BigWorld

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BigWorld Pty Ltd
legal form Proprietary Limited
founding 2002
Seat Sydney , AustraliaAustraliaAustralia 
Branch Computer game software
Website www.bigworldtech.com

BigWorld Pty Ltd is an Australian company founded in 2002 that develops and sells operating and development software for computer games . The focus is on mass online community games (MMO) and the creation of virtual worlds . The game provider Wargaming.net took over BigWorld in August 2012 for USD 45 million, but continues to run it as an independent company. The seat is in Sydney .

Software engineering

BigWorlds software provides architectures for the development and operation of MMO and online games according to the client-server model . With the software package can client software for 3D games are created on Windows - PC or in browsers running. Via network API one is porting to iOS , Xbox and PlayStation possible. On the server side, the software runs under Linux . It is written in Python in an API script environment.

The software package also includes tools for creating 3D game worlds, for operating and monitoring the servers and for customer service. Extensions from other providers can be integrated, e.g. B. Modules ("plugins") from Umbra Software (Occlusion Culling), Scaleform (User Interface Creation), Speedtree (Foliage) and Vivox (VOIP).

Server control

BigWorld provides load balancing in server control. The computing load is automatically and dynamically distributed to several cells on the same game server, so that a large number of users can be active on the same game at the same time. In the game World of Tanks operated with BigWorld software , z. B. at times served over 250,000 players with one server, which repeatedly earned the game a record in the Guinness Book .

Games

The games World of Tanks , World of Warplanes , World of Warships (all from Wargaming.net), Realm of the Titans (Aeria Games), Virtual Island of Entertainment (EnVie Interactive LLC) and MOEGO (Userjoy) have been or will be with the software package developed and operated by BigWorld.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Report on the takeover by Wargaming.net , accessed on March 10, 2016.
  2. ↑ Report on the World of Tanks Guinness Book Record , accessed March 10, 2016.
  3. ^ Report on another World of Tanks Guinness Book Record , accessed on March 10, 2016.