Kent, England: Staggan Interactive announces the first update to United Football following successful beta AND announces United Football is now open to all!
Martyn Hughes, Managing Director of Staggan Interactive, announced the following updates will be patched into the game next week.
Experience Points & Ranking System added.
So you think you are the best – prove it!
Game time now 5-20mins.
Quick Chat - Custom in-game text which can be triggered with a single key press.
AI Improved during game events (corners, goal kicks, throw-ins).
AI Improved passing.
AI BOTs will now dribble the ball more instead of quickly passing the ball.
AI BOTs shooting has improved.
Quick Shoot & Quick Pass control improved, easier to pass and shoot.
Throw-ins & GoalKick power increased to allow throws and kicks to go further.
Ball behaviour improved.
Fairground GoalKeeper behaviour improved.
Game Event text overlay to help with controls.
Chatroom bug fix which prevented people being removed from the lists in both normal chatroom and pre-game.
This is the start of regular 3 week update cycles, with 2 weeks spent on improving and adding features to the game and the remaining week testing, this way we can react to the community’s feedback.
About United Football:
United Football is a free to play multiplayer football (soccer!) game where each player on the pitch is controlled by a gamer located anywhere around the world. United Football also includes in-game AI controlled “bots†for those times when there are not enough players around to make up full teams, as well as in-game chatrooms, messaging and a buddy list to keep track of your friends. The game is now in open Beta and Staggan’s ethos is “Release early, update often and be led by the community, since after all, they play the game!â€
If you are interested in trying out your soccer skills go to www.unitedfootball.staggan.com, register and play.
About Staggan Interactive:
Staggan Interactive is a UK developer specialising in online sports games. Staggan has spent the last few years working and developing the technology and concept behind its current title, United Football, which is the first in the line of a new genre and style of sports games. Staggans team jointly has over 30 years in game development, on many different platforms and many different genres.
About PSFEI:
Founded by Phil ‘Vortal’ White is 2006, PSFEI (http://www.psfei.co.uk) are a specialist online gaming consultancy, providing over 5 years of real world experience covering all aspects of the development