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Korean Game Developers Adopt Autodesk Kynapse Middleware

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:20:05 +0000

Korean game developers MAIET Entertainment and WeMade Entertainment have both licensed Autodesk’s Kynapse middleware for upcoming titles “GunZ2: The Second Duel” and “LF.” The studios licensed the technology to help reduce development time and overall project cost, enabling them to invest in other areas that add value to their games.

BlitzTech Engine, Middleware Adds Kinect & Move Support

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:20:05 +0000

Blitz Game Studios has announced that its BlitzTech game development tools will now feature full motion control functionality for use with the Xbox 360 Kinect and PlayStation’s Move. BlitzTech,which is used internally by the UK firm and also licensed to third parties, is a comprehensive solution, including a game engine and in-built asset management that supports remote working and in-built …

Blog: Project Sword wows on iOS devices

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:20:05 +0000

Direct feed vid of iPhone UE3 demo. Epic’s Project Sword, the star of last night’s Apple press conference, is the first Unreal Engine 3-powered game for the iOS platform, and what many believe is a quantum leap in the quality of 3D visuals running on Apple’s handheld devices. Little has been seen of the iOS rendition of UE3 since the initial reveal, where an old Unreal Tournament level was …

AI Tool Firm Xaitment Raises $3 Million

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:10:08 +0000

German AI tool provider Xaitment has raised € 2.4 million ($3 million) in support of its aim to strengthen its presence in the global market. It’ll apply the funds toward building up marketing, sales and support staff at its six offices worldwide, and invest the rest into bolstering its tools offering. This recent financing was provided by lead investor Triangle Venture Capital Group, with a …

Ticta 2010 winners announced

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:40:03 +0000

Software firms to represent Thailand in regional contest

Reportlinker Adds Green Data Center: Modernization Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2010 to 2016

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:40:03 +0000

NEW YORK , Aug. 25 /PRNewswire/ — Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Green Data Center: Modernization Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2010 to 2016 http://www.reportlinker.com/p0269939/Green-Data-Center-Modernization-Market-Shares-Strategies-and-Forecasts-Worldwide-2010-to-2016.html Green …

News: MS took "shortcuts" with Kinect

admin — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:30:05 +0000

Says creator of rival controller-free tech. The creator of little-known motion detection technology iisu reckons Microsoft took “shortcuts” to get Xbox 360 add-on Kinect to market this November. Softkinetic CEO and founder Michel Tombroff is impressed by Microsoft’s marketing of the sensor, but unimpressed by the technology behind it. “We started working on this [iisu] in 2003,” he told …

Australian Game Developer Epiphany Games Chooses xaitment

admin — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:00:05 +0000

Saarbrücken/Quierschied, Germany (August 17, 2010) xaitment GmbH / Inc., the leading artificial intelligence (AI) game tool provider for the video games and simulations industries, today announced a new licensing agreement with Epiphany Games, a game development studio based in Sydney, Australia.

Australian Developer To Use Xaitment Products For Upcoming RTS

admin — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 02:50:03 +0000

German AI toolmaker Xaitment has announced Sydney, Australia-based Epiphany Games will use the company’s suite of middleware tools in its upcoming RTS, tentatively titled Frozen Hearth. Epiphany plans to use Xaitment’s XaitMap and XaitMove tools to generate navigation meshes for AI pathfinding and control movement and crowd simulations, XaitControl to model character behaviors, and XaitKnow and …

GDC Europe: Microsoft/Rare Director Enjoys Making Kinect Games

admin — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 02:50:03 +0000

In a talk at GDC Europe, Rare’s Kinect development director Nick Burton discussed his “Kinect Moment,” when he fell in love with his company’s hardware, and Blitz Games’ Andrew Oliver talked about how much he enjoyed integrating Kinect tools into the middleware the company licenses out. Rare Thrills For Burton, his “Kinect Moment” happened when he was able to make a skeleton move in 3D in the …