Vivox to Provide Integrated Voice Services for C&C 4

[Sonic 296]

Vivox, a market leader in voice services for online games and virtual worlds has recently announced a new partnership with with Electronic Arts to provide voice communication services for many new EA developed online games. And the first game that will feature integrated Vivox voice services is Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight. Here's the press release.

 

Vivox® to Provide Integrated Voice Services for EA's Command & Conquer 4 Tiberian Twilight

 

Natick, MA – September 15, 2009

Vivox, Inc. (www.vivox.com), the market leader in voice services for online games and virtual worlds, has entered into an agreement with Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) to provide voice communication services for several online games and the EA community. The first EA game that will feature integrated Vivox voice services is Command & Conquer™ 4 Tiberian Twilight, being developed by EA Los Angeles.

 

"Command & Conquer 4 is a huge leap forward for RTS games," said Rob Seaver, CEO, Vivox. "EA recognizes the impact that voice will bring to Command & Conquer 4, both tactically and socially, and it is a terrific title to kick-off our relationship. With voice, players will experience and create new levels of gameplay for themselves, making the connections they need to move ahead and win the game. It is amazing to work with EA to craft a new experience for the RTS genre, and we expect to keep innovating with future EA titles."

 

Command & Conquer 4 Tiberian Twilight, the next installment to the bestselling, critically acclaimed real-time strategy franchise, will feature new levels of competitive multiplayer gameplay, including new features such as the 5v5 objective-based multiplayer mode. This functionality will elevate the social real-time-strategy experience, with the focus on teamwork and cooperation, which will be further enhanced with Vivox' voice chat.

 

"Online games are fast-paced social experiences where voice chat is an essential element of user interaction," said Nanea Reeves, senior vice president of EA's Online Group. "With Vivox, we are providing our players an incredibly rich communications experience that combines the fun of an old time LAN party in the new age of online games."

 

About Vivox, Inc.

Based in Natick, MA and founded in 2005, Vivox is the leading provider of community-building voice services for games and virtual worlds. Supporting over 11 million users in more than 180 countries, the Vivox Network is the world's largest voice network for gamers. Vivox customers include game and virtual world developers and publishers such as CCP Games, Icarus Studios, Linden Lab, NCsoft, Realtime Worlds, Sony Online Entertainment and Wizards of the Coast. For more information on Vivox and the power of voice, visit www.vivox.com.

 

About Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), headquartered in Redwood City, California, is a leading global interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, the Company develops, publishes, and distributes interactive software worldwide for video game systems, personal computers, wireless devices and the Internet. Electronic Arts markets its products under four brand names: EA SPORTS™ EA™, EA Mobile™ and POGO™. In fiscal 2009, EA posted GAAP net revenue of $4.2 billion and had 31 titles that sold more than one million copies. EA's homepage and online game site is www.ea.com. More information about EA's products and full text of press releases can be found on the Internet at info.ea.com

 

EA, EA SPORTS, EA Mobile, Pogo and Command & Conquer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. All rights reserved. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

[recover 2]

It's funny how "market leaders" often are companies I've never heard about before.

But I guess they do a lot of work behind the scenes and aren't noticed unless something breaks, which might be good news.

[Luk3us 63]

Hahaha, I was thinking hte same thing Recover.

 

Though I didn't have much issue with talking to peeps online in C&C3. So w/e.

[Cyborg207 0]

I dont get it. Whats so special about that? C&C3 & RA3 had voice over ip built-in.

So whats new here? what new things will Vivox bring to the game?

[Sonic 296]

Regardless of the fact if this is better technology or not, the real reason about this news is simply to announce a new partnership between EA and this Vivox company.

 

Try not to over think guys and look for negatives behind the headlines. How about looking at it from the other side. C&C 4 will have excellent integrated voice services built into the game.

[Johnnyxp64 20]

its a great step forward for the support of cnc4 indeed, but plz lets just dont be hasty to judge it as "excellent" yet! time and lots of stress test will tell.

forgive me but i have the right to be a little "cautious" with EA's on-line experience so far.

Edited September 22, 2009 by Johnnyxp64

[Malevolence 6]

I actually never heard of Vivox in my life. Is there any video demo to show what this service actually does?