The Revolution will not be televised, but it will be downloaded
Artificial Studios and Immersion Games announced that CellFactor: Revolution will be available on PC for free via digital download on May 8. The first-person shooter utilizes Ageia's PhysX processor for cloth, fluid and debris effects. CellFactor: Revolution will also feature three "extreme PhysX" levels for the single-player campaign.
"Dreaming up the original concept, creating the art and collaborating with the other teams has been incredible, but what we're most eager to do is get this in the hands of gamers come May 8," said Julian Castillo, art director, lead designer and Immersion Games co-owner. "We think players will have a blast discovering the hundreds of ways they can kill enemies using the environment."
"The physics in CellFactor: Revolution are unlike anything gamers have seen before," said Manju Hegde, CEO of Ageia Technologies. "The game delivers stunning physics-driven gameplay elements and dramatic effects. The Ageia PhysX processor dramatically accelerates dynamic motion and interaction in complex environments with real-world, real-time properties for a whole new dimension in gameplay."
With complete psychokinetic control over her environment, the Bishop is fully capable of dispatching her enemies without the need to resort to firepower. With her psychokinetic abilities, the Bishop is able to pull and push objects in the environment, hurling them at her enemies. This telekinetic way of battling can be very surprising and deadly to her opponents; in fact, the Bishop is not only able to throw individual objects, but by using her Psi Cache ability, she can gather multiple different objects and send them flying toward the enemy simultaneously.
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CellFactor: Revolution isn't your everyday deathmatch shooter. For starters, it's free. Today, as it happens. For seconds, it's essentially interactive propaganda, conceived by hardware manufacturer Ageia as an advert for its PhysX PPU (physics processing unit).
this games crazy :)
Almost makes me want to get a Physics card.. Almost..
Wonder how much PC devs will use it though.
Hopefully enough cause I want to see this added in to next batch of consoles.