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Bioware Using Advanced Technology in New MMO
Posted June 12, 2007 by KevinIf you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!
If you asked most gamers what the word “Bioware” brings to mind, chances are they’d say RPG’s. Up till now, Bioware has developed offline RPG’s, but that will change with their next release. Bioware isn’t messing around this time - they will be venturing into the MMO market with the use of some fancy shmancy CIA (yes, Central Intelligence Agency) technology.
For the MMO, Bioware will be employing a new type of technology called StreamBase, a type of “complex event processing” that has also caught the attention of U.S. intelligence agencies. StreamBase was developed through funding by In-Q-Tel, an investment firm that specifically supports technology that the CIA is interested in.
The complex event processing will serve Bioware by analyzing events taking place in their world at a rate of up to 350,000 messages a second. From there, the tons of mini-events can be cut into groups based on timeframe or type. This will allow for natural, smooth adjustment of the game world to the number of players and their actions as well as help in monitoring when certain players are causing problems. Bioware technical director Bill Dalton expects the new technology will allow their game to “do more than match” the current expectations of MMOs with titles such as World of Warcraft.
You can read more details about the StreamBase technology here.
They haven’t said what setting the new RPG will take place in yet. Knowing Bioware, it could be anything - considering the range of settings with previous games … everything from outerspace, to ancient china, to fantasy D&D settings. One things for sure, Bioware knows RPG’s, the only question is, can they use their RPG experience to make a successful MMORPG? The only bad thing about all this is that the game isn’t even due out until 2009. It’s kind of hard to get excited for something so far away.
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The tech sounds interesting, but will it be “fun”?
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