By incorporating these technologies, the listener's surround experience is dramatically improved, adding a vertical component to the horizontal soundfield of both 5.1- or 7.1-channel systems.

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Vertical exploration is supposed to be a major component of the level design in the game, and traversing the depths, torch clutched tight in hand, is something we can all look forward to.

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In other words it a vertical add-on, or a horizontal core component layer?

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