It is moving, powerful interactive entertainment built specifically around the strengths of the internet. Unlike most games, Majestic chooses when the player can play and when they cannot, making the contestant move at its pace. It has been launched in America, but the technology needed in Europe is still being developed. The conspiracy theory will involve a game company whose new product appears to interfere with the agenda of a shadowy, high-powered political organisation. It will be split up into episodes like a TV series, with each episode taking up to a month to complete and eight inter-related episodes per series.
Players can choose to play alone or in teams.
It is one of the newest titles that uses AI to learn about players' gaming styles and tailor stories and interaction to suit them. Other new games are also using AI to enhance the gaming experience, such as Black and White, in which the player takes on the role of a God of a virgin world and must convince the inhabitants of the world's villages to worship them. For programmers, using AI a can be a cheap way of adding playability. Instead of spending huge sums on graphics, levels, characters and plots, a game can be made more challenging with a bit of inventive programming.