Havok Announces the Acquisition of Kore VM Product
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Posted on October 27, 2010 at 8:14:01 AM
Havok Announces the Acquisition of Kore VM