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Natural Selection 2 (NS2) is a multiplayer computer game mixing First-Person Shooter and Real-Time Strategy gameplay. It is set in a science fiction universe, and is currently under development. Natural Selection 2 will be set a few years after the original Natural Selection."
Natural Selection (NS) is a modification for the computer game Half-Life. Its concept is a mixture of the first-person shooter (FPS) and real-time strategy (RTS) game genres.
The game was created by Charlie "Flayra" Cleveland, who later founded the company Unknown Worlds Entertainment. Natural Selection v1 was first publicly released on Halloween 2002, and is presently at version 3.2. Production of Natural Selection 2 is underway. The official Natural Selection forums and constellation money donation system were disabled for months due to repeated hacking attempts, but have since been brought back up with the announcement of Natural-Selection 2.
The game features two teams: Kharaa (alien species) and Frontiersmen (human space marines). The visible Kharaa "units" are actually simply the spawn of the real Kharaa (aliens) which are microscopic life-forms according to the NS story line.
As of 2008, the game is one of the ten most played Half-Life modifications in terms of players, according to GameSpy."
Development Status
A [blog] is maintained to demonstrate progress on writing the game.[1] The developers are also active on the Unknown Worlds Natural Selection 2 forums.
On August 31 2007 podcasts by Max McGuire and Charlie Cleveland were released. These audio updates have since been released on irregular intervals. They discuss the development process, funding and focus, and serve as a basis for interviews with other names in the industry.
In Q3 2008 the team announced a switch to a custom Game Engine, dropping Valve Source Engine because of a balance between flexibility needed and licensing costs."
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Natural Selection (NS) is a modification for the computer game Half-Life. Its concept is a mixture of the first-person shooter (FPS) and real-time strategy (RTS) game genres.
The game was created by Charlie "Flayra" Cleveland, who later founded the company Unknown Worlds Entertainment. Natural Selection v1 was first publicly released on Halloween 2002, and is presently at version 3.2. Production of Natural Selection 2 is underway. The official Natural Selection forums and constellation money donation system were disabled for months due to repeated hacking attempts, but have since been brought back up with the announcement of Natural-Selection 2.
The game features two teams: Kharaa (alien species) and Frontiersmen (human space marines). The visible Kharaa "units" are actually simply the spawn of the real Kharaa (aliens) which are microscopic life-forms according to the NS story line.
As of 2008, the game is one of the ten most played Half-Life modifications in terms of players, according to GameSpy."
Development Status
A [blog] is maintained to demonstrate progress on writing the game.[1] The developers are also active on the Unknown Worlds Natural Selection 2 forums.
On August 31 2007 podcasts by Max McGuire and Charlie Cleveland were released. These audio updates have since been released on irregular intervals. They discuss the development process, funding and focus, and serve as a basis for interviews with other names in the industry.
In Q3 2008 the team announced a switch to a custom Game Engine, dropping Valve Source Engine because of a balance between flexibility needed and licensing costs."
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