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/ Adam Richardson

FireTeam Launched

The important bit: Multitude announced its flagship title FireTeam, the first game to leverage real-time group and team dynamics over the Internet is market ready and now available for purchase.

FireTeam Launched is the business side of the news today, and this one has the usual late-90s mix of studios, publishing deals, lawsuits, money, and big promises.

The important bit: Multitude announced its flagship title FireTeam, the first game to leverage real-time group and team dynamics over the Internet is market ready and now available for purchase. This revolutionary, combat action game combines team play with Multitude’s patented TeamTalk voice-over-the-net technology to offer an entirely new, intensely social multiplayer experience online. Game enthusiasts can now purchase FireTeam directly from Multitude for $59.95.

It is not as fun as a new demo, but these moves decide what games actually get made, sold, patched, or buried. Ignore the suits and you miss half the story.