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Zero (game Engine)
Zero''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' "making of" video is the common name for the evolution of the proprietary game engine created by Pandemic Studios. It was used first in the game '' Battlezone II: Combat Commander'' and later used in several ''Star Wars'' games including the popular ''Battlefront'' series. ''Battlezone II: Combat Commander'' and '' Dark Reign 2'' both feature an in-engine editor accessible via commands. It was given additional 3D functionality with ''Dark Reign 2'', which was further improved upon for '' Army Men: RTS''. The engine was revamped for '' Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' to accommodate consoles and third person gameplay. The engine was again retooled for '' Star Wars: Battlefront'' and the level editor was made a separate entity from the game engine. A set of modding tools including ZeroEdit, the new level creation tool, were released for use with ''Star Wars: Battlefront'' on December 23, 2004. An updated version of the tools were released on February 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pandemic Studios
Pandemic Studios, LLC was an American video game developer based in Westwood, Los Angeles. Andrew Goldman and Josh Resnick founded the studio in 1998 after leaving Activision. Pandemic Studios, alongside BioWare, was acquired in 2005 by Elevation Partners and placed under VG Holding Corp., which in 2007 was sold to Electronic Arts (EA). EA closed Pandemic Studios in 2009. Pandemic Studios is known for a variety of titles, including ''Full Spectrum Warrior'', '' Star Wars: Battlefront'', '' Dark Reign 2'', '' Destroy All Humans!'', ''Mercenaries'', and ''The Saboteur''. History Pandemic was formed in 1998 by president Josh Resnick and CEO Andrew Goldman, both formerly of Activision, along with most of the original team members that worked on '' Battlezone'' and '' Dark Reign: The Future of War''. The studio was founded with an equity investment by Activision. The company name was narrowed down from around six choices, including ''Seismic.'' In the end, ''Pandemic'' was chosen as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Reign 2
''Dark Reign 2'' is a 3D real-time strategy video game developed by Pandemic Studios and released by Activision on July 3, 2000, for Microsoft Windows. A prequel to '' Dark Reign: The Future of War'' and its expansion pack, ''Dark Reign 2''s storyline focuses on what came before the conflict in the first ''Dark Reign''. Gameplay ''Dark Reign 2'' features three modes: campaign, online multiplayer, and an instant action mode. Multiplayer functionality allows up to 32 players at once, featuring four 'rulesets: Gluttony, Protect HQ, Blood Bath, and Deathmatch. Blood Bath is a mode in which the first team to kill a certain number of units wins. Protect HQ (by far the most used) is a ruleset in which a player who loses their HQ for a certain period of time (about three minutes) loses. Gluttony is a condition where the first player to collect a certain amount of resources wins. Deathmatch is a ruleset in which a player who loses all of their units is defeated. Players are allowed to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battlefront (2004 Video Game)
In a military context, the term front can have several meanings. According to official US Department of Defense and NATO definitions, a front can be "the line of contact of two opposing forces."Leonard, B. (2011). Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms: As Amended Through April 2010. (n.p.): DIANE Publishing Company. p. 193 This front line can be a local or tactical front, or it can range to a theater. An example of the latter was the Western Front in France and Belgium in World War I. Relatedly, front can refer to the direction of the enemy or, in the absence of combat, the direction towards which a military unit is facing. Conversely, the term "home front" has been used to denote conditions in the civilian sector of a country at war, including those involved in the production of matériel. Front can also refer to the lateral space occupied by a military unit as measured from the extremity of one flank to the other. The amount of front occup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playground Of Destruction
A playground, playpark, or play area is a place designed to provide an environment for children that facilitates play, typically outdoors. While a playground is usually designed for children, some are designed for other age groups, or people with disabilities. A playground might exclude children below (or above) a certain age. Modern playgrounds often have recreational equipment such as the seesaw, merry-go-round, swingset, slide, jungle gym, chin-up bars, sandbox, spring rider, trapeze rings, playhouses, and mazes, many of which help children develop physical coordination, strength, and flexibility, as well as providing recreation and enjoyment and supporting social and emotional development. Common in modern playgrounds are ''play structures'' that link many different pieces of equipment. Playgrounds often also have facilities for playing informal games of adult sports, such as a baseball diamond, a skating arena, a basketball court, or a tether ball. Public playgr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Havok (game Engine)
Havok is a middleware software suite developed by the Irish company Havok. Havok provides a physics engine component and related functions to video games. In September 2007, Intel announced it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire Havok Inc. In 2008, Havok was honored at the 59th Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards for advancing the development of physics engines in electronic entertainment. In October 2015, Microsoft announced it had acquired Havok. Products The Havok middleware suite consists of the following modules: * Havok Physics: It is designed primarily for video games, and allows for real-time collision and dynamics of rigid bodies in three dimensions. It provides multiple types of dynamic constraints between rigid bodies (e.g. for ragdoll physics), and has a highly optimized collision detection library. By using dynamical simulation, Havok Physics allows for more realistic virtual worlds in games. The company was developing a specialized version of Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Hollywood film industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to it's east. It covers about , and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an estimat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battlefront II (2005 Video Game)
