Shattered Horizon free this weekend

CB Droege 3 Jun, 2010 at 1:47pm ET Article published in Gaming

Futuremark Games Studio today announced that Shattered Horizon, their PC exclusive multiplayer first-person shooter, will be free to play and 50 percent off to buy on Steam this weekend. In Shattered Horizon, a catastrophic explosion on the Moon has filled near-Earth space with billions of tons of rocky debris and bits of ships and moonbases, all forming the backdrop for a struggle between opposing factions attempting to control the few remaining resources and habitable locations. The combat is all FPS style in zero gravity, which leads to interesting mechanics and tactics.

If you haven’t played it, the free weekend is a perfect opportunity to check it out. If you tried it before, and thought that there was perhaps too little variety of maps and weapons, you’ll want to give it another shot now that the newest DLC Firepower has been released. Eight new weapons have been added, along with three new grenade types.

“Shattered Horizon continues to evolve as we add new features requested by the community,” said Jaakko Haapasalo, head of Futuremark Games Studio. “This weekend PC gamers can play the complete game for free and experience the new Firepower weapons. And those who wish to continue playing can buy Shattered Horizon for just $9.99.”

Free weekend begins at 23:00 GMT Thursday 3 June and ends 20:00 GMT Sunday 6 June.

Comments

3 Jun 2010 ~ 2:24pm _k If you don't already own this game and are going to the LAN buy it now.
3 Jun 2010 ~ 2:27pm QCH OOOOHhhhh... $9.99 is in the impulse buy range. Guess I will be Shattered Horizon-ing at EPIC!!! :-D
3 Jun 2010 ~ 2:30pm TiberiusLazarus Ok this is tempting. Anyone have first hand experience with this game on a 8800gts? I'd like to give it a go, but with the aging card...
3 Jun 2010 ~ 2:46pm primesuspect I know Bobby played it on an 8800GTS. I think it was merely "alright".
3 Jun 2010 ~ 3:24pm Sledgehammer70 So.. SH hates me. Any ideas?

Happens when launching the game.
3 Jun 2010 ~ 3:25pm TiberiusLazarus Damn. Well it has been two years, maybe time to step up to a big boy card?
3 Jun 2010 ~ 3:27pm QCH Sledge... SH KNOWS you once worked for EA and it DOES hate you.
3 Jun 2010 ~ 3:42pm Tushon

Sledgehammer70 wrote:

So.. SH hates me. Any ideas?

Happens when launching the game.

Why are you passing some string into a boolean?? That's ridiculous!

For constructive advice, ... uhhh try re-install? Isn't there a config tool for it? (not at my computer)
3 Jun 2010 ~ 4:00pm NullenVoyd Just FYI, Shattered Horizon needs a DirectX 10 or better video card AND operating system, i.e. Win Vista or 7, according to their Steam page.

Personally, I'd love to give it a shot, it looks like a hoot, but just haven't made the jump from XP quite yet.
3 Jun 2010 ~ 4:01pm primesuspect

TiberiusLazarus wrote:

Ok this is tempting. Anyone have first hand experience with this game on a 8800gts? I'd like to give it a go, but with the aging card...

PSSST
3 Jun 2010 ~ 4:08pm TiberiusLazarus

primesuspect wrote:

PSSST

PSSST It would look like shit.
3 Jun 2010 ~ 5:34pm Sledgehammer70 Well after re install still getting the same error... damn you Game! It never pays to have a super computer, it just makes you pay.
3 Jun 2010 ~ 6:42pm NullenVoyd

Sledgehammer70 wrote:

Well after re install still getting the same error... damn you Game! It never pays to have a super computer, it just makes you pay.

Maybe that's your problem, your computer is too slow. You know we run around the 15-30Ghz range these days, not this little 4+Ghz thing you got going on. Of course, we also run the risk of it spinning up too fast and traveling back in time after hitting our neighbor on the head, but that's the price you pay for something that can cure all diseases and includes "The Legend of Zoltare".

But seriously, you've probably already checked this but it may be depending on an outside thing like directx or physx or maybe even some random Win update. My other thought would be if, when trying to look at your system to determine what resources it could use, it's little brain just fries. I'd be curious if you could tone your settings down a bit to something earth people use, if it would behave any differently.

Good luck!
3 Jun 2010 ~ 6:56pm Sledgehammer70 I am running all stock settings currently
3 Jun 2010 ~ 7:17pm NullenVoyd

Sledgehammer70 wrote:

I am running all stock settings currently

Sledge,
Word on the street sounds like it is PhysX related. Here's what I was finding:

http://getsatisfaction.com/futuremark/topics/start_up_fatal_error

http://getsatisfaction.com/futuremark/topics/fatal_physx_error

http://www.overclock.net/benchmarking-software-discussion/719969-3dmark-vantage-problems.html

Some also mentioned uninstalling SH, PhysX, rebooting, then reinst SH since it should recognize PhysX missing and throw in the version it was tested ok with. Some also mentioned redoing their Nvidia drivers.

Bugger all I hate shuffling drivers and apps like that. Would be getting to the point I'd just not play the game instead of messing with it, but then again sometimes there's the challenge of making it work or bust.

Let us know if you tackle it, what happens.
3 Jun 2010 ~ 7:28pm _k Turn off physx, validate the install.

I can run SH on a 8800GTG92.
3 Jun 2010 ~ 7:36pm Sledgehammer70 yeah did my 3rd Driver Sweep installed the game and than the Nvidia driver and than the PhysX pack on top of that. All is well now.
3 Jun 2010 ~ 7:37pm _k I would of thought when you were trained at EVGA they would of taught you how to install stuff correctly.
3 Jun 2010 ~ 7:39pm Sledgehammer70

_k_ wrote:

I would of thought when you were trained at EVGA they would of taught you how to install stuff correctly.

I did the above 3 times the same way... the 3rd time finally worked.. and it all ended with subpar gameplay... awwww!

If you only knew the issues I deal with on getting games to work on the oldest machines known to man.
3 Jun 2010 ~ 8:56pm pigflipper I wish I could play this weekend, but once again thanks to my DFI motherboard dying, I am left in the dark when it comes to gaming. Thank god DFI says its shipping out Tuesday.