Joint Operations a beau sortir dans pile un mois (le 21 mai), personne ne semble l’attendre. Pire, la plupart des gens ne semblent même pas savoir ce que c’est. Pour se donner l’impression qu’ils existent, les commerciaux de chez Novalogic diffusent moult annonces et screenshots sur le web. Nous vautrant dans une bêtise crasse, nous les reproduisons avec complaisance.
Le dernier communiqué de presse est particulièrement excitant : sur une douzaine de lignes, Novalogic vous explique que le formidable, l’incroyable, le sublime Joint Operations disposera du support intégré du formidable, de l’incroyable, du sublime Punkbuster, afin de limiter la triche. À part ça, ça reste une sorte de clone de Battlefield 1942 situé de nos jours en Indonésie.
Détail amusant : ça va sortir le même jour que Söldner, qui a le même problème de marketing et qui vise le même public.[–SUITE–]Le communiqué :
JOINT OPERATIONS: TYPHOON RISING GETS PUNKBUSTER TREATMENT
LONDON, UK (April 20th 2004) – Entertainment software developer and publisher NovaLogic, Ltd. today announced that they have teamed up with Even Balance, Inc. to integrate the PunkBusterTM Anti-Cheat system into the soon to be released PC game Joint OperationsTM: Typhoon RisingTM.The move by NovaLogic to include the PunkBuster software in Joint Operations is another positive step in the company’s continuing crusade to stop cheating in multiplayer games, which are played worldwide via the company’s own internet gaming service, NovaWorld (www.novaworld.com).
‘Joint Operations can host huge multiplayer battles online and over LAN, so the need for strong anti-cheat measures is greater than ever,’ commented Joel Taubel, Producer of Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising. ‘Combining PunkBuster and Joint Operations means that we can securely deliver vast modern combat arenas to the public.’
Set in Indonesia in the near future, Joint Ops is set to take the multiplayer community by storm. Developed using NovaLogic’s enhanced Black Hawk engine, Joint Operations uses superior multiplayer technology that enables gamers to play in large scale player games online via NovaWorld.
Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising (PC CD ROM) hits stores on May 21st, 2004.