''Star Wars: Battlefront II'' may refer to: * ''Star Wars: Battlefront II'' (2005 video game), a 2005 first- and third-person shooter video game * ''Star Wars Battlefront II'' (2017 video game), a 2017 action shooter video game {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battlefront
In a military context, the term front can have several meanings. According to official US Department of Defense and NATO definitions, a front can be "the line of contact of two opposing forces."Leonard, B. (2011). Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms: As Amended Through April 2010. (n.p.): DIANE Publishing Company. p. 193 This front line can be a local or tactical front, or it can range to a theater. An example of the latter was the Western Front in France and Belgium in World War I. Relatedly, front can refer to the direction of the enemy or, in the absence of combat, the direction towards which a military unit is facing. Conversely, the term "home front" has been used to denote conditions in the civilian sector of a country at war, including those involved in the production of matériel. Front can also refer to the lateral space occupied by a military unit as measured from the extremity of one flank to the other. The amount of front occup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Clone Wars (2002 Video Game)
Clone Wars may refer to: Star Wars Film and television * ''Star Wars: Clone Wars'' (2003 TV series), an American animated television series set in the ''Star Wars'' galaxy * ''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' (2008 TV series), an American 3D CGI animated television series created by Lucasfilm Animation ** ''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' (film), a 2008 theatrical film serving as the pilot for the series Video games * ''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' (2002 video game), developed by Pandemic Studios and published by LucasArts * '' Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Jedi Alliance'', a 2008 video game for the Nintendo DS * '' Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Lightsaber Duels'', a 2008 video game for the Wii * '' Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Republic Heroes'', a 2009 video game for multiple platforms, ''such as Xbox 360, PC, Playstation 3, Wii, PSP and Nintendo DS''. * '' Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures'', a 2010 video game ''for PC and OS X.'' * '' Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars'', a 2011 vide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RTS
RTS may refer to: Medicine * Rape trauma syndrome, the psychological trauma experienced by a rape victim * Revised Trauma Score, a system to evaluate injuries secondary to violent trauma * Rubinstein–Taybi syndrome, a condition characterized by short stature, etc. Radio and television * Royal Television Society, a UK-based society for the discussion of television * Radio Television of Serbia, the national broadcasting company of Serbia * Radiodiffusion Télévision Sénégalaise, the Senegalese national broadcasting company * Radio Télévision Suisse, the French-speaking public broadcasting company of Switzerland * Rozhlas a televízia Slovenska, the national broadcasting company of Slovakia * Radio & Television of Singapore, Mediacorp's name from 1963 till 1980 * RedTeleSistema, a private television station in Ecuador * SES/RTS, the callsign of a TV station in Loxton, South Australia Technology * Return statement, mnemonic in some computer languages (ReTurn from Subroutine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GameSpot
''GameSpot'' is an American video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other information on video games. The site was launched on May 1, 1996, created by Pete Deemer, Vince Broady and Jon Epstein. In addition to the information produced by ''GameSpot'' staff, the site also allows users to write their own reviews, blogs, and post on the site's forums. It has been owned by Fandom, Inc. since October 2022. In 2004, ''GameSpot'' won "Best Gaming Website" as chosen by the viewers in Spike TV's second ''Video Game Award Show'', and has won Webby Awards several times. The domain ''gamespot.com'' attracted at least 60 million visitors annually by October 2008 according to a Compete.com study. History In January 1996, Pete Deemer, Vince Broady and Jon Epstein quit their positions at IDG and founded SpotMedia Communications. SpotMedia then launched ''GameSpot'' on May 1, 1996. Originally, ''GameSpot'' focused solely on personal computer games, so a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Wars Battlefront (series)
''Star Wars: Battlefront'' is a series of first- and third-person shooter video games based on the '' Star Wars'' franchise. Players take the role of characters from the franchise in either of two opposing factions in different time periods of the ''Star Wars'' universe. The series was launched in 2004 by LucasArts with '' Star Wars: Battlefront'', developed by Pandemic Studios for LucasArts. The game received positive reviews and sold well. In 2005 Pandemic developed a sequel, '' Star Wars: Battlefront II'', which was also critically and commercially successful. The games were followed by '' Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron'' (2007) and '' Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron'' (2009) for handheld game consoles and '' Star Wars Battlefront: Mobile Squadrons'' (2009) for mobile devices. LucasArts made several attempts to develop a third major ''Battlefront'' game but no projects were released before The Walt Disney Company's acquisition of LucasArts. Subsequently, EA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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