Twilight War, a game described as a Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) with an integrated First Person Shooter (FPS) style combat system, has licensed Valve's Half-Life 2 engine. In a joint announcement, Valve and Smiling Gator Productions have patted each others backs with SGP claiming that the engine is ...one of the gaming world's premier technologies... and praising the engine's ...combat system, physics, and advanced AI.
Twilight War - After the Fall now joins Troika Games' Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines and an, as yet, untitled project from Arkane Studios.
The engine's potential is undeniable but how exactly it can be utilised in a game which claims to combine FPS gameplay with MMORPG depth remains to be seen. Valve however, may end up needing as many licensees as possible since the, well publicized, feud with Vivendi may leave the company with considerable debt. It is not surprising then that SGP have praised Valve for their excellent support.
