“NVIDIA Corporation, the worldwide leader in visual processing solutions, and Contraband Entertainment, Inc. today unveiled Abducted, a new PC game that wraps cutting-edge technology around a harrowing science fiction storyline to deliver an engaging cinematic gaming experience. Debuting at this week’s Electronic Entertainment Expo, Abducted takes advantage of the ultimate gaming platform — PCs powered by NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 and NVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400 graphics and platform processors — to achieve dramatic Hollywood-quality visual effects and character animations, the hallmark of future-generation gaming experiences.”
You’re right. I’m sure 3dfx had grand dreams, but, as I recall, the technology developed by its game spin-off wasn’t used for any game apart from Sinistar–a perfectly nice game but not exactly a giant leap forward.
However, at this point, PC hardware is so hopelessly far in front of PC software that it’s probably a good idea for Nvidia to, in essence, help fund a demo for what could be achieved using its hardware and give would-be software developers a push. (At least, that’s how I interpret this move.)
