More and more games are implementing ways to record and rebroadcast game play without the use of external video capture equipment.

The fine folks at Sierra/Massive Entertainment have released a tool to do just this for World in Conflict.

The tool can be used to record and telecast WIC matches.  You can choose between multiple cameras, and even draw on the video feed John Madden Style.

Here's a sample of what you can expect with the tool:

Massive Entertainment VP David Polfeldt explains the tool in a little more detail:

DAVID: The Broadcast Tool is a tool that allows you to view WIC matches in a completely new way. The tool is like an über-spectator that sees everything that is going on in the match, and it works on live matches as well as on replays. It’s similar to how a TV network covers a sports event, with access to multiple cameras in the world, each one focusing on a different event. The tool requires dual monitors because it uses one of the screens to simultaneously display all the available camera-feeds (and there can be quite a few!), and the other screen is the “broadcast”, the live feed that people look at. The live broadcast can be projected onto a large screen if the tool is used at an event, or it can be recorded into an .avi if you like, there is built in support for that.

Full interview available at The Gorbenko Report.

While dual monitors and DX10 are required to use the tool, there is a workaround for an untested single monitor under DX9.

PS - If you don't own World in Conflict, or you were recently dumped, you can go to the download page to get the Sad Piano Song.  I can attest to it's sadness.