Huxley Named Best Online Game At E3

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WEBZEN, Inc. (NASDAQ: WZEN), a leading global online entertainment developer, publisher and operator, announced today that its massively multiplayer online first-person shooter, HUXLEY, was recently named ?Best Online Game? at the 2005 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) by Hardcore Gamer Magazine. The highly anticipated HUXLEY is scheduled for release in 2006 for PC/CD-ROM. The MMOFPS is also slated for the Xbox 360? video game and entertainment system from Microsoft.

?Hardcore Gamer Magazine?s audience represents the very gamers we hope will love the fast action and intense game play we are putting into HUXLEY,? said Nam Ju Kim, CEO, WEBZEN Inc. ?WEBZEN has received much critical acclaim and positive feedback for HUXLEY since its debut at E3. This award is another testament to the development team?s vision of making a game that will perfectly blend the best qualities of first-person shooters with those of more traditional massively multiplayer online games.?

HUXLEY is a massively multiplayer online first-person shooter (MMOFPS) utilizing the Unreal 3.0 engine and WEBZEN?s proprietary networking technology to create an enriched game play experience with up to 5,000 players in the same world. HUXLEY takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where human beings have mutated and divided into two opposing races ? the Sapiens and the Alternatives. Key to their battle for survival is Lunarites, a promising new energy source highly coveted by each race. Forced to fight against one another for the continuance of their races, the Sapiens and Alternatives must accomplish the unthinkable as they work to eliminate the opposition and gain control of the world and its resources.

?HUXLEY looked and played exceptionally well at E3,? said Adam Pavlacka, executive editor, Hardcore Gamer Magazine. ?HUXLEY?s focus on action-oriented play sets it apart from the numerous MMOs on the market.?

[Athrus]

it's news to me

[epidemic339]

not to surprising huxley does look like the best mmofps

[Athrus]

out of the 3 i know of, it really does improve upon where alot of the other mmofps games failed.

[Kyu]

Originally Posted by epidemic339

not to surprising huxley does look like the best mmofps

Thats probably because the only other MMOFPS is Planetside -_-

Oh and there is that other one supposedly coming out this year or next. Forgot what its called but it didnt seem like it was noticeable at the time.

[Ireland4eve]

is it RF online or something im not sure what it is but its been circleing about quite a bit

[utoh]

I can only immage if the fan base grows enough that it'll be huge, Ive been tellling everyone about it for almost 4 months now, maybe a more noticable link on the webzen page to lead to the huxley forums would be good......But as long as it's not repetitive like planetside...capture and hold, capture and hold, capture and hold It'll be amazing...IMO.

[GrandHero]

Originally Posted by utoh

I can only immage if the fan base grows enough that it'll be huge, Ive been tellling everyone about it for almost 4 months now, maybe a more noticable link on the webzen page to lead to the huxley forums would be good......But as long as it's not repetitive like planetside...capture and hold, capture and hold, capture and hold It'll be amazing...IMO.

what was your in game name for Planetside...and which server?

Planetside is still a great game but it is fairly repetitive. I was hooked on it for 3 years or more so I gotta say it was a good first MMOFPS.

[Ao1xCrest]

i still enjoy ps a few times a week but i can expect to be playing huxley every day or extremely close to it :shock:

[nubs]

Originally Posted by utoh

I can only immage if the fan base grows enough that it'll be huge, Ive been tellling everyone about it for almost 4 months now, maybe a more noticable link on the webzen page to lead to the huxley forums would be good......But as long as it's not repetitive like planetside...capture and hold, capture and hold, capture and hold It'll be amazing...IMO.

I think theyve added what PS needed.. an actual point in capturing and holding places, first indicators seem to be that the aquisition of wealth and power (as in electircal via Lunarites) are the objectives of the game, the cities need power, without it they fail, you battle over the lunarite mines and during the battles you have to get power back to the cities, seems like a big imporvement over the "just because its there" system PS used.

[nubs]

Originally Posted by Ireland4eve

is it RF online or something im not sure what it is but its been circleing about quite a bit

No RF Online isnt an mmofps.. its one of the hardcore Korean games, designed for the eastern market, with a basic port to the western market grind fests. You will basically spend hours on hours on hours fighting probably hundreds of thousands of pointless flappy creatures ... amognst hundreds of other people fighting over those pointless flappy creatures even before you can get involved in any of the pvp aspects. Could not beleive how different that game was from the advertising and hype.

[Macenzie]

Originally Posted by Kyu

Thats probably because the only other MMOFPS is Planetside -_-

Oh and there is that other one supposedly coming out this year or next. Forgot what its called but it didnt seem like it was noticeable at the time.

Actualy There are more, Neocron, it was an FPS although the combat was slow and seemed more RPG ish, then there was Endless Ages, it was pretty poor and looked like an acid trip.

[Zulu]

Originally Posted by Kyu

Thats probably because the only other MMOFPS is Planetside -_-

Oh and there is that other one supposedly coming out this year or next. Forgot what its called but it didnt seem like it was noticeable at the time.

is it mass effect or APB

[Guyver]

Best online at E3 no way! .....wait I've never heard of 'Hard Core Gamer'


Oh and here are the stock quotes for Webzen. Pitch in if you like. If oyu own more then 50% of the company guess what....you own it!

It's just like a web browzer video game. Play all you want. Then sell the company for profit and get all the workers fired. Isn't it fun?

[SG_AcadianCrusader]

WWIIOL was/is the first MMOFPS game.

[BuzzCutPsycho]

Too bad it sucked balls at release, those early bugs and shoddy gameplay killed it for people.

If WWIIOL was then what it is now it'd be awesome.

[Copenhagen]

Oh excuse me please...

Most people refer to PlanetSide as the First Successful MMOFPS...

Sine WWIIOL Sucked Balls and flopped, that don't quite make it very successful now does it?

[Udonis]

Originally Posted by nubs

No RF Online isnt an mmofps.. its one of the hardcore Korean games, designed for the eastern market, with a basic port to the western market grind fests. You will basically spend hours on hours on hours fighting probably hundreds of thousands of pointless flappy creatures ... amognst hundreds of other people fighting over those pointless flappy creatures even before you can get involved in any of the pvp aspects. Could not beleive how different that game was from the advertising and hype.

Its called Tabula Rasa i was interested in that game but.... 1. They never update the site....the last time it was updated was November 10(first true update about pics). and .2 This game (Huxley) makes other MMOFPS look like crap. Richard Garriet is developing the game (Tabula Rasa) though so points for that

[PhoenixDog]

Originally Posted by Copenhagen

Oh excuse me please...

Most people refer to PlanetSide as the First Successful MMOFPS...

Sine WWIIOL Sucked Balls and flopped, that don't quite make it very successful now does it?

Right on the money my friend.