CPL to make pro-game: Severity

Author: Ryan Garside
Published: 19th December 2006
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CPL to make pro-game: Severity

The CPL has announced a new tournament game, called Severity, which they will design.

The CPL (Cyberathlete Professional League) has recently announced that it will be designing its own game, called Severity, for use in future online tournaments.

The American organisation, which has played host to some of the largest pro-gaming tournaments in history, has chosen to make a new multiplayer game for both consoles and PC tournaments. Severity will incorporate one-versus-one as well as team based games. Tom Mustaine, Director of Game Development at the CPL’s new studio, explained on the CPL site the reason for the game:

“Severity will be the first videogame conceived from the ground up to ensure the growth and appeal of multiplayer game competitions worldwide.”

Firingsquad has since got some more information on the project over on their site. According to them the game development studio is based at the CPL headquarters in Dallas and currently consists of 10 members - a number set to expand to 20 once production hits full speed.

Other information about the game remains thin on the ground. It will be based on a vamped up Quake 3 engine and will be designed to run on older PCs, with the promise of plenty of scalable graphical options for those with faster machines.

There will also be lots of emphasis on improving the spectator's experience whilst watching a game. Mustaine wants to create a viewing experience not dissimilar to the recent success of televised poker, fuelled by on screen statistics and interesting commentators.

Whether this will really work is still up in the air. With plans to not release the game by 2008 serious question marks exist over the use of the Quake 3 engine. Considering it was originally developed in 1999, will a game based on that engine be able to compare with DirectX 10 games? Hell, by then we could be on DirectX 11!

In other Quake related games news, Kotaku reports that QuakeCon 07 has been announced. QuakeCon is one of the longest running LANs out there and will take place August 2-5 at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas. As is usual with QuakeCon, attendance to the event is completely free of charge.

What are your thoughts on Severity? Will you be making the pilgrimage to QuakeCon? Let us know in the forums.
Quote DougEdey 19th December 2006, 10:29
I'd be happy to go to Quakecon on a report for BitTech :P
Quote xrob 19th December 2006, 10:47
I just hope they base it around the gameplay of counter-strike. i'm not keen on the fact they are making just the 1 game. Take the current 1v1 games, they are about 500times faster in gameplay than CS 1.6. Will be interesting what they come up with, i just hope its free aswell.
Quote Chuff_72 19th December 2006, 11:10
Seems like a strange idea making their own game, I'm sure there must be a ton of developers that would jump at the chance to make an "official" Cybersports game, why not comission Free Radical or whoever to make the game? Reeks of BBC Interactive to me, and we all know how Fightbox turned out... :)
Quote Redbeaver 19th December 2006, 14:16
interesting to see multiplayer focused game :) but as the article reads, its abit of worry for the technology its going to use... Quake3 is fine (heck, SplinterCell Double Agent looks bloody brilliant) but 2008? come on, that's pushing it....
Quote Kipman725 19th December 2006, 17:10
awsome :D

fast and free of the usualy anoyances like dodgey hit boxen :D
Quote fini 19th December 2006, 17:34
'“Severity will be the first videogame conceived from the ground up to ensure the growth and appeal of multiplayer game competitions worldwide.”
Wasn't quake 3 designed purley for multiplayer and thus pretty much what they're claiming severity was first at?

fini
Quote Ghys 19th December 2006, 22:51
i have my doubts about this game...

but...


wait and see is all we can do
Quote wafflesomd 20th December 2006, 01:13
CAL was fun, until I came to the conclusion that competative gaming gets old quick.

Playing games for fun is much more enjoyable.
Quote DXR_13KE 20th December 2006, 01:34
Quote:
Originally Posted by wafflesomd
Playing games for fun is much more enjoyable.

amen to that brother, as for the name of the game..... it wont work, it must be more simple or 1337 haxor CS players wont play it. :p
Quote Aankhen 20th December 2006, 01:52
I'm guessing the point of the game isn't to compete with other games graphically but gameplay-wise. :)
Quote scq 20th December 2006, 09:12
I hope it's a duelling game - a classic 1 on 1!

You take your primary weapon - a leather gauntlet, and challenge the person to a duel. Then you both agree on a choice of weapons.

THEN YOU DUEL!
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