breach the blockade.
Manage financial and strategic aspects while planning your squadron's structure. Scramble your fleet to gain sea supremacy. The naval combat game allows you to set up battle squadron groups, their formations and management, with realistic ship models and characteristics, as well as advanced ballistisc and weapon models.
Choose your ships, increase the experience of your crews and send your squadron into the high seas. Order a battle formation, and experience the power of iron and steam!
Minimum System Requirements:
OS Windows XP / Vista / 7, DirectX 9.0C; Processor 1.1 GHz or better;
RAM: 512 MB; Videocard: 128 MB GeForce 6600 / RADEON 9600 or better
More information can be found at www.totemgames.ru
28 August 2009
Navy Field ships news for veterans and beginners!
The update of August will bring some experiences for veterans as well as for the growing number of beginners!
New players will be happy! The seed credits and points are doubled from now on. This will give rookies a good chance to join the growing number of Navy Field fans for some addictive naval warfare. Fairly enough, credits, points and level to start trading are increased as well.
Navy Field features now a new chat function which will help even new gamers immediately.
Regarding the request of the veterans for more huge vessels, Navy Field features now new premium aircraft carriers for each country.
Naval battles are getting more exiting; the number of participating battle ships have been increase.
New events will take place:
Party weekend, on August, 29th and August 30th! Party at Navy Field means in fact, experience points, credits and points will be increased at 30%, for this period only.
It’s the Small Ship War again! On September 18th to September 20th battle cruisers and destroyers will fight the same way as at the highly successful BB3 Team Cup.
Turtle Ship Event announced! No fighting pets in place, but powerful and well armed Korean ships, made of wood. The fun will be held at the special event rooms.
About Navy Field:
Navy Field is a massively multiplayer online tactics simulation game based on World War II naval warfare, published by eFusion MMOG GmbH. Navy Field is a free-2-play MMOG, available in English and German language.
03 April 2009
Totem Games announces "Ironclads: High Sea"
battles in real time. Manage financial and strategic aspects while
planning your squadron's structure. Scramble your fleet to gain sea
supremacy.
The game allows you to set up battles squadron groups, their formations
and management, with realistic ship models and characteristics, as well
as advanced ballistisc and weapon models.
Choose your ships, increase the experience of your crews and send your
squadron into the open seas. Order a battle "Line Astern", "Crossing the
T" formation, and experience power of iron and a steam!
Minimal system requirements: OS Windows XP / Vista, DirectX 9.0C;
Processor Pentium 4 / Athlon 1.1 GHz or better; RAM: 512 MB; Videocard:
128 MB GeForce 6600 / RADEON 9600 or better; Sound card: compatible with
DirectX 16-bit.
Official site: http://www.totemgames.ru/
26 February 2009
NavyField Europe : New Server Open and Update of New Submarines & Game Mode!
Gamers can check the details at http://www.navyfield.eu/eng/event/list.asp
NFEU also released their newest patch today, with the 3rd generation of submarines, new weapons and additional functions for submarine captains, as well an advanced Night Battle mode. Next week, Thursday March 5th, an additional patch will follow with a special game mode for Light and Heavy Cruisers.
Furthermore the newest Balance Update for battleship nears completion. As a result all battleships on the Ship Tree, from First until last, will be revised. In addition the Account System will be updated in March.
Company Introduction:
eFusion MMOG GmbH is a European official publisher of Navy Field and based in Germany.
