Gundam Online - 160,000 Simultaneous Connections?

Hido writes "A new PC MMO title called Gundam Online: Universal Century is being developed in Japan by Bandai and Sammy , and is currently in its beta testing stage. The site says: 'We are trying pretty stimulating thing such as 160,000 people's simultaneous connection, a seamless space expression, reappearance of earth area in a full scale, and real-time-transmission in the specifications.' More info at the official Universal Century site - and here's a link to some more screenshots and movies." Quite apart from the wonderfully descriptive Engrish on the official site, has anyone seen, translated, or otherwise checked out Beta reports from this MMO title?

Comments

I guess I wont be scrapping my PC

[Hungus]

All I can say is I have been a UC Gundam fan for more than 20 years, and the thought of this becoming a reality make me drool. I persoanlly suggest reading the FAQ FIRST ( novel concept I know) I am of course disipointed that this will most likely be a Windows only game

"Q : Will a Linux, FreeBSD, or OS X version be released?
A : The initial release will only support Microsoft® Windows®2000 SP2, Windows®XP HomeEdition, or Windows®XP Professional. Currently, there is no plan for other operating systems" Oh well it will give me something to do with my PC which for the most part spends its day serving media files locally (eg to the tv or one of my "other" computers (read Macs) and being a testbed for Various Ragnarok Online Clones.

Check the FAQ and the BBS

[Dolemite_the_Wiz]

There's a ton of information there.

It seems that this is a Japaneese-centric production for this game and the servers will initally be housed in Japan.

Great Idea, but I'd like to see how this pans out in reality.

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Dolemite
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Actually it's being developed by...

[Cacophanus]

Bandai and Sammy are merely publishing the game (with Bandai taking the lion's share of the deal, for obvious copyright reasons). The actual developers are an Osaka based company called "Dimps". Thus far it is a truly impressive game, and one that I hope will receive an international release (and when I mean international I mean somewhere else other than Korea). Naturally, the Japanese players will rule the roost on this one.