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Rate Second Day of Seminars - www.qi4j.org

Original at Qi4j external link    Fri, Nov 21

title on a presentation by Peter Sydow of Massive Entertainment sounded too intriguing to pass on. For those who doesn't know, Massive is one of the top game studios in the world, and Peter presents how the World In Conflict title was ...

Rate Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War 2 Gameplay Trailer

Original at Action Trip external link    Fri, Nov 21

Looking forward to this. World in Conflict was one of the best games I played over the past year so taking cues from that tickles me pink. I built an SLI rig just so I could up the detail in WiC and hot damn it was worth it. ...

Rate (rs com world in conflict 2008fast links9 5 rating) BecoMon ...

Original at becomon.com external link    Wed, Nov 19

However, the title pursues an alternate history scenario where the Soviet Union does not collapse and instead pursues a course of war to remain in power. World in Conflict does not offer base-building or resource gathering. ...

Rate 3GB vs.6GB, prestazioni a confronto su piattaforma X58

Original at Dinox PC Hardware external link    Wed, Nov 19

 Italy - Nov 19, 2008 In our tests the minimum frame rate in World in Conflict rose by 50% when we upgraded from 3GB of system memory to 6GB of system memory. ...

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Rate Gaming Benchmarks For the New MacBook Pros

Original at Slashdot external link    Tue, Nov 18

By Soulskill PC World takes a look at the performance of the new MacBook Pros compared to models from the middle of 2007. In addition to benchmarking software, they run comparisons on the Crysis demo and the World in Conflict demo. The results show improvement by a significant margin. Additional benchma...

Rate Ubisoft wants to use Massive for MMO development

Original at Ars Technica external link    Tue, Nov 18

 MA - Nov 18, 2008 By Michael Thompson | Published: November 18, 2008 - 10:04AM CT Massive Entertainment, the studio behind the popular World in Conflict, was purchased last ...

Rate Corsair Core i7 Gaming Performance Analysis 6GB vs 3GB | i4memory.com

Original at i4memory.com external link    Tue, Nov 18

World in Conflict is a modern, highly resource-intensive Real-Time Strategy (RTS) game, which was released in September 2007. World in Conflict supports DirectX 10 graphics cards and is a tough test of overall system performance. ...

Rate Ubi Making Massive Work on “Light MMOs”

Original at DigitalBattle external link    Sun, Nov 16

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By Rajiv Ashrafi Famed strategy games developer Massive Entertainment was bought by Ubisoft in the past week, and with new ownership comes a new direction: “light MMOs.” This comes straight from the horse’s mouth himself – Ubi president Yves Guillemot – who said: “They are going to help us to also get clos...

Rate Massive going massively multiplayer

Original at GameSpot external link    Fri, Nov 14

 - Nov 14, 2008 Massive is currently at work on World in Conflict: Soviet Assault, a console port as well as PC add-on which expands on the critically acclaimed original ... Massive to Craft MMOs for Ubisoft Wired News Newly Acquired Massive to Move Toward MMOs Shacknews all 3 news articles

Rate Massive going massively multiplayer

Original at GameSpot external link    Thu, Nov 13

Ubisoft CEO says newly acquired World in Conflict dev will start with "light" online games and build into MMORPGs and MMORTSs.

Rate Ubisoft's Massive MMO Plans Start Small [BMO Capital Markets]

Original at Kotaku external link    Thu, Nov 13    6 related articles

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By Mike Fahey So now that Ubisoft has purchased World in Conflict development studio Massive Entertainment from Activision, what are they going to do with them? Speaking at the 16th Annual BMO Capitol Markets Interactive Entertainment conference this morning, Ubisoft President and CEO Yves Guil...

Rate Ubisoft Gets Massive

Original at The GameShadow external link    Mon, Nov 10

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By Sharpy The studio is best known for its expertise in the real time strategy genre, with one of the most successful titles being 2007’s World In Conflict, the branding of which has also been aquired by Ubisoft. Ubisoft has acquired the assets and personnel of Swedish development studio Massive E...

