Will the RTS ever be at home on the console?
Gameplayer has an in-depth chat with Massive Entertainment and Swordfish Studios - the developers looking after the PC and Xbox 360 versions of World in Conflict respectively - in an attempt to identify whether the RTS has a future on consoles. Between them they deliver a convincing argument as to why previous attempts to bring the genre into lounge-rooms have been poor, but how it can be be rectified in the future.
"There were no technical limitations in older console generations that prevented RTS games from being made for them. The limitations were all in the mindset of the industry, the skepticism you mentioned. The shrinking margins of PC games (and AAA PC games in particular) is a contributing factor as well since it has pushed the genre on to the console platforms, ready or not."
World in Conflict is a Cold War based RTS game that came out in 2007 on the PC. Is it worth a replay today?
Starting today (18.00 hours) until 23 December, players will download free World in Conflict (including expander Soviet Assault), Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag and Watch Dogs for PC via Uplay. More ...
I've collected quite a number of free games on UPlay. I can't say I'm the biggest fan of its bloated platform, but they have been pretty generous w freebies if you've kept up with their mailing list over time.
In case you missed Ubisoft’s free giveaways, the French company is once again offering Watch_Dogs, World in Conflict & Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag for free for a limited time. These three titles are free on UPLAY right now. From today and until December 23rd, you can log into UPLAY and claim your free copies.
There is a reason I support this company. This is just icing. New IPs, not afraid to take a chance... Nicely done.