Navy Field Europe has been started from August 2007 and it’s published to Pan-Europe.
eFusion is focusing on MMOG and European Market and will publish more qualified Korean MMOGs to European market.(www.efusion-mmog.com , www.navyfield.eu)
29 November 2008
NavyField Europe : Mega update for CV ships on November patch
Company Introduction:
eFusion MMOG GmbH is a European official publisher of Navy Field and based in Germany. Navy Field Europe has been started from August 2007 and it’s published to Pan-Europe. eFusion is focusing on MMOG and European Market and will publish more qualified Korean MMOGs to European market.(www.efusion-mmog.com , www.navyfield.eu )
24 September 2008
SD EnterNet proudly announces first details of Navy Field 2
Thanks to Emergent Inc’s Gamebryo Engine which powers Navy Field 2’s visuals gamers will be able to experience battles like never before. All of the painstaking attention to detail paid to battle ships in Navy Field is now applied in full 3D for Navy Field 2. Command your ship into a larger game field with a realistic weather system. Impressive 3D effects and realistic backgrounds along with an improved sound and effects system help to provide a more realistic game experience.
Players can chose from the four previously available nations (USA, KM, IJN, and UK), along with new nations to be introduced. An improved user interface with a built in “Beginner’s Tutorial” will welcome new players who have not played Navy Field before. Improved historical and non-historical missions will be implemented for players to enjoy on their own. Once ready for the field, players will enjoy battles with up to 64 players and a maximum of 192 ships taking part. As players advance they can look forward to a new player owned fleet system, an increased submarine system, and an increased amount of WWI era naval vessels.
Navy Field 2 is being developed to handle up to 10,000 players in one server. An improved hacking prevention system with live packet authorization along with improvements in auto-repair, emergency alarm, and malfunction damage systems will help let players enjoy Navy Field 2 to its fullest.
Navy Field 2 by SD EnterNet is the sequel to Navy Field: Resurrection of the Steel Fleet. Introduced into the North American market in 2004, Navy Field allows players to battle one another in rooms of up to 128 players in over 100 different WWII era naval vessels. Fully customizable historically accurate naval guns, torpedo launchers, Fire Control Systems, engines, and armor are available for players to equip. An RPG style sailor leveling system exists to provide extensive replay and strategic value. 75 different sailor positions are available so you can take command of your vessel in the manner that best suits you. The possibilities for customization are almost endless.
For future information on Navy Field 2 and for current information on Navy Field please visit: www.navyfield.com
04 September 2008
NavyField Europe: Submarines release and August patch and Events.
NFEU is saying, The first tier of Submarines launched on 28th of August and the next tier of Submarines will be updated on September Patch. They also said, NFEU added Supper BB/CV balancing, German ship and gun balancing, Bonus Exp increase, CVs in Blitzkrieg, Blitzkrieg setting option, etc.
They are preparing the Submarine Event, Party-weekend Event and “Navylimpics” Event that community created specially and the Event joiner will have Submarine Model-Ship and many benefits of boosting and items as a prizes. NFEU expect submarines will give new possibilities to play and improve the game-play of small ships as well as battleship have a new enemy now.The user’s reaction is very hot and many of gamers are enjoying the new contents of Navyfield Europe.
Navyfield’s GNGWC (Game&Game World Championship) European Finals took place on the 21st of August at Games Convention in Leipzig and was a lot of fun for all participants.
The 1st place goes to Band of Brothers, the 2nd place goes to Hochseeflotte.
Both fleets received the ticket to Korea as a prize and will participate at the world final of Navyfield in Korea on November.
For more information for this news, you can check on www.navyfield.eu.
24 July 2008
NavyField Europe: Submarine details released
The Submarine patch date is planned in September and eFusion expect many players will enjoy this addition. New “Hood” Server launching date will be 24th of July and many events are prepared. 3 months Ranking Event, 50 Level Challenging Event, Nomination Event and Bonus Item for First buying Users Event will be started on launching day. Event participants have a chance to win Model-ship, NF Crystals, NF T-Shirts, NF Posters and Premium Items. July patch has been implemented as planned on 17th of this month and host wakeup function, macro-blocking, CV EXP boost and gun power boost added. New Billing Method "PaySafeCard" will be added in this month, so gamers will have diversity of methods. GNGWC European Preliminary League applying is finished and the battle will be started from 26th of July.
Navy Field Europe gamers can check www.navyfield.eu for more detail information.
