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Weekly Recap Aug. 8th: Conduit Sequel, Rape Game Ban, Modern Warfare Wii (News)

Aug 10, 2009

Blend Games writes:

"Huge gaming news was covered here at Blend Games for the official first week of August. Between August 2nd and August 8th we found out that a new demo for Section 8 was released, a sequel for The Conduit is very likely, Treyarch did the near-impossible by porting CoD: Modern Warfare over to the Nintendo Wii and a scuffle between Blend Games, N4G and Destructoid users occurred over the call for a ban on rape simulators (now being called "platinum" games). These stories and more right here at the Blend Games Weekly Recap."

Huxley: The Dystopia (Screenshots)

Aug 4, 2009

Huxley will not offer cross-platform play, goes free-to-play (News)

Jun 4, 2009

Joystiq: "Speaking with ijji.com earlier today, just before we got a hands-on with upcoming MMOFPS Huxley: The Dystopia, the company confirmed to us that the game is going with the microtransaction model. Furthermore, the once announced cross-platform play between Xbox 360 and PC has been cut from the game."

Huxley Will Be Shown At E3 (News)

May 12, 2009

Torrence "Just got news today that Huxley will be shown at E3. It was one of my predictions up until today. They even had countdowns on their page that end on the first day of E3. I will have a 50min hands on with Huxley and should have my report up within the hour after playing. There's no confirmation as to whether the 360 version will be up and running at E3 yet".

IGN: GDC 09: Huxley 360 in Limbo (News)

Mar 27, 2009

March 27, 2009 - Developers and publishers love announcing massively multiplayer online games for Xbox 360 early on in the dev cycle. By the end, though, they rarely wind up materializing. Such appears to be the case for Huxley, a MMO with a first-person shooter flavor.

No Huxley US launch in 2008 (News)

Nov 15, 2008

Big Download writes: "It's been a long, hard road for the Unreal Engine 3 based sci-fi MMOFPS Huxley. The Webzen-developed game was first announced way back in 2005. Earlier this year it was announced that NHN USA had picked up the US publishing rights to the game and planned on launching it as a free-to-play MMO on their web site ijji.com before the end of the year.

Unfortunately it looks like that's not going to happen after all. We have learned that Huxley's launch has been pushed back for the US market until the first half of 2009. We spoke on the phone with NHN USA's PR rep who said that the development team wanted more time to handle the game's localization issues. Huxley has been in open beta in Korea for the past few months."

Huxley Enters Open Beta Testing in Korea (News)

Jun 30, 2008

Let the fragging mayhem begin in Korea! Gamers eager to test out their fragging skills against thousands of other players now have their chance as WEBZEN announces that the first twitch-action massively multiplayer online first-person shooting (MMOFPS) game Huxley has entered open beta testing in Korea.

Developed by WEBZEN for release in markets around the world, Huxley is the first massively multiplayer online game to combine the twitch-based fast-action gameplay of a first person shooter (FPS) with the cerebral character development of an MMO to deliver an intense and exciting online entertainment experience of a complete MMOFPS.

Huxley gets publisher, dated for 2008 (News)

Jun 3, 2008

Online first-person shooter Huxley has finally found a publisher that will release the game through an online portal later this year.

Distributor NHN USA has confirmed it has picked up the rights to publish the title in North America and Western Europe.

Those eagerly anticipating the combination of twitch-based gameplay and role-play sensibilities will be able to download it from the NHN USA's portal.

NHN USA has yet ...

Huxley finds brave new publisher (News)

Jun 3, 2008

When Webzen first debuted Huxley to great fanfare during the 2005 Electronic Entertainment Expo. At that time, the game garnered its fair share of attention thanks to the promise of addictive first-person shooter combat made even more so by massively multiplayer online role-playing game sensibilities.

Huxley's Xbox 360 fate still in the air (News)

Jun 2, 2008

Xbox360Fanboy's Xav de Mato' Writes: One of the first MMOs announced in the new generation of consoles, Huxley, is having a difficult time making its way to consoles. While Huxley developer Webzen has announced that the PC title will finally make its way to North America after signing a new deal with publisher NHN USA, the Xbox 360 version continues its release limbo.

PC Huxley Officially Coming To North America (News)

Jun 2, 2008

Kotaku reports: "Webzen's massively-multiplayer online first-person shooter Huxley is officially heading to North America and Europe as NHN, Korea's largest internet company, announces that they will be publishing the title via their Western subsidiary, NHN USA. The game will be available to download and play via the company's www.ijji.com website in late 2008, while the 360 version remains up in the air at this time."

New details on 360 MMO Huxley revealed (News)

May 30, 2008

CVG: "Huxley developer Webzen has unveiled new details about its online shooter Huxley, confirming the single player will be free to play and that the Xbox 360 version will include extra content."

New details on 360 MMO Huxley revealed (News)

May 30, 2008

Huxley developer Webzen has unveiled new details about its online shooter Huxley, confirming the single player will be free to play and that the Xbox 360 version will include extra content.According to OXM UK, Producer Kijong "KJ" Kang told its US counterparts that the Xbox-exclusive campaigns and PVP battles will "reveal more secrets about world that you will never find in the PC version."

Kang also confirmed that the game will ...

Huxley Release on 360 Slides Back (News)

Mar 5, 2008

IGN reports that the Xbox 360 version of the long awaited MMOFPS, Huxley, is roughly six months behind the PC SKU. With localization of the Korean-developed game on PC expected to take around six months and the game due out overseas in the first half of this year, that puts the Xbox 360 release squarely in 2009.

