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Hands on with Huxley
Webzen's upcoming MMOFPS Huxley, to be released on both Xbox 360 and PC, combines both fast-paced shooter action with massively multiplayer gameplay. It's essentially a FPS with levels and questing added -- the gameplay is very much the fast, in-your-face style seen in Quake 4 and Painkiller. However, it allows for tactical play too, with territorial defence missions.The game felt more like a standard FPS multiplayer match with a larger number of players than usual than an MMO. It plays like a FPS -- no skill buttons or floating exclamation marks. The game's setting is a fairly standard post-apocalyptic nuclear-mutation scenario. The 360 version will feature a single-player component as well as the massively-multiplayer part, though Webzen are working on the inevitable issue of keyboard-and-mouse versus controller balancing.
Huxley enters brave new world
1Up takes a look at Huxley, the hyper-ambitious multiplayer extravaganza from developer Webzen. The 360 version is a year away, but it will include an exclusive single-player mode and the ability to shoot it out against PC rivals. Goodbye port, hello porthole to a brave new world of cross-platform gaming.Every Xbox 360 owner knows at least one console-dissing gamer who never shuts up up about the supposed superiority of the PC experience, as if enjoying both platforms is a sin. That makes the idea of jumping between video game universes to blow away obnoxious nerds all the more appealing. It'll be very interesting to see how Webzen makes this work.[Via 8-bit Ninja]
New Huxley visuals from Webzen
TeamXbox has some new screenshots from Webzen's Huxley, the futuristic MMORPG-shooter that promises some intense cross-platform battles between PC and Xbox 360 users. The Korean developer (best known for MMOs MU and Soul of the Ultimate Nation) is utilizing the graphical prowess of Epic's Unreal Engine 3, and will attempt to support hundreds of simultaneous online combatants. With Huxley and Gears of War on the horizon, and Halo 3 due next year, will 360 owners even miss Unreal Tournament 2007?
A walk in Webzen's SUN
Webzen product leader In-Kyun Hong has given IGN an update on Soul of the Ultimate Nation (SUN), the Korean developer's upcoming action-MMORPG. After undergoing closed beta testing in Korea, Webzen decided to do some tweaking and localization work for the North American and European markets. Soon, western gamers will be able to participate in the beta testing process and experience SUN's unique visual style and battle map system. We'll also get an English web site with extensive community features and more background on the game's lore.
