Half-Life 2 engine licensed for MMORPG

[joule]

:cheese:

 

[PowerLlama]

I was gonna call you an ass till I realized your emoticon was a link.

 

[WhiteBoy]

The Valve Source engine technology, the same used to create Half-Life 2, gives developers the ability to create expressive digital actors and physically simulated worlds. It also offers advanced rendering capabilities and the industry's most convincing artificial intelligence.

"The Source engine is one of the gaming world's premier technologies, we are thrilled about the features it will bring to Twilight War: After the Fall," says Kingsley Montgomery, Vice President of Development at Smiling Gator Productions. "Its combat system, physics, and advanced AI are exactly what we were looking for to enable the exciting features we are developing for our game. We evaluated several game engines and concluded that Valve's was the only choice for us. In addition to being a top-notch product, their support has been excellent."

Smiling Gator Productions joins Troika Games and Arkane Studios as announced Source licensees. Source is designed for the creation of games from all genres, and contains a host of proprietary tools for level editing, character direction and more.

I copied this off www.bluesnews.com for those of you who don't want to take a link.

 

[joule]

Oops...looks like another thread has been created for this.

Sorry...*CLOSED*.

 

[Computer5k]

http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?t=38848

 

[Dr. Freeman]

interesting... the source engine being used for a MMORPG.
i wonder if the licensing for source engine will pick up once HL2 is released.
common sense says it would.. but who knows really

 

[Anthraxxx]

one word: SOURCEWORLD!!!

:cheers:

 

[razorblade kiss]

Yay. Ok party over. Now release HL2.

 

[ailevation]

:naughty: Wow, pretty cool. Cool physics in a MMORPG, didn't Valve say that Source contains an environmental and physics engine or something before too? If that's true, MMORPG= environmentals to the fullest! Dang, I can't think of the possibilites that Source might bring into MMORPG!

Although, I probably won't get it, that MMORPG that is.

 

[Ownzed]

Yay. Ok party over. Now release HL2.

Yeah, what he said.

 

[ailevation]

:naughty: Wow, I went to the site, watched that concept video, I dunno what I find this game quite cool so far.

 

[GorgeousOrifice]

Never heard of "Smiling Gator Productions" before, but the idea of MMORPG running on Source makes me feel all warm and stiff in my tropical area.

...

What? Too dirty?

 

[The Dark Elf]

Ownzed fix your sig, four lines max, spaces count as lines too.

 

[FISKER_Q]

Press release:

SMILING GATOR PRODUCTIONS CHOOSES SOURCE(TM)

Source Engine Licensed for Massive Multiplayer Roleplaying Game

September 21, 2004 - ValveR, developer of innovative technologies and
award-winning games, today announced a Source engine licensing partnership
with Smiling Gator Productions. Already in development, Twilight War: After
the Fall is a Source-based Massive Multiplayer Roleplaying Game (MMRPG) for
the PC.

The Valve Source engine technology, the same used to create Half-Life 2,
gives developers the ability to create expressive digital actors and
physically simulated worlds. It also offers advanced rendering capabilities
and the industry's most convincing artificial intelligence.

"The Source engine is one of the gaming world's premier technologies, we are
thrilled about the features it will bring to Twilight War: After the Fall,"
says Kingsley Montgomery, Vice President of Development at Smiling Gator
Productions. "Its combat system, physics, and advanced AI are exactly what
we were looking for to enable the exciting features we are developing for
our game. We evaluated several game engines and concluded that Valve's was
the only choice for us. In addition to being a top-notch product, their
support has been excellent."

Smiling Gator Productions joins Troika Games and Arkane Studios as announced
Source licensees. Source is designed for the creation of games from all
genres, and contains a host of proprietary tools for level editing,
character direction and more.

"We are eager to see the Source engine used for an MMRPG by Smiling Gator
Productions," said Gabe Newell, Valve's C.E.O. "The ability to render
realistic environments and create compelling characters with true-to-life
emotional expressions will be a great innovation for one of the industry's
most promising genres."

For more information on Smiling Gator's Source-based game, please visit
www.twilightwar.com.

For more information on Source, please visit
www.valvesoftware.com/sourcelicense/.

About Valve
Founded in 1996, Valve creates entertainment software titles, including
Half-LifeR, Counter-StrikeTM, and Team FortressR. Valve's portfolio accounts
for over 12 million retail units sold worldwide, and over 88% of the online
action market. More information about Valve is available through the
company's Web site at www.valvesoftware.com.

About Smiling Gator Productions, Inc.,
A Florida Corporation, 100% owned by its management and employees, uses
state of the art technologies to create massive, persistent virtual worlds
with compelling content and challenging gameplay. SGP is currently staffed
with a dozen in-house designers, artists, and software developers, all
devoted to the challenge of the gaming industry. Started in the waning
months of 2003, SGP has but one goal - creating worlds you want to be a part
of. For more information, visit www.smilinggator.com.

Sounds good

Thought it was gold announcement though

 

[DrEvil]

No screenshots yet. Was hoping to see what source could do for an MMO game.

 

[Shuzer]

No screenshots yet. Was hoping to see what source could do for an MMO game.

Watch the concept video? There's some ingame stuff in there..

 

[alan8325]

Watch the concept video? There's some ingame stuff in there..

I don't think that is ingame though. It looks like it's just a pre-rendered concept video and not an in-engine sequence.

 

[Ecthe|ioN]

That is gonna be great. At least there's a lot of possibilities on source. Lot's of potential. It's going to be interesting