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Shattered Horizon
23-08-2008



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Platform: PC
Developer: FutureMark
Publisher: FutureMark
Genre: First Person Shooter
Release: Not known (probably 2009)


Codename Pwnage/shattered Horizon

The company "FutureMark" is very well known by the program called 3dMark. It will show if your computer has some visual power (or not) which result in a boosted ego...
Anyway, a part of this team is working on a computer game called "Codename Pwnage"!
Pwnage is a word that's used by gamers to let everyone know that he/she has defeated the opponent.
But what kind of game is FutureMark creating? It's an online first person shooter in space! No gravity, three dimensions and the freedom to move around.


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Story!

It started 30 years in the future... The moon is one big money project where the MMC (Mineworking company) and the ISA (International Space Agency) are active.
Why? There is fusion fuel on the moon! Hidden in the deep rocky mountains and deep craters.
The ISA is working with strict rules to prevent disasters on the moon. But the MMC doesn't care about any safety!
And the difference between these opinions has caused a conflict between them. A big explosion has split the moon in many pieces!
The ISA is accusing the MMC for using "Incite Mining". What??? Well... it's a forbidden mining technology...
ISA and MMC have send their inspectors to report the damage.
There is nothing left of our nice rocky moon...
Rock and dust (what is left of the moon) is in orbit of our earth.
But the inspectors have found something mysterious too! Instead of talking about how to solve the problem, the miners get guns and armor to protect themselves. This means WAR! Without gravity!


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Gameplay

The story doesn't sound bad at all. But what has the gameplay to offer?
It's a online first person shooter with no gravity! So you need to focus on every dimension that is available.
Your task is simple: capture control points to get the territory! The game has a capacity of 64 players which result in 32 players per team. But we can't walk in space, right?
True! But the rocketpack is your new transport vehicle to move around. You need to invent new tactics to get the enemy down!
For example, you need to cross trough a asteroid belt. What if there are enemies hidden between them? They can be everywhere!
This new idea could bring people much fun!
And how about the classes? There is no specific class because everyone has the same possibilities. The player decides the class he wants to be. This could be a great idea for real clans. Instead of every class, you can organize who and what every member could do.


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Technology and engine!

FutureMark is known of high-end graphics from 3d-Mark. The engine itself will use DirectX 10, HDR, post-processing effects (like bloom, motion blur and depth of field) and will use the physics engine of Ageia/Nvidia.
Sounds heavy? We think that a medium system will run this game when it's released. The high-end systems will always run it at the highest settings of course. But medium settings isn't that bad too.
It will look a bit like 3d-mark Vantage, FutureMark's new benchmark program.


Conclusion

We are very excited about FutureMark's new upcoming product! A online space-shooter sounds really good! The only thing that we can do is wait... wait... and? Wait for the release.
So, you probably know where your money is going into...?
As the graphics are as good as 3d Mark Vantage, we don't have to complain. And true surround could give the game some extra "spacy" feeling!
And we keep you up-to-date of course!

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