01 July 2008
NavyField Europe, New Server launching and joining in the GNGWC
The 2nd server will be an English server and many events will be started on server launch day.
They also announced they are joining the GNGWC (Game&Game World Championship) and they will start a European local league in the middle of July.
NavyField Europe fleets will join in the local league finals and 2 teams will join in the final in Korea in November with one representative of each team on location for the prize of 10,000 $ and many other presents.
European local finals will be held at Games Convention in Leipzig on 21st of August.
For more information, you can check www.navyfield.eu, the official site of NavyField Europe.
NavyField Europe also opened the “party weekend” event on the 28th and 29th of June where the players got a 30% increase in EXP, credits, points and veteran gain for the duration of the weekend. At the end of July this Event will be repeated.
In middle of July NavyField Europe plans to have a special patch including CV EXP boosting, a host wake-up function and other good content that came from the requests of users.
The submarine patch is in development at the moment, and this big patch will be implemented around September. Many NavyField users are waiting for this new ship line and will really enjoy this new content.
NavyField Europe is also planning on implementing new sounds, a new interface and many new community functions in the 3rd quarter of this year.
Company Introduction:
eFusion MMOG GmbH is a European official publisher of Navy Field and based in Germany.
Navy Field Europe has been started from August 2007 and it’s published to Pan-Europe.
eFusion is focusing on MMOG and European Market and will publish more qualified Korean MMOGs to European market.(www.efusion-mmog.com, www.navyfield.eu )
08 June 2008
NavyField Europe
Navy Field Europe (Company: eFusion MMOG) is preparing a new patch with many changes and new content to play on 22nd of May. The Super Battleships and Super Aircraft Carrier Queen Victoria, Nebraska, Amagi , Kaiser, Midway, De Grass will be added. Many high level players now have the challenge to acquire and launch these monster ships. The Exp gain rate in normal rooms will be increased by 20% as an event. Furthermore the EXP gain rate for Select Mode will be increased to 90%. The Aircraft Carrier commands we’ll be upgraded for using aircraft carriers. A player can now manage the aircrafts squad more easily with using only the keyboard and mouse.
Moreover Navy Field provides new events. Until the 15th of June fleets can challenge other fleets to rise up in the fleet ranking! It’s possible to set own rules. The best 4 fleets will come into the last round. You can win a model ship, Navy Field crystal, premium subscriptions, premium ships and a lot of credits. Among other things Party Weekends with an increased Exp gain rate and other bonuses are planned.
NFEU will have a chance to join this NF World War Event. The preliminary league will start around July. The EU final battles will be held in Leipzig at the GC Event. NFEU will add a 2nd server with an English name soon, especially for English speaking players.
Other planned innovations are submarines in this summer and new nations until end of this year.
Author: eFusion MMOG
Publisher: eFusion MMOG
Developer: SD Enternet
Genre: Strategy, RPG, Historical, Massively Multiplayer
Release: 11.10.2007
Platforms: Windows
Website: http://www.navyfield.eu
Download : http://www.navyfield.eu/eng/chkcount/chk_download.asp?Code=DOWN_GER0 (German version)
http://www.navyfield.eu/eng/chkcount/chk_download.asp?Code=DOWN_ENG0 (English version)
Screenshot : http://www.navyfield.eu/eng/down/screenshot.asp?chkNum=24
Wallpaper : http://www.navyfield.eu/eng/down/wallpaper.asp?chkNum=25
Movie : http://www.navyfield.eu/file/NF-efusion-Movie.zip
Music : http://www.navyfield.eu/eng/down/movie.asp?chkNum=26
18 January 2008
Hotel Da Volta rescheduled for May
"It is our intent to remedy this; player hosted internet multiplayer is being added to HDV. As a result, Hotel Da Volta's release is being rescheduled (approximately) for Memorial Day (May 26). The price will be higher to cover the cost of the additional development, however, as a thank you for your early support, you will receive HDV for the $9.99 price."
