Man Vs Machine Breaks First-Person Shooter World Record

One for the record books.

Swedish game developer MuchDifferent broke the world record for biggest first-person shooter game ever made with their game Man Vs Machine yesterday, when a ton of players logged on to join in this one time event created to break the record.  999 players logged on, being a mix of developers (Machine) and the general public (Man) to break the record and test the limits of the server they were playing on.

MuchDifferent, who provided both the game and the new server technology, was at first overwhelmed by the huge number of people trying to join this one-time event. CEO, Christian Lönnholm explains: “It was amazing. We did not imagine the amount of interest that this game would generate, so the system went down shortly after we had reached the peak of 999 players. Within minutes we were able to adjust it, and the battle continued for about two hours more. Almost until the end we were averaging around 980 players at any given moment. It was a blast!”

The event proved that Pikkoserver, the server used for the event, could handle the challenges of record-breaking amounts of people playing a first person shooter simultaneously.  MuchDifferent, who is also a non-profit organization that “aims to provide game-changing solutions,” does not plan to have a sequel to the event at this time.  “We believe this technology can be applied to just about any game engine used today. So, our goal now is to make this technology available to developers worldwide. Stay tuned!” (Christian Lönnholm, MuchDifferent CEO)

There used to be an embeded media player here, but it doesn't work anymore. We blame the Tumbeasts.

 

[Video via MuchDifferent]

Jessica Weimar
Jessica Weimar
Jessica Weimar

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Jessica is clearly a fan of video games, or she wouldn't be writing for this site. She attends college and like most other staff on the site, has a day job that she despises. She spends most of her free time playing games with her boyfriend.

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