Rate Ubisoft gets bigger by picking up Massive Entertainment

Original at Joystiq external link    Mon, Nov 10    6 related articles

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By Alexander Sliwinski Massive Entertainment, developers of World in Conflict and the Ground Control series, have a new home at publisher Ubisoft. The Swedish studio was let go by Activision Blizzard following "The Merger." Clearly, despite Massive's quality work, WiC and the studio's RTS proficiency lacke...

Rate World in Conflict devs acquired by Ubisoft - News - play.tm

Original at Play.tm external link    Mon, Nov 10

Good news for fans of World in Conflict today, and the RTS genre in general, as we hear that Massive Entertainment has been purchased by Ubisoft. The firm did count among the orphaned game studios, left without support following the ...

Rate Ubisoft snaps up World in Conflict News // None /// Eurogamer ...

Original at Eurogamer external link    Mon, Nov 10

Ubisoft has bought the rights to real-time strategy game World In Conflict - and picked up its Swedish developer Massive Entertainment while it was about it. Massive and World In Conflict were among the many Vivendi properties on the ...

October of 2008

 

Rate World In Conflict Gets Second Update News - TotalVideoGames.com

Original at Total Video Games external link    Thu, Oct 16

By editor@totalvideogames.com World In Conflict Gets Second Update news: Massive Entertainment's alternate history RTS game gets a host of improvements with a second update...

Rate World In Conflict For Xbox 360 News - TotalVideoGames.com

Original at Total Video Games external link    Wed, Oct 15

By editor@totalvideogames.com World In Conflict For Xbox 360 news: Massive Entertainment's eagerly awaited RTS on its way to Microsoft's console...

Rate PS3 World In Conflict Confirmed News - TotalVideoGames.com

Original at Total Video Games external link    Wed, Oct 15

By editor@totalvideogames.com Having shaken up the RTS genre on the PC last year, Sierra Entertainment today confirmed that Massive Entertainment's hit RTS, World in Conflict, will be arriving on the PlayStation3 as well as Xbox 360. Developed specifically for the ...

Rate World in Conflict: Soviet Assault - Video - play.tm

Original at Play.tm external link    Fri, Oct 10

By play.tm@ferrago.com (play.tm team) 2008. World in Conflict: Soviet Assault. Latest video. 1mb · HD. Embed this video:. Comments. Name:. You can use BBCode. No comments here yet. Be the first and use the form on the left! play.tm · PC · Xbox 360 · PS3 · Wii · DS · PSP ...

September of 2008

 

Rate Luke Tai chats World in Conflict - Interview - play.tm

Original at Play.tm external link    Sun, Sep 28

By paul@ferrago.com (Paul Newcombe) It does away with resource gathering, town building and tries very hard to get the player into the combat portion which is the most exhilarating portion of any strategy game. In any match played on an RTS, moments of intense conflict ...

Rate Build a Bang for the Buck PC

Original at Extreme Tech external link    Wed, Sep 17

 - World in Conflict: A DX9/10 real-time strategy game, with a killer, particle-fueled 3D engine, this game is an excellent performance test. ...

Rate World in Conflict v1.2 Map Editor

Original at Gamers Hell external link    Fri, Sep 5

New popup style object property system Render terrain extensions to ground feature added New Single player/Multi player mode added (affects visible units and gameplay editor) Auto generate python file for single player use Road ...

Rate News: World in Conflict v1.2 Map Editor - GamersHell.com

Original at Gamers Hell external link    Thu, Sep 4

Massive Entertainment has released a new version of Map Editor for its popular real time strategy game, World in Conflict. The new WicEd update adds lots of new features to the tool, including new editors for the bloom and mood systems, ...

August of 2008

 

Rate Review : World in Conflict [PC] - from GamePro.com

Original at GamePro.com external link    Mon, Aug 25

After completing the excellent single-player campaign players can jump into the multiplayer aspects of the game. Like last year's Company of Heroes, multiplayer in WIC is geared towards cooperation between players on each side. ...

Rate Modders Make Wii DVD Application

Original at DigitalBattle external link    Thu, Aug 14

By Will Prusik World in Conflict Mod Tools Released. A mod kit for World in Conflict is now available from the RTS game’s official website. This, along w… PhysX Mod-kit for UT3. AGEIA today sent out word that they will release a PhysX mod-kit for ...

