NovaWorld Passes 10 Million Game Joins in Six Months

NovaLogic’s free online service NovaWorld has logged over 10 million game joins in the six months or so since mid-December 1998. The company credits part of the surge to F-22 Lightning 3, its May release simulating the Air Force’s advanced tactical fighter, and to the free Voice-Over-Net technology that game introduced: built-in, real-time voice chat that means no more typing to your wingman mid-dogfight. NovaWorld hosts head-to-head and cooperative play across NovaLogic’s action games and combat sims, with F-22 Lightning, Delta Force, F-16 Multirole Fighter, MiG-29 Fulcrum and F-22 Raptor all supported.

Every upcoming NovaLogic title will carry NovaWorld and Voice-Over-Net support, and the list is long: Armored Fist 3, Tachyon, Delta Force 2, Comanche 4, Maximum Overkill, Joint Strike Fighter and WolfPack II. The company is also rolling out a system that lets players register their own unique call signs, groundwork for bigger tournaments and online events later on. Voice chat baked into a free service is the real headline here. Once you have talked a squad through a Delta Force firefight out loud, typing feels like sending a telegram.