26 November 2007
1C Company acquires an in-house development studio of Akella
Moscow, November 26 2007 - 1C Company, the leading Eastern and Central European publisher, is pleased to announce that it has acquired Akella’s “Sea Dog” in-house development studio.
The Sea Dog team is comprised of experienced developers who contributed to the creation of such hits as Sea Dogs, Pirates of the Caribbean and Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales. Within Akella, this development studio has become one of the few Russian teams successfully developing games for the Xbox and Xbox 360.
The team is currently working on the Age of Pirates: Captain Blood project that will be released on PC and Xbox 360. The acquisition of Akella’s development studio is another step to build upon 1C’s status as a leading developer and publisher of entertainment software.
Once the current project is completed, 1C’s newly acquired studio will develop a wide range of innovative titles for multiple game platforms. According to the agreement between 1C and Akella, Akella has acquired the worldwide publishing rights to PT Boats: Knights of the Sea.
PT Boats: Knights of the Sea is a breakthrough action simulation featuring torpedo boats in World War II. Akella was previously developing the title when 1C was a co-publisher and investor. This title has approached a closing stage of its development and has recently been successfully presented at NVIDIA’s Editor’s Day as a next-gen technology product. It will become the first Russian title to be released in both DirectX 9 and DirectX 10. PT Boats: Knights of the Sea makes a successful contribution to keeping Akella’s traditions as a leading naval game developer alive. It is destined to become one more hit in Akella’s top lineup of products.
The successful series of pirates titles will be continued by another of Akella’s studios and a new announcement will follow shortly.
20 November 2007
Tesseraction Games announces Add-On for ENIGMA: RISING TIDE
BATON ROUGE, LA (November 20, 2007) - Tesseraction Games, Inc. announced today that an Add-On to
ENIGMA: RISING TIDE will be released near the end of November 2007. The Add-On will be available for
purchase electronically and will include the award winning story by Jay Lake “One Night at the Hotel Da
Volta”.
“Resurgent Interactive has been granted a license to create “Hotel Da Volta” for Enigma: Rising Tide,” said
Tesseraction Games President Kelly Asay. “and they have worked closely with our designers to create a
memorable add-on to Enigma; a prelude of things to come.”
According to Asay, players will receive an intense new campaign, a new category of missions, a suite of
tools to facilitate user modifications to Enigma and complete removal of Starforce and authentication
requirements to make installation easier for our loyal player base. Pre-Orders and ordering information are
available at hoteldavolta.warfleet.net.
ENIGMA: RISING TIDE is an exciting naval combat game featuring fast-paced, large scale ship-to-ship-tosub
battles and unfolds a detailed back story in which three historical “Empires” wage war against each other
using submarines, destroyers, destroyer escorts, corvettes, tankers, merchantmen, and aircraft. The game
is designed to be action-filled and easy-to-learn while providing depth of strategy and cinematic cat-andmouse
suspense. Originally released in 2003; Enigma has to date sold more than 300,000 copies worldwide
in 7 languages. Hotel Da Volta is the first new product produced for Enigma by Resurgent and promises to
breathe new life into Enigma. More information on the game can be found at www.warfleet.net.
About Tesseraction Games, Inc.
Tesseraction Games is newly based in Baton Rouge, LA. For more information, please visit
www.tesseractiongames.com or contact kellya@tesseractiongames.com
About Resurgent Interaction, LLC.
Resurgent Interactive, L.L.C. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Louisiana-based entertainment company, Resurgent
Entertainment. Resurgent Interactive is domiciled at the Louisiana Business and Technology Center on Louisiana State
University’s South Campus. Resurgent Interactive became the majority shareholder and investor in Tesseraction Games
in October of this year. For more information on Resurgent Interactive, LLC contact Chuck Bush at (225) 578-3636 or visit
us on the worldwide web at www.resurgentinteractive.com
06 October 2007
Pirates of the Burning Sea Release Date: "For Real"
Gamers Experience Action and Adventure on the High Seas Circa 1720 in New Online PC game
SAN DIEGO, CA & SEATTLE, WA – October 5, 2007 – Sony Online Entertainment LLC’s (SOE) Platform Publishing label and Flying Lab Software LLC (FLS) announced today Pirates of the Burning Sea™, is scheduled to launch worldwide on January 22, 2008. The hotly anticipated MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online) game, featuring high seas action and swashbuckling adventure in a bold world of pirates and plunder, is being developed by Seattle-based FLS and published by Platform Publishing.
