Hungry for information -- any information at all -- on Vigil Games' upcoming Warhammer 40,000: Dark Millennium Online? Did you watch the Imperium of Man trailer and gibber, "More! MORE!" So did we. Unfortunately, it was looking like we'd have to be content with hints...
...but fortunately, Games On Net cornered David Adams, Vigil Games' GM, and pumped him for further details. While Adams was reluctant to go into the specifics of gameplay, he did open up about WAR40K's engine, which is the same one the company used for Darksiders. The engine is being tweaked for the MMO, although Adams testified that it was already great with portraying a seamless world, which should be perfect for WAR40K's needs. DirectX 11 is also slated for inclusion.
So will the graphic requirements be low enough that the game could run on a toaster, or will it be a high-performance-only excursion? While Adams admits that the necessary graphic options will take a decent machine to run well, he's hoping to have as many visual toggles as possible so that WAR40K can reach a wider audience. He wouldn't say how many characters he expects the engine to handle in a certain area, other than to claim: "Big, it's 40K, it's all about big giant battlefields."
You can watch the full video over at Games On Net.
Reader Comments (24)
Posted: Aug 28th 2010 4:19AM eNTi said
thq just made a complete ass out of themselves... i won't touch their products any more. for what i care, they can go to their own personal shiny hell.
Posted: Aug 29th 2010 3:43PM (Unverified) said
OMG SO PATHETIC
They do the same thing they have done with Warhammer online,
They used OLD 3D engine , the graphic going to suck alot, and its goign to turn like warhammer online no one will be interested to play .
I mean dark engine is a graphic engine old of probably over then 1998, this is a realy joke..
It like trying to seel world of warcraft first edition without any update on the graphic lol seriously.
They do the same thing they have done with Warhammer online,
They used OLD 3D engine , the graphic going to suck alot, and its goign to turn like warhammer online no one will be interested to play .
I mean dark engine is a graphic engine old of probably over then 1998, this is a realy joke..
It like trying to seel world of warcraft first edition without any update on the graphic lol seriously.
Posted: Aug 30th 2010 12:34PM (Unverified) said
Your read comprehension is amazing. They did not say that the game is powered by "The Dark Engine", created by Looking Glass in 1998. They said "the dark engine", a bad hat-tip to the engine that Darksiders runs on, custom created by Vigil. Darksiders isn't even a year old at this point.
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