Siu Lun

With the release of Google OS imminent and the likes of O3D plugins being developed at Google. It is only a matter of time Google will force/encourage the entire PC gaming industry into developing browser based games that has the social side of the web integrated into the core.

Some game developers are already seeing this trend and have jumped into developing mobile games and other browser based games.

One example is Sid Meier whom is developing the legendary civ series onto the social networking platform. Facebook.

It is clear Google’s path to success will continue and by entering into the PC OS and mobile OS market, they’re trying to dominate and overtake the traditional OS giants. If I were you, I would stock up on Google shares.

All of what I’ve said can very well happen in the next year or 2.

As all of the technology concerns is either in development/mature enough to be deployed for production today.

Multitouch.

A word that has been echoing in our ears for the past two years. Made ever popular by the real world application Apple has shown in it’s iPhone and iPod touch product line ups. Manufacturers are scrambling to get multi-touch devices into mainstream market.

Finally, Windows 7, which will become the world’s most used operating system in the next 5-10 years. Fully supports multi-touch technology.

Today’s consumer hardware development is driven by the gaming industry, faster processors, bigger rams, faster GPUs. They’re all there to create entertainment.

What’s inevitably on the horizon now is that the gaming industry is getting into 3D vision and multi-touch technologies. Mobile phone applications and games are the experiments on UI and ‘introduction’ to the full-blown PC games.

The first of these new generations of games is already coming: Take a look at R.U.S.E

However, possibly due to the financial downturn that we’re still trying to clear. These technologies maybe delay, products that supports full multi-touch screens are far and few between. So are products that supports 3D vision. There is no doubt these two technology is the future, but currently no products on the market supports both. Just how far are we till we see such products on the market? And more importantly, how much would they cost?

Only time will tell.

I’ve been playing this game for the past week, I really love pirates games so I had to try this one and it really reminds me of a Japanese sailing game that came out and had sequels back in the days of DOS. I guess no surprise there since this game is developed by a Chinese company (they used to play that game too, it was translated into Chinese). I think it was actually developed by KOEI, anyway, this online mmorpg is free of charge and you can play to your heart’s content.

You can find it here: http://www.voyagecenturyonline.com/

One aspect in which they make money is by selling in game items on the website. I guess the Chinese games company learnt some stuff from fellow farmers eh? In any case, the translation is not 100% perfect but it is a nice pirate game to play. Very much different from other MMORPGs out there. Definitely worth a play.

If anyone ever comes on, my name is : Monkey_D_Dango, on the server: Da Gama