Topic: GRAW 2 PC Thread -- Update: GRAW 2 to support Ageia PhysX w/ "Aegia Island" Map

[MysterD]

GRAW 2 PC Multi-Player Demo coming on June 7th, which is a Thursday

GRAW2 Demo Plans [June 01, 2007, 3:35 pm ET] - Viewing Comments

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June 1, 2007 – Ubisoft, one of the world's largest videogame publishers, today announces that the multiplayer demo for Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter ® 2 PC will be released on June 7th. Once again being developed from the ground up by GRIN, the PC version of Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter ® 2 is being developed specifically for the PC and PC gamers. Look forward to seeing more information on Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter ® 2 PC as it approaches its release in June 2007. Until then, take a look below for more details on the multiplayer demo.

    In the multiplayer demo gamers abroad can get their first taste of the map CALAVERA, a map created exclusively for Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter ® 2 PC. CALAVERA, already tested in the closed multiplayer beta, has been revisited and revised incorporating the feedback given by the closed beta participants.

    The new Recon vs. Assault mode will have players fight their way through this Mexican village near the US border. As a member of the elite Ghost squad, gamers will need to use all of their know-how and expertise to stay hidden and sneak through small winding roads to locate and engage the enemy. As a Mexican rebel, players must be prepared to engage the Ghosts, using high calibre fire power, and must stop them at all cost.

    The return of Team Deathmatch will challenge players and their friends to a fight a fight where everything is possible; explore, engage and terminate.

    For more information on Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter® 2, please visit www.ghostrecon.com.

[Pugnate]

A good move.

Still f@%@ Ubisoft.

[wizall]

Why "f@%@" Ubisoft?

[Pugnate]

F#$Q#% UBISOFT... F@$#!@#% THOSE M@$@%@#@%

[wizall]

Ah, I had missed that thread.  Yikes, sorry for your troubles, man.  So, I assume you've given up on DA entirely?

[Pugnate]

Well I got to the final mission of DA, and have to diffuse a bomb to complete it. Unforutnatley there is a bug that screws up the controls if at any point you've customized the keyboard settings. It corrupts your saves. Great eh?

[MysterD]

That sucks, Pug.

And I hope GRAW 2 PC isn't botched like the original GRAW PC's performance is -- especially since GRAW PC, once you get past the tech issues, is quite good.

GRAW PC didn't deserve to be botched. Neither will GRAW 2 PC.

We'll have to wait til the PC demo, to see if Ubi screws performance-up for another PC game that is being ported over from the consoles...

[MysterD]

GRAW 2 PC to support Ageia PhysX

And, GRAW 2 PC will get an additional map, namely to support and show off the Ageia PhysX support, which is called "Ageia Island."

June 15, 2007

PC GRAW 2 Gets Physical With Ageia PhysX Support

PC GRAW 2 Gets Physical With Ageia PhysX Support Physics middleware creator and 'physics processing unit' hardware company Ageia has announced that the upcoming PC version of Ubisoft's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 will include support for those players whose PCs are equipped with physics accelerator add-in boards powered by the Ageia PhysX processor.

In addition, the game, which ships on June 26, will feature a new bonus level that has been optimized to demonstrate the capabilities of the PhysX hardware. Ageia plans to debut the level, called “Ageia Island”, during a sneak preview at the upcoming Maximum PC Showdown LAN 2007 event, taking place this weekend in San Jose, California.

The specially designed level will include an abundance of “persistent effects,” with Ageia boasting that “nearly every element in the level is physically modeled to enable strategically significant real-time interaction.”

The Ageia PhysX processor is noted for being specifically designed to accelerate dynamic physical motion and interaction in games. More than one hundred games designed for and supporting the Ageia PhysX processor are in development from over 60 software developers and publishers. Game developer and publishing partners include UbiSoft, Cryptic Studios, NCSoft, Epic Games and Sega, among many others.

"Ageia's PhysX redefines how games should look and feel and, more to the point, how they should be played," said Manju Hegde, CEO of AGEIA Technologies. "Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 is a fantastic example of how a great development team can leverage Ageia PhysX to enrich the game-play experience and deliver a compelling game that people will want to play again and again."

POSTED: 12.23PM PST, 06/15/07 - Jason Dobson

[idolminds]

The four people on earth with a physics card I'm sure are absolutely thrilled.

The rest of us still don't give a shit.

[Jedi]

The four people on earth with a physics card I'm sure are absolutely thrilled.

The rest of us still don't give a shit.

I really hope this shit doesn't catch on, we've seen some pretty good physics without needing a card to do it.

[idolminds]

Nothing to worry about as long as the cards cost what they do.

[MysterD]

The four people on earth with a physics card I'm sure are absolutely thrilled.

The rest of us still don't give a shit.

I wonder how well (or how not-so well) that "Aegia Island" map will run w/ those not running an Aegia PhysX...

[Xessive]

The four people on earth with a physics card I'm sure are absolutely thrilled.

The rest of us still don't give a shit.

HAhahah

[Jedi]

I wonder how well (or how not-so well) that "Aegia Island" map will run w/ those not running an Aegia PhysX...

We don't care.