$1 million Fury tournament launched

Upcoming MMOG Fury seeks 600,000 worldwide players to share in a million dollars' worth of tournament prizes; Australian server on the cards.

Australian-based developer Auran is initiating a $1 million prelaunch gaming tournament for its upcoming player-versus-player massively multiplayer online game Fury, which is slated to hit shelves globally this October.

The community contest, which is due to begin on the final three weekends of September (September 15th, 22nd, and 29th) will see both individuals and teams vie for a chance at a million dollars' worth of prizes, including PC hardware, Fury prepaid subscription time cards, and scholarships to study video game development. Hardware vendors Dell, Nvidia, and Altech have signed on for sponsorship. Complete tournament entry information--including the exact nature of the tournament and where to download the free prelaunch client for the game--will be available from August 14 at Fury's official Web site, with Auran expecting up to 600,000 players worldwide to participate. Fury is being distributed in the US by Gamecock, Codemasters in Europe, and by n3vrf41l Publishing in Australia.

Auran CEO Tony Hilliam called for the support of both the Australian games industry and retailers to help generate interest in the title, with the company emblazoning the game's launch presentation in Sydney overnight with Australian Made stickers. The company is setting the goal of selling more than 33,000 copies of Fury to the Australian market, a number that would see it pass Auran's own Dark Reign game, which went on sale a decade ago this year. Hilliam also went on to detail plans to open and maintain a dedicated Australian-hosted server for players if sales numbers reached 100,000 units. A locally located server is a feature still not offered by Fury's biggest competitor, Blizzard's World of Warcraft. It does, however, offer US-hosted Oceanic realms.

Fury's official media and channel partners launch also featured Aussie model Siobhan Parekh, who has been chosen to be the "official" face of the game, posing in a revealing Fury-themed photoshoot and lending her likeness. Auran artists have created a model based on her facial features, which will appear as a playable character in the game.

24 Comments

  • playstation_wii

    Posted Aug 15, 2007 8:48 pm PT

    Wow! The prizes are awesome!

  • KhanhAgE

    Posted Aug 14, 2007 6:39 am PT

    I don't really know much about this game (and I don't really care). But hearing that they're Aussies and being an Aussie myself I really do hope that this game is a success for them.

    P.S. I had NO idea Dark Reign came from them. How cool.

  • benboz

    Posted Aug 13, 2007 10:38 pm PT

    I don't like MMO games

  • Deano

    Posted Aug 13, 2007 9:44 pm PT

    eh i'm still not buying, not impressed with what i've played of it.

  • Pete5506

    Posted Aug 13, 2007 8:01 pm PT

    Somthing I will not do

  • W3A53L

    Posted Aug 13, 2007 5:48 pm PT

    Very nice to see they are planning an Australia-based server!

    After playing the beta, this is the sort of game I can see myself playing regularly in small bursts, such as I would for CSS or BF2. Very fun game, but not as deep as most MMO's.

  • 1PSman

    Posted Aug 13, 2007 4:52 pm PT

    UUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM?

  • the_Nightblade

    Posted Aug 13, 2007 2:47 pm PT

    Lets hear it for PvP.

    Yaaaaaay PVP >_>

    The PvE Carebears are probably just jealous they're not getting a million Aussie bucks.

  • Jared_Vegeta

    Posted Aug 13, 2007 2:24 pm PT

    I tried that game and didnt' really like it. Not big into the PvP only stuff. But it was pretty sweet that you could make a character that looked identical to Dave Mustaine.

  • lamprey263

    Posted Aug 13, 2007 2:14 pm PT

    seems desperate

  • keci_kt

    Posted Aug 13, 2007 1:44 pm PT

    $1 million dollars in prices!!!! What!!!!! it doesn't matter what kind of garbage it is i gotta get my hands on those prices... Listen anyway i think is nice that company's make this kind of tournaments that involves all kind of people...is nice to be competitive and just to look at the other person eyes and say " I beat you....." Should be rewarding enoght...... Dont' get me wrong i like the cash but i like to see the splash

  • RaiKageRyu

    Posted Aug 13, 2007 1:42 pm PT

    oo0o0 an MMO tourney.

  • runstalker

    Posted Aug 13, 2007 11:32 am PT

    "Fury is the biggest pile of garbage I have ever laid my hands upon. Another worthless MMO."

    C'mon, less drama. I played the beta, might play it again. It's not god-awful like you describe. The artwork was pretty damn good (in the hubs, anyway - battle maps were less detailed) and it moved really well on my 8800GTX. Certainly didn't reek of "generic quest grind go fetch MMO" nor did it have the cheaply-made feel of the majority of Asian grindfest PvPers. Feels like it has a solid budget. And if you boil it down to the PvP combat itself, Fury has some of the fastest action in a MMO. It's pretty spastic at first, and the skills are pretty similar and watered-down across the classes, and the FedEx quest grind is replaced by PvP match grind in Fury, but I wouldn't call the game worthless.

  • The_Weekend

    Posted Aug 13, 2007 9:36 am PT

    hmmm, any better MMO?

  • concord9

    Posted Aug 13, 2007 8:53 am PT

    Fury is the biggest pile of garbage I have ever laid my hands upon. Another worthless MMO.

  • ryaz_weaponx

    Posted Aug 13, 2007 8:34 am PT

    INERESTING

  • Zero_Space

    Posted Aug 13, 2007 7:41 am PT

    Hmm. Looks interesting. Signed up for beta. I'll see if it's any good or not =P

  • Neoyamaneko

    Posted Aug 13, 2007 7:26 am PT

    Very slick strategy to get people involved in a mediocre MMO that will pay for its own prize and then some in the number of participants they want to get.

  • eric7233

    Posted Aug 13, 2007 7:16 am PT

    Clever marketing scheme .. I am game to try and win money and/or prizes by playing a video game anyday though so it worked on me. I got really into unreal tournament because i won lots of cash by playing ( and cus its a bad azz game).

  • Sagacious_Tien

    Posted Aug 13, 2007 7:15 am PT

    I played it back in June and before that in April, and this is a rather great game. Think of it as Shadowrun with magic - fast action MMO.

    And it also looks gorgeous, powered on UE3 and looking devine. And the environments are varied and fun.

    Good luck to Auran on this game, it deserves to do well. And Blizzard should go about making that Aussie server, recent sales reports put Burning Crusade and the original WoW in the top spots.

  • -HCMF-

    Posted Aug 13, 2007 6:54 am PT

    Hummmmm.... wasn't this tried once before, and as I recalled that game was bad, real bad.... Make's you wonder...

  • darkfox101

    Posted Aug 13, 2007 6:54 am PT

    lets see how can mash there buttons the fastest!!

  • Peltz999

    Posted Aug 13, 2007 6:42 am PT

    So its gonna be 600.000 people screaming, why cant i log on more than 4minutes and 59 seconds.

    Anyway, good luck with the tournament.

  • doolies

    Posted Aug 13, 2007 6:05 am PT

    Very cool. Although I have yet to play Fury, I'll probably be signing up.

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