“We are eagerly anticipating the day we can raise the anchor and set sail with Pirates of the Burning Sea. Our team’s hard work and dedication, and that of our partners at SOE’s Platform Publishing group, is going to result in a fantastic gameplay experience for PC gamers,” said Russell Williams, CEO, Flying Lab Software. “We are looking forward to bringing this game to fruition, and appreciate the support from our dedicated community in helping us to develop a top-notch game.”
As a captain in Pirates of the Burning Sea, you can choose among the French, Spanish, English, or Pirate nations, playing a naval officer, a freetrader, a privateer, or a pirate as you like. Action–filled ship battles take place at sea, where players can destroy or board and seize their competitors’ ship. On land, a world of swashbuckling adventure awaits full of sword-swinging action. The unique player-driven economy means players can be a captain of industry too, running mines, lumber mills, shipyards and other large-scale operations to produce the tons of goods needed to supply every player in the game with what they need. Through the player-generated content system, players can create their own sail and flag designs to display in game and even model their own ships.
“The vast amount of player-created content and the intense strategy required in Pirates of the Burning Sea sets it apart from any other MMO on the market,” said D Tim Granich, Sr. Global Brand Manager, Sony Online Entertainment. “Gamers will be donning their captain’s gear and eagerly awaiting their next battle on land or sea.”
The game takes place in the New World circa 1720, a dramatic time of conflict and riches that features action for every play style, from epic ship combat, to piracy, to building economic empires or sword-swinging adventure. With more than one thousand missions per nation, dozens of ports to explore, and the entire Caribbean as their domain, players will find an online experience like no other.
Pre-orders are scheduled to begin on Tuesday, October 23rd. Players that pre-order will receive an invitation to the “Pre-Boarding Party” giving them access to the live game 15 days prior to launch. During this time, players can level up to 20 and keep their characters after launch, with a purchase of the game and paid monthly subscription. Players who pre-order and purchase the game will also receive a “captain’s best friend” – known to any good pirate as a blue and yellow parrot – as well as a powerful weapon suited to their fighting style and an original game soundtrack CD complete with 60 minutes of pirate-themed music.
Pirates of the Burning Sea game features:
• Join one of four nations (Pirate, English, French, or Spanish)
• Every player is the captain of their very own ship in massive naval battles
• Duel other players to control more than 80 conquerable ports in the Caribbean
• Explore the world and make a name for yourself in more than 1,000 missions
• Economy driven by players, who manufacture and sell all ships and equipment found in the game
• Build, capture, and customize more than 50 historical ships
• Design your own flags and sails
• Choose from 3 different styles of swashbuckling combat – deadly and formal Fencing, flashy, dual-wielding Florentine or rowdy and treacherous Dirty Fighting
• Participate in epic sea battles with up to 25 players on a side
For more information on Pirates of the Burning Sea, log onto www.piratesoftheburningsea.com or the community site at www.burningsea.com
Launch Date blog entry10.04.07 by Rev
Here it is: January 22nd, 2008!
That’s our launch date. For Real.
It’s been a very long trip. We started this project in the fall of 2002, so by the time we launch, Pirates of the Burning Sea will have been in development for more than five years. Even our closed beta program has been running since December of 2005, so that’s coming up on its two-year anniversary.
During that time we have grown from a handful of people to more than seventy full-time staff. The scale of the project has grown as well. When we started, there weren’t even going to be human avatars! Ports were just a menu where you clicked options. The whole game was much, much smaller and a lot less interesting.
