German videogameblog Videospielkultur.de claims that they have an internal source at Acony who told them that the Free 2 Play-Shooter Parabellum will leave it's military setting and move towards a Theatre Game Show setting. They plan to move in the direction of Jack Ass and want to include some freaky moves like jumping and aiming with two pistols. After years of development it's still not clear when the game is going to be released, but it's not the first time the developers are changing the whole game.
How nice would it be to game in a world where the title you're playing didn't cost you one red cent? News10's The Game Guys think it'd be pretty nice. If PC game companies like GamersFirst and Perfect World have their way, that's exactly what gamers can expect. Basically that means is rather than going into [a store] and paying $59 for a boxed game and paying a monthly subscription fee per month, says Tracy Spait, Director of Online Publishing for GamersFirst, what we're doing is giving our games away for free. As was evidenced at 2009's E3 in Los Angeles, free-to-play massive-multiplayer online (MMO) gaming has taken huge steps forward since its inception and has been growing in popularity and quality. Since the popularity of games like MapleStory and Second Life, what used to be a blind eye turned towards the genre has now gotten a second look in the US...
Parabellum is a Free-to-Play MMO-FPS, it combines the best elements of FPS and MMO games to create an fully customizable gaming experience while introducing the first interactive non-linear multiplayer campaigns in addition to an advanced character & weapon development system.
WorldsinMotion: German-based developer Acony has integrated ProFX, Allegorithmic's procedural texturing middleware for real-time 3D content, into Parabellum, a free-to-play first-person shooter and massively multiplayer online game. Powered by Epic's Unreal Engine 3, Parabellum is scheduled to release for PC in the first quarter of 2009. Set in 2018, the game enables players to join two fictional covert reconnaissance organizations as they attempt to complete contract missions pitting them against each other.
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