Codemasters Announce Snooker 2003 News

Codemasters’ today announced the latest title in the World Championship Snooker series. World Championship Snooker 2003 is currently in development at Codies for the Playstation2, Xbox and PC, and is expected to be released in Spring 2003.<br><br>The main improvement upon this version is in the AI of the players, boasting a new complex artificial intelligence system developed using new neural network techniques – a complex technique used to recreate the choices that a human brain makes. The game also improves the physics engine and includes a number of visual enhancements, to make this the one for every snooker fan out there.<br><br>Presentation is claimed to be TV-realistic, with camera views from roving cameras, in-pocket, over-pocket and pocket to player cameras. All the star players featured are being captured in high detail and will be represented in their true likeness thanks to an improved character modelling system (9,000-15,000 polygons per player model). A new animation system will create natural character movements, including full facial expressions.<br><br>With photo realistic balls, tables and venues, the game will be astonishingly detailed right down to particle chalk dust effects and chalk marks on the table felt. In addition to the series of snooker championships featured throughout the game, the title will also introduce two Pool games - 9 Ball Pool and English 8 Ball Pool.<br><br>Says Mike Hayes, Codemasters’ Marketing Director:<br><br>”That the series of World Championship Snooker games has been so popular, with a continual presence in the video game charts, is a testament to the sports on-going popularity across a wide consumer audience. <br>”World Championship Snooker 2003 is set to continue the series’ success and will be another genre-leading title in Codemasters’ sports game portfolio.”<br>