At this point, we have a big fat slab of game: a giant, player-driven economy; incredible ship combat; swashbuckling swordfighting; a thousand missions; eighty towns; a conquerable world; and more adventure than we ever expected. Behind the scenes, we are working really hard to fix bugs, adjust gameplay, balance and tune the numbers, and generally get the game ready for launch. There’s still a ton of work to do and we’re hard at it.
Is January 22nd a long way away? It sure doesn’t feel like it to us! But if it does to you, consider picking up a preorder box when they go on sale October 23rd. Besides getting a soundtrack CD to get you in the mood, you’ll get exclusive in-game weapons and an in-game parrot for your shoulder.
Oh, and you’ll also get to start playing on January 7th.
Yep! For two full weeks you can be in the game and playing your real character, learning the ropes, getting your economic empire spun up, and preparing for the bigger battles ahead.
Preordering the game gets you a lot of great stuff. And we really appreciate it as well. The more preorders we get, the more the retailers know that people want to play this game. So help us and help yourself: preorder October 23rd, get your two-week headstart locked in, and be ready to play a few days after New Year’s.
I know there’s another question you want answered. Yes, we will be doing a very large-scale beta when we’re closer to launch. Far more people will get a chance to play than ever have before. The NDA will go away and the world will get a real look at what we’ve been making. We aren’t ready to announce the details of this mega beta period, but look for more news later this fall.
Finally, I want to thank our community for hanging in there. Many of you have been with us on this journey for years. Some came early, wandered off, and returned. Others have shown up only recently. We’re grateful for all of you. From the start we have tried to be as open as possible about what we’re building. Interacting directly with our community has been a pillar of our development from the day we announced the project. Your feedback has helped us immeasurably and your enthusiasm has kept us inspired even when the going was tough. At long last, we’re almost ready to show you what all these years and tears and dreams have wrought.
In January, you will sail the Burning Sea!
—John Scott Tynes
Producer, Flying Lab Software
22 September 2007
PT Boats: Knights of the Sea DX10 benchmark
Moscow, Russia, September 22, 2007.
Akella presents the DX10 tech demo-benchmark of the upcoming naval action sim PT Boats: Knights of the Sea.
The final game will support both DX10 and DX9, but this demo is a demonstration of what the final game will look like in DirectX 10. The demo features all the visual effects and some of the highly detailed models that will be available in the game.
The main DX10 graphics features of PT boats: Knights of the Sea tech demo-benchmark:
• Advanced ocean rendering
• Soft particles
• Reflections, light beams and advanced transparency
• Advanced HDR for gunfire and sun reflection
Download the benchmark here (256 MB, you must have Windows Vista & DX10 video card to run)
Discuss the benchmark here
Subsim PT Boats forum here
The benchmark supports all the latest DirectX 10 graphics cards. We recommend:
ATI Radeon HD 2900 and 2600
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 and 8600
Drivers to use:
ATI: Catalyst 7.9 http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html
NVIDIA: 163.71 http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_downloads_rel70betadriver.html
System operation:
Windows Vista
Official internet site of Akella: www.akella.com
Official game site: www.pt-boats.net
Official game forum: http://www.pt-boats.net/enforum/
Media Contacts:
Public Relations: Irina Semenova semenova@akella.com
Tech questions: Roman Tsoy tsoy@akella.com
26 July 2007
PT Boats: Knights of the Sea new website
Brand-new graphics and images along with new sections are awaiting you here. While developing the new website we tried to meet expectations of naval simulators’ fans that are eager to extract detailed information on what’s going on. The Press section contains related publications in mass media, FAQs will get you in the loop of what’s been asked by other gamers before. The updated Museum houses new description of naval, aviation, and armament parks.
Not only have we added new sections the website interface has changed a lot – it’s more interactive, and impacts what you’ll see in the Museum section. You’re very welcome to visit www.pt-boats.net and plunge into the world of sea battles created for you. More surprises await you there.
