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And since it’s a prerelease, I can update it whenever and all the OnLive players will be playing the updated version. So I can release the game publicly to a small market, while not being worried about a public leak. I am also interested in the service because it means I can have a prerelease version of the game on the service without hitting anything else. While something like World of Goo, which uses a mouse, had very noticeable input lag. What was surprising when trying the service though was how smooth a first person shooter was, you barely noticed the 10milisecond delay. I love the idea, but it will take at least 5-10 years for the average customer to have the bandwidth needed for that, you need at least a 5 Mbps connection to have a playable game. It solves so many problems you can charge by the time alike to classic arcade games, it completely stops privacy since only the OnLive servers have the actual executables, and you only have to develop for one platform and instantly it works on everything that OnLive supports. When I first heard of the idea it definitely seemed too soon, even though it’s clear thats the future of gaming. OnLive is a streaming video game service that basically runs on the server and sends the frames to the client. One possible route that seems interesting is putting Capsized on the OnLive service. I made little brochures for Capsized to hand out to key people, mostly publishers and media. Unlike GDC, where many of the developers view the convention as more of a job, PAX is entirely fans really passionate about games. PAX was pretty incredible – watching people try Nexuiz, talking to a number of other indie devs, trying up and coming projects, and mostly just enjoying the excitement there.

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Nexuiz was built using Crytek's CryEngine 3 and released on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.Went to this year’s PAX to promote Illfonic’s Nexuiz, check out the end of this post for all the media sites covering it, and some screens of the booth (it was right beside the Portal2 booth, a lot of traffic) Unfortunately, at this time we just cannot justify the cost.' Nexuiz should be removed from the XBLA store soon (if it hasn’t already).”Īs for buying the XBLA servers: 'It certainly is a possibility. they need to bring that up with THQ and not IllFonic – we don’t have any control over that kind of stuff. 'If anyone has any complaints about getting points back/etc.

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The PC costs are next to nothing outside of our daily operating costs, so it isn’t an issue for us to keep it running,' they responded.

'Anyone who buys Nexuiz on XBLA would be sending money to THQ, not IllFonic, so we wouldn’t be getting any money to help with the server costs (which are really pricey). Since the PC servers are different and can be controlled 100% by IllFonic, they will remain online and functional.”Īs you can imagine the Xbox 360 fan base for Nexuiz was notably upset, but IllFonic dispelled any notion that they were in control of the situation, or were continuing to profit from it. 'It was fun while it lasted on there and we are glad you guys enjoyed the game! Unfortunately, the Xbox Servers were controlled by THQ and in the current state, cannot be maintained anymore. 'As some of you know, the Xbox Servers are now offline,' posted IllFonic on their Facebook page. The developer gets no money from any of those purchases. The studio points out that purchase of Nexuiz on XBLA should be avoided and the title pulled from the store. While it's possible they could buy the Xbox 360 servers from THQ, they 'cannot justify the cost' right now. They were controlled and paid for by THQ, and as the publisher no longer exists to pay the bills they got turned off.įortunately the PC servers are completely controlled by IllFonic and will continue on. Developer IllFonic has explained why the Xbox Live servers for Nexuiz have shut down.

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