Down with Xbox live

[BugZz]

Playstation 3 and PC gamers will be able to play each other over gamespy
GameSpy looks like sony is making a come back and bill gates is starting to fall apart. Sony ftw and it's free!

Injected into UE3
Epic is incorporating GameSpy's multiplayer tech into its advanced engine.
by Daemon Hatfield
August 15, 2007 - IGN's GameSpy provides multiplayer gaming technologies such as matchmaking, in-game and out-of-game messaging, persistent player communities, and competition systems. Its services are used by the world's top ten publishers and are currently featured in over 500 games. Today GameSpy and Epic Games announced a partnership to incorporate GameSpy's technology suite into Epic's Unreal Engine 3. The tech will immediately be available to any publishers or developers that license the engine.

The partnership pertains only to the PlayStation 3 and PC platforms, and will enable cross-platform play between the two.

"Over the past months we have fully integrated a broad suite of GameSpy online technology in Unreal Engine 3 and have built a fantastic working relationship with Epic," said Jamie Berger, senior VP of consumer products and technology for IGN Entertainment. "We look forward to extending that relationship with a number of new technologies customized for Unreal Engine 3 to be introduced over the next 12 months."

GameSpy technologies available to license immediately include:



Matchmaking

"Comrade" is in-game middleware and desktop technology that enables seamless in-game to out-of-game community features, such as instant messaging, in-game voice communication, and friend rosters

"Sake" will allow developers to store data securely online, enabling gamers to build extensive player profiles and maintain game statistics

"ATLAS" is an advanced statistical system for dynamic leaderboards and tournaments within the game and on the web

Future feature sets developed by GameSpy will all be incorporated into the Epic Partnership. Unreal Engine 3 games that have already licensed GameSpy's tech include Codemasters' Turning Point: Fall of Liberty and Ubisoft's Brothers in Arms: Hells Highway.

[hadriel]

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great. UT3= /fail

[eXg. Frag///aster]

the day when I walk into the digital life convention or wsvg and watch a player with a controller pwn a player with a mouse and keyboard, is the day I quit gameing.