VG247: World in Conflict developer Massive Entertainment may be up for sale, but VP David Polfeldt reckons it could be the best thing to happen to the firm.
Activision Blizzard is putting Swedish developer Massive Entertainment, the maker of World in Conflict and Ground Control, up for sale. This confirms speculation that Activision would drop several of its Vivendi Games franchises after the two companies merged on July 9.
Speaking exclusively to VG247, Massive Entertainment's senior execs have revealed that they're already in talks for a potential sale of the World in Conflict developer, following now-confirmed news that Activision is to sell the outfit as a result of its merger with Blizzard.
DirectX 10 graphical effects are possible on the consoles, given enough time and resources, the developer of the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of PC RTS World In Conflict has said.
Speaking to videogaming247 at the Sierra Spring Break 08 in Mallorca last week, Massive Entertainment project manager Peter Sydow, said that voice commands will be included in the console version of World in Conflict: Soviet Assault.
Speaking to videogaming247 at the Sierra Spring Break 08 in Mallorca last week, World in Conflict: Soviet Assault product manager Peter Sydow admitted that you won't be able to play the 360 version against the already-released PC game as the latter has more options and is therefore geekier.
Speaking to videogaming247 at the Sierra Spring Break 08 in Mallorca last week, Massive Entertainment's Petter Sydow said that two new levels for the nuke-happy RTS ¿ telling the story from a Russian point of view ¿ would appear in the console versions and that PC gamers would be getting them also: for a small fee.
A trailer pimping Sierra's PS3 and Xbox 360 version of RTS World in Conflict can been seen right here.
The game is out on PC already, and was extremely well received on the home of the RTS genre. World in Conflict features a fictional Cold War scenario where Soviet forces have invaded US soil.
The subtitle "Soviet Assault" has been added to the console release, and funnily enough, they feature a new campaign ...
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Sierra, Vivendi and developer Massive Entertainment today unveiled the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360-version for World in Conflict. The game gets its own subtitle: "Soviet Strike". In addition to its singleplayer campaign, World in Conflict: Soviet Strike offers a large-scale 16 player multiplayer-mode.