There are a lot of ways to express holiday cheer, and in the case of Sierra Entertainment and Massive Entertainment's RTS epic, World in Conflict for the PC and Microsoft Xbox 360, it's letting a horde of armed soldiers and tanks lay waste to a snow-embanked neighborhood. Check out the Christmas cheer in all its gunpowder-covered mayhem in the full article.

Sierra Entertainment recently announced the release of the latest patch for their alternate world RTS, World in Conflict. The patch, which they call #005, brings a lot of new fixes and features, such as a graphical mode for colorblind users, and a Clan Wars feature that makes it easier to find a clan match.

For the entire changelog though, you'll definitely want to check out the full article to know more.

Sierra Entertainment and Massive Entertainment put together a nice, innovative RTS in World in Conflict (Microsoft Xbox 360, PC). Some small issues, however, were observed after the launch, prompting the devs to patch up the problems. Update 1.004 is now available and it has a ton of new features to refine what's already a fun run at the Cold War. See the full article to view the changelog.

Heads up, World in Conflict fans! GamesIntel is reporting that Sierra Entertainment's World in Conflict will be getting two significant updates in the next game patch. The first is the introduction of a new map, and the second has to do with the release of a map editor for the game.

More on the map and the map editor after the jump!

Sierra Entertainment has announced that a second update for the innovative real-time strategyWorld in Conflict (Microsoft Xbox 360, PC) from Sierra and Massive Entertainment. While the date of release is not specified in the official website, it did give the summary of changes and tweaks which fix bugs and balance the game for the most part.

Some new features have also been added to heighten up the quality of this Cold War alternate scenario epic. Stability has also been declared to be much improved once the new update is integrated with the core game. Here's the complete changelog for the second update to World in Conflict:

New Features:

• Several new Admin Commands have been added to give Server Admins increased control. For details on each of the individual commands and how to use them, please visit our forums at www.massgate.net.
• A time delay of 20 seconds has been added between Assault rounds.
  
• Clan officers can now invite other players to the clan, as well as kick Grunts.
  
• A successful map vote will now change the map instantly.
  
• Two new permanent chat rooms have been added to Massgate for clan war and few player mode matters.
  
• Players should now get an in-game notification when receiving an "Instant Message".
  

Units and balancing

• The cost for the "Heavy Air Support" Tactical Aid has been reduced from 30/50/70 to 25/45/65.
  
• Score from repairing your own non-repair units has been reduced by 50%.
  

See the rest of changes that the second World in Conflict update brings at the full article!

 

Massive Entertainment recently announced that it would be putting up a World in Conflict Broadcast Tool this coming Monday, October 15. The broadcast tool, they announced, would allow Vista and DX10 users a whole new dimension in manipulating camera angles for spectators, and would also allow for the recording of matches.

According to Massive Entertainment, the Broadcast Tool is a free downloadable add-on meant for Vista users which would give them "easy-to-use television-style broadcast options - such as pre-set and custom cameras, follow-cameras, telestration and other capabilities - that will turn any LAN game or tournament into a fun-to-watch spectator event." Also, the broadcast tool will allow gamers to record a full match, which they can share with friends and fellow gamers alike.

Said Martin Walfisz, founder and president of Massive Entertainment,

We wanted to make it easy for World in Conflict fans to turn this awesome experience into the best spectator game ever. Some of the team members at Massive have a background in the TV industry, so anyone who has ever seen a TV production room will recognize the set up immediately. The World in Conflict Broadcast Tool will make watching - or broadcasting - gaming competitions exciting and fun.

 

As announced last week by Massive Entertainment, the World in Conflict patch #001 has just arrived and is now available online. You can check our previous post to check out the specific changelog, but the long and short of it is that the update includes a couple of small fixes, tweaks and general improvements - some of which involve boosts in DX10 performance on all video cards.

Other features that come with the patch also include the ability for you guys to customized your profiles. Now, you can put in entries for your motto and web-link. Likewise, a Guestbook has been added to your player profile.

The download below is the patch for the US version of World in Conflict.

Download: World in Conflict patch #001

 

Massive Entertainment is cooking up a huge patch for its unique real-time strategy game, World in Conflict, that should go live later this week. Current players will be happy to find some balancing tweaks, while annoying bugs that will soon be gone won't be missed. Nifty features are also coming to pimp out your profile. The best part for hardcore PC gamers though, would have to be the performance upgrades for DirectX10 video cards.

When the patch comes, your player profile will have a guest book, the option to add a motto, and even include web-links. Other useful features added are auto-kick of idle players and the ability to kick players that don't play nice. Those who are hammered out of the server can also be banned.

Of course, there's also something from the patch for high-end machines and their owners who want visuals that make the purchase of expensive graphic cards worth it. Performance on DirectX10 cards are supposed to improve, and we're hoping that means more than a minor framerate fix.

For the full changelog of World in Conflict's latest patch, just click on the Read link below.

Even if real-time strategy games isn't your cup of tea, Massive Entertainment's latest and hottest World in Conflict (Xbox 360, PC) video game is set to entice you into joining the battlefield. In an interview with Guardian Unlimited, lead game designer Magnus Jansen discussed why Massive's latest title should be able to attract non-hardcore gamers.

At first glance, anyone will fall in love with the game's gorgeous graphics. Not only are the graphics easy on the eyes, it's also a cinch to jump into the action. As Jansen said himself, World in Conflict is free of conventional RTS elements such as base-building and resource management to focus more on fast paced combat.

Instead of giving players the role of commander, World in Conflict offers immersion through characters involved in an engrossing storyline. "We wanted to tell this story through our characters. We're very happy with the end result, and expect that many players will want to play through the single-player campaign," said Jansen.

While multiplayer opens a big window for cooperative team play, Jansen mentioned how single player doesn't fall behind. Maps, units, and balancing come in equal doses for both game modes; solo campaigns just offer less units to choose from in some cases, but that's to "give the player a taste of all branches of the military."

When asked what educational benefits World in Conflict has to offer, Jansen pointed out that the game wasn't designed to be informative. Some lessons can be learned from realistic weapons, vehicles, and locations players will be indulging in, but Jansen made it clear that Massive Entertainment aims for "entertaining and captivating games."

He stressed out how World in Conflict is "not just a game for gamers who consume strategy games on a daily basis." RTS fanatics don't have to fret though, because the game is not closing doors on the hardcore. "To what extent it will reach out beyond this core community is still unsure," Jansen continued.

Whatever faith we ascribe to in life, it has the power to pull us through any curve ball the world can throw our way - even if that curve ball turns out to be a global war that has the potential to wipe us off the face of the planet. We see this fact being demonstrated in the latest trailer video of Massive Entertainment's World In Conflict(PC, XBox 360).

In this video trailer, we see a man preaching energetically to those currently trapped between the two opposing sides of the war. While the visuals themselves are strikingly lifelike, it's the emotional effect that's quite prominent in this video - with the preacher singing to an invisible audience, in time to an invisible choir. The synch between the music and the animation is incredible, and is definitely a must watch for those of us who fancy something a bit more deeper than just the usual gameplay.

Embed's below, you know what to do. Enjoy!

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