The Phoenix servers are running on Linux, using the Fedora distribution. Our database servers are powered by MySQL, with clustering. The Phoenix web sites utilize the Apache Web Server.

Phoenix uses the Torque Game Engine Advanced (TGEA) engine. The engine is written in C++ with bindings to a proprietary scripting language called TorqueScript. In addition, we have bindings to Python, which most of the game logic is written in.

With TGEA, we're able to create near-limitless, very realistic, worlds, objects, and player models taking full advantage of current and next generation video cards. TGEA is also backward-compatible to lower-end hardware.

We license TGEA from Garage Games.

No. Phoenix is not available on consoles. As of the time of this post, there are no plans to support console gaming.

SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Phoenix's will be available for Microsoft Windows XP & Windows Vista with the following minimum system requirements:

• Broadband Internet connection required
• 2ghz Processor (2.6ghz dual core recommended)
• 1gb Memory (2gb recommended on XP, 3gb recommended on Vista)
• 3gb+ Available disk space.
• DirectX 9.0x compliant video card with a minimum of 256mb memory (DirectX 10.0+ with 512mb RAM recomended)

There are plans to support both MacOS X and Linux after the initial launch.

Find out about the "nuts and bolts" behind Phoenix.

In this section, you will find information about the people behind Phoenix.