'Huxley' (X360/PC) Entering Closed Beta Test Phase 2 (News)

Nov 7, 2007

Huxley is an MMOFPS utilizing the Unreal Engine 3 that takes place in a post-apocalyptic world. Human beings have mutated and are divided into two opposing races, Sapiens and Alternative, who are forced to battle against one another to gain control of the world and its resources.

The second stage of testing for the massively multiplayer online first-person shooting (MMOFPS) game will take place from Dec. 13-17, 2007, in Korea. Registration for new local testers will begin in November, though gamers who took part in the first CBT will be able to participate as well.

Huxley beta in Korea, new video and 18 screenshots (News)

Sep 13, 2007

1UP is reporting that Huxley closed beta has opened for 999 lucky Koreans. The short beta period lasts only five days, but in that time those selected will be able to try the team death match and radar domination modes, along with more of the core structure of the MMO aspects, such as quest mode.

To speed along the process of testing, players are being started at level 19 so they can use more advanced weapons, defense capabilities, and skill sets.

Huxley: back in our sights (News)

Sep 4, 2007

Sept 04 2007 The renewed seep of info surrounding Korean MMOFPS Huxley continues, with the latest screens showcasing the two factions gamers can run and gun with; the standard marine cut-out Sapiens and the technology reliant The ...

Huxley Closed Korean Beta Coming (News)

Aug 23, 2007

MIKE FAHEY - "Remember Huxley? Of course you do. I can't write about an MMO without someone in the comments section talk about how awesome Huxley is going to be. Well now some lucky Koreans will be getting a chance to find that out for themselves as Webzen has announced the first closed beta test for the FPS MMO. Starting on August 28th, 999 beta testers will be chosen from the official Huxley web site to participate in the event that will start on September 13th and run for five days."

MMOFPS Huxley back in five new shots (News)

Aug 20, 2007

Aug 20, 2007 It's been a fair old while since we've heard or seen anything on Webzen's Huxley, but that's changed today all thanks to five new screenshots from the game. Huxley, for those just emerging from under a rock, is an MMOFPS for PC and Xbox 360 that's using Epic's Unreal Engine 3. It chucks players into a post-apocalyptic world where two human factions - the Sapiens and the Alternatives - are fighting for control of an energy source called ...

Huxley Beta This Year (News)

Aug 8, 2007

Webzen has confirmed in its Q2 2007 financial report that it will be holding beta trials for MMOFPS Huxley later this year. According to the report, a closed beta trial is due to commence towards the end of this quarter, with a public beta trial to follow either towards the end of 2007 or in early 2008.

The9 Signs $35mil Huxley Agreement For China (News)

Feb 13, 2007

As previously reported on Gamasutra, Korean developer Webzen has officially announced that it has sold Chinese rights to its MMO Huxley to major operator The9 for $35 million. According to the company, the new $35 million agreement marks the largest export license in the history of Korean online game developers when additional profit sharing such as revenues and in-game ads are taken into consideration.

Huxley's gameplay revealed (News)

Nov 10, 2006

A new trailer showing extensive gameplay from the upcoming massively multiplayer online shooter Huxley has just hit, and we snagged it just for you. It's pretty generous footage, too, showing lots of intense-looking shooting, flying and bodies being tossed around by huge explosions. To check it out for yourself, just hit the Movies tab ...

Huxley (Preview)

Jun 22, 2006

When we first heard about the made-in-Korea Huxley, we were intrigued. It's an ambitious massively multiplayer game, based in a post-apocalyptic world full of heavily armed and armored survivors vying for control of what's left. When we heard it was a shooter based on the same framework that runs uber-blaster Unreal Tournament 2007, we were on the edge of our seats. Could this be the persistent role-playing universe that twitch-action fans have been waiting ...

Huxley (Preview)

Jun 22, 2006

Thursday 22 June 2006 When we first heard about the made-in-Korea Huxley, we were intrigued. It's an ambitious massively multiplayer game, based in a post-apocalyptic world full of heavily armed and armoured survivors vying for control of what's left. When we heard it was a shooter based on the same framework that runs uber-blaster Unreal Tournament 2007, we were on the edge of our seats. Could this be the persistent role-playing universe that twitch-action fans have been waiting ...

Webzen announces E3 presence (News)

Apr 26, 2006

Korean super-publisher Webzen - it's okay if you don't know them, just be aware that half of Korea worships their games - has announced a sparse, but formidable E3 lineup. First comes Huxley, an ambitious first-person shooter that drops the player in the middle of a three-way war between the Sapiens, the Alternatives, and the Hybrids - all basically humanoid, only super moreso, we daresay. And with some more beastly or tech-y than the other. We've played first-person shooters before, but this ...

Huxley (News)

Apr 3, 2006

Carefully waiting out the April fool's avalanche of fake game news, we were hit with a doozy of an announcement today: a video reminder of the existence of Huxley. It's a massively multiplayer, online, first-person shooter set in a universe named for Aldous Huxley's fictional literary masterpiece Brave New World. However, this homage to our favorite book from 10th grade English stops well short of mimicking anything imagined in the novel. Not much is known yet about life in the steampunk'd, ...

Huxley - trailer (Video)

Apr 3, 2006

The most ambitious use of Epic's Unreal 3 engine yet, Huxley promises a persistent online shooter universe - but massively so, following in the footsteps of Planetside.