PT Boats: Knights of the Sea
Website: www.pt-boats.net
Genre: naval action simulator
Platform: PC
Developer and publisher in Russia & CIS: Akella
World publisher: TBD
Release date: Q4 2007
PT Boats: Knights of the Sea is a naval action simulator that places gamers in charge of a mosquito fleet of the Allied Forces, Russia or Germany during the height of World War II. Take command of a boat and control each member of the crew. Shoot down aircrafts using machineguns, torpedo hostile destroyers and supply ships. Plan your attacks in tactical mode, then switch to action mode and lead your fleet to the victory. In fact, you can do whatever it takes to accomplish your mission. While advancing in rank you’ll get more boats and warships under your command.
Fight versus real opponents in multiplayer game. Align with your friends to create the best ship crew ever and beat the rival team in a fair battle!
About Akella
Akella, founded in 1993 and headquartered in Moscow, Russia is a leading Eastern European developer, publisher and distributor of PC, video games and multimedia products. Akella’s own distribution network is rapidly growing and, to date, it covers all the CIS countries. A true world leader in naval games development, Akella is committed to constant capacity building. Currently more than 250 qualified employees and top managers are engaged into increasing Akella’s position as a powerful, reliable and interesting partner for Russian and international companies. Akella’s shareholders include Quadriga Capital (EBRD fund) and Intel Capital. For more information, please, visit www.akella.com.
23 May 2007
Ubisoft should step up to the plate and let the dev team do their stuff
Romania is the world’s best resource of skilled, experienced, and successful WWII subsim developers and artists and Ubisoft would be prudent to let them finish the job. Not only for the people who, in good faith, bought the game in its unfinished state, but even more importantly to the customer base who have not bought the game yet. The thousands who are considering buying it soon when they upgrade their PC with their tax return, their summer job money, or their quarterly bonus. The thousands who loved SH3 and would like to dive into SH4 but have held off because it was too rough until 1.2, and without additional work, would disappoint them. The thousands who are waiting to see if Ubisoft is going to set SH4 adrift with borked convoy leader AI, imperial measurement discrepancies, and a stopwatch that, while it has a great name, does not have an important feature to simulate a captain timing a target to estimate its speed.
The reason I don't make threats, employ harsh language, or distribute pitchforks is I respect Ubisoft. They damn well could avoid this whole situation and make a "Battlestations: Midway" clone, which is a nice little game, but it is not a simulation. And simulations like SH3/4 and IL-2 set Ubisoft apart from so many other game publishers who only make FPS, RPG, and kid's games. Ubisoft has a great asset in the Romanian devs, who love simulations and know simulations, and Ubi makes it possible to play a new subsim every few years. Ubisoft has come through in the past, with the beleaguered SH2, and the fantastic SH3, and I think it is sufficient to collect a few thousand posts showing interest in the 1.3 patch to achieve our goal: complete SH4 and keep subsims alive.
It's the same mantra I used in 2001, when SH2 came out; rough, hobbled, and lacking key features. I was a first hand witness to the tremendous amount of time, money, and work that went into SH2, and I cut the devs a little slack. Sure, it's not what we hoped for, but if it does not sell, no SH3... and we know how SH3 turned out--a landmark piece of work. So instead of leading Ubi to the gas chamber, I asked for and recieved the source code to SH2, a game that was not a year old, and hired a programmer to improve it. I paid him $1000 of my personal money upfront and you guys contributed another $9000. I felt this was necessary to keep the hobby alive. In this situation, Ubisoft should step up to the plate and let the dev team do their stuff.
Ubisoft made SH4 to sell as many copies as possible and to allow their talented dev team to create something unique, something they love. I want to see SH4 sell 200,000+ copies, for it's the only way there will be an SH5. And completing SH4 is a key part of ensuring its commercial success, let there be no doubt, Ubi.
Good hunting!
Neal Stevens
Subsim
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