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Monday, December 31, 2007

CellFactor : Revolution

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Well, for those of you who have been waiting, it s here. It s finally frickin here. Cell Factor hits the streets today and in a surprising move by Immersion Games, Timeline Interactive and Artificial Studios; the game can be downloaded in its entirety completely free and more often than not, free is good. Usually.

For those of you who might be new to Techgage, we have given Ageia a considerable amount of coverage since their announcement of the PhysX platform at the 2006 GDC in San Jose. Since then, they have been on somewhat of an emotional rollercoaster with PhysX taking heat for the lack of games in its stable but at the same time, being garnered with praise for the incredible potential that the technology holds. At the GDC, in their suite, various members of the press were given sneak peeks at not only the cards themselves, but of the games that are enhanced by using their technology.

In what can only be described as an incredible tech demo, we saw Cell Factor in action, being driven by monster Alienware PCs equipped with Ageia s PhysX PPU (physics processing unit.) In that meeting, the vast amount of objects on the screen being interacted with was amazing. Either by high tech weaponry or by "Bishop s" psi powers, these objects were blown up, shifted around and impressively, used as blunt weapons. This meant that on multi-tiered levels, a pair of combatants could be throwing down on the top level and as they fight, they knock a stack of pipes down onto the lower level. If you happen to be on that lower level, look out. Using that same scenario, if you happen to be playing as one of the characters with psi powers, you can catch that object and either hurl it back in the direction it came from or even more resourcefully, at the closest opponent to you.

At the end of GDC, there was a significant buzz surrounding not only Ageia, but around Cell Factor as well. Not only did it look amazing, but with the Ageia PPU, it added a whole new dimension to game play and did so for the better. As time went on though, the game looked more and more like a tech demo and less like a game that would eventually see the light of day. As the excitement surrounding Cell Factor waned, so did the enthusiastic reception that Ageia initially enjoyed.

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Monday, December 31, 2007

CellFactor : Revolution

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