How The Game Is Played

And the beat goes on...

The bouncing continues at MxO HQ:

Iterator, Linenoise, and Enumerator currently unavailable. We are working to resolve the issue and the world will be available as soon as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. We will post again when these worlds are available.

Kidna makes this PR release either funny or painful, depending on what side of the fence you are on...

"Warner Bros. Online is working with IBM to help build a flexible, resilient infrastructure that will be able to `continue the saga' of The Matrix trilogy and support the complex demands of a MMORPG," said Jim Noonan, senior vice president and general manager of Warner Bros. Online.

"Responsive and highly flexible technology is required to create an engaging and complete urban environment for players in The Matrix Online," said Jason Hall, senior vice president of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. "Warner Bros. Online and IBM are working toward this goal in order to help provide a true interactive, online space that will allow gamers to continue the storyline of the Matrix."

To support The Matrix Online, Warner Bros. Online will implement IBM hardware, including IBM eServer pSeries systems and IBM eServer xSeries systems for overall infrastructure support. In addition, Warner Bros. Online will deploy IBM WebSphere Application Server for registration and billing; and IBM software to map out a blueprint that helps create a seamless environment for rapid design, integration, construction and deployment. IBM technology will also allow Warner Bros. Online to remotely manage the technology from different locations and with varying degrees of access so the team can separate out permissions, as well as identify and assign specific tasks. This is of particular importance considering the number of groups responsible for actual game play.

http://www-306.ibm.com/software/success/cssdb.nsf/cs/mcag-6ahn6w?opendocument

Edit, Additional:

Been a bad day for that IBM back end. Now the web-server that runs their forums is down :/

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Posted at 04:54PM Apr 05, 2005 by gameguy in General  |  Comments[0]