Rate Massive Entertainment Sold Off by Activision Blizzard

Original at Softpedia external link    Thu, Aug 7    3 related articles

The situation is looking kinda grim for all who love World in Conflict as much as I do. When Activision announced its intention to only retain intellectual properties like Spyro, Ice Age, Crash Bandicoot and Prototype from Vivendi Games, everybody was worried about the fate of Ghostbust...

Rate Activision Blizzard puts Massive Entertainment up for sale

Original at pc.qj.net external link    Wed, Aug 6

By Ceasar S. Massive Entertainment, the minds behind the captive Ground Control and inventors of control point tactical game mechanics, won't be a part of the big family at Activision Blizzard. After years under the care of Sierra and then Vivendi, they're now posted up for sale to any takers - a confi...

Rate Massive Entertainment seeks new corporate overlords

Original at Joystiq external link    Wed, Aug 6

By Alexander Sliwinski Massive Entertainment, makers of competent RTS games like World in Conflict and (personal favorite) the Ground Control series, looks like it's going to land on its feet as Actilizzard cleans house of many Sierra properties. ...

Year 2008

 

Rate Activision Blizzard - what Sierra franchises are kept, what are lost

Original at Go Nintendo external link    Mon, Jul 28

By RawmeatCowboy Link Activision Blizzard - keepers Crash Bandicoot Ice Age Spyro Prototype secret title Activision Blizzard - losses Bourne 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand World in Conflict Activision Blizzard - unknown Ghostbusters: The Video Game WET Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena Link

Rate The Little Wonder - AMD Radeon HD 4850

Original at Extreme Tech external link    Thu, Jun 19

 - World in Conflict—Massive's new RTS offers up some of the best graphics of any RTS game, including some incredible explosion effects. ...

Rate AMD Phenom 8750 Triple-Core CPU Review

Original at Extreme Tech external link    Tue, Jun 17

 - World in Conflict: A powerful RTS with FPS-like graphics, this DirectX 9/10 game does a terrific job of gauging a system's gaming muscle. ...

Rate Brute Force: Nvidia's GeForce GTX 280 and 260

Original at Extreme Tech external link    Mon, Jun 16

 - Jun 16, 2008 World in Conflict—Massive's new RTS offers up some of the best graphics we've seen in any game to date, including some incredible explosion effects. ...

Rate Build a PC for Dad

Original at Extreme Tech external link    Thu, Jun 12

 - •World in Conflict—Not only a great game, but a great benchmark, this beast hammers both the GPU and, with physics calculations galore, the CPU as well. ...

Rate Laptops that are made to play

Original at CBC.ca external link    Tue, May 27

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 Canada - The m15x also scored the best on a benchmark test using the visually complex strategy game World in Conflict, churning out an average of 50 frames per ...

Rate Enlist in the Official World in Conflict Map Making Contest - IGN

Original at pc.ign.com external link    Wed, May 7

Enlist in the Official World in Conflict Map Making Contest IGN, CA - World in Conflict, developed by Massive Entertainment, is a tactical strategy game set in an alternate universe where the Soviet Union invaded the United ...

Rate From nowhere to one of Swedens best companies - Metro

Original at metro.se external link    Tue, May 6

From nowhere to one of Swedens best companies Metro, Sweden - May 6, 2008 ”Ground Control II” was released four years ago, and ”World in Conflict” was launched last year, becoming a huge success. Computer games players across the ...

Rate World in Conflict Expansion Turns Red in New Trailer - Shacknews

Original at Shacknews external link    Mon, May 5

World in Conflict Expansion Turns Red in New Trailer  - The upcoming expansion pack to Massive Entertainment's innovative RTS World in Conflict will allow players to tackle the Russian side of the first game's ...

Rate World in Conflict: Soviet Assault Hands-On (Xbox 360) - TeamXbox

Original at TeamXbox external link    Thu, Apr 10    1 related articles

World in Conflict: Soviet Assault Hands-On (Xbox 360)  CA - But if there’s any RTS we’d like to see make a big splash on the Xbox 360, it’s Massive Entertainment’s World in Conflict: Soviet Assault. ... World in Conflict Soviet Assault Media TeamXbox all 2 news articles

Rate World In Conflict: Soviet Assault

Original at Kotaku external link    Wed, Apr 9

By Luke Plunkett 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, ...

Rate World in Conflict: Soviet Assault Revealed (IGN PC)

Original at pc.ign.com external link    Thu, Mar 27

One of the top games of 2007 is getting an expansion, comrade. Plus Xbox 360 details.

Rate PS3 Preview: World in Conflict

Original at PSX Extreme external link    Mon, Feb 25

Last year's PC smash hit made waves, as it was one of the best real time strategy games to arrive in a long, long time. Now, it's coming to the PS3. See what you can expect.

Rate World In Conflict Slated For Consoles This Fall [Announcements]

Original at Kotaku external link    Thu, Feb 14

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By Mark Wilson Sierra Entertainment's Action-Strategy Opus World In Conflict Coming To Xbox 360 And PLAYSTATION®3 System In Fall 2008 The World in Conflict game for Xbox 360 and the PLAYSTATION®3 system is being developed by Massive Entertainment in conjunction with Sierra's-own Swordfish Studi...

Rate X-Play Awards BioShock Game Of The Year [And The Winner Is]

Original at Kotaku external link    Tue, Dec 18

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By Mike Fahey Best Gameplay Innovation - Assassin's Creed (free-running/climbing) Best Multiplayer Game - Rock Band Best Shooter - Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Best Writing/Story - BioShock Best Sound Design - Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Best Strategy Game - Supreme Commander

Rate Fifth World in Conflict Patch Out

Original at DigitalBattle external link    Tue, Dec 18

By Rajiv Ashrafi World in Conflict Delayed on Xbox 360. The Xbox 360 version of World in Conflict, Massive Entertainment’s recently released RTS, has been… World In Conflict Review Roundup; World In Conflict Release Date + Boxart.

Rate Vivendi bags 19 Q3 sales increase; WoW population hits 9.3M

Original at Qj.net external link    Wed, Nov 14

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By Ceasar S. Vivendi Games, whose umbrella encompasses Sierra Entertainment, Vivendi Games Mobile, Blizzard Entertainment, and Sierra Online, has posted its financial performance for the third quarter of fiscal 2007 and came up with interesting numbers. The video game publisher took home an ap...

Rate World in Conflict demo to be featured in Leipzig, PAX

Original at Qj.net external link    Tue, Aug 21

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By Isaac C. The Games Convention in Leipzig will start on August 23 while PAX will start on August 24. The World in Conflict Demo to be showcased at both will be featuring single and multiplayer modes (up to 16 players at the same time!) The scenario that will be used in the demo will be the U.S. versus the U.S.S....

Rate World in Conflict unveils its GC 2007 trailerVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Qj.net external link    Mon, Aug 20

By Glen D. Liepzig's GC 2007 sure is getting its game on with a lot of good stuff being shown off the developers from all over the industry. One particular trailer that caught our eye is that of Massive's upcoming real-time strategy title for the Microsoft Xbox 360 and the PC called World in Conflict. Se...

Rate Today in Joystiq: August 10, 2007

Original at Joystiq external link    Fri, Aug 10

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By Ross Miller Spot the HDMI-enabled Xbox 360 Premium at retail EA gets monopoly on Monopoly BBC examines 'next-generation' games World in Conflict declares war on PC Sept. 18 Sony refunding broken PSN games Sierra unveils Prototype, not the first sandbox adventure

Rate Game Critics Awards Best of E3 '07 Games Announced

Original at Gaming Bits external link    Tue, Jul 31

Following E3 2007, the votes are in on what E3 games impressed the 36 judges (http://www.gamecriticsawards.com/judges.html), comprised of different media companies. Check out the list of games winning out the recognition in the Game Critics Awards '07: Best of Show Rock Band (Harmonix/...

Rate Ext. Review: World in conflict beta @ Bit-Tech

Original at Techzine external link    Tue, Jul 17

By rss-feed@techzine.nl (Siederstylah) Still, even to me World in Conflict is addictive in the short term and the gameplay is solid enough even if it lacks the massive genre renovation we might have hoped for. Can the final, retail version iron out the few kinks and bring us a truly gripping singleplayer mode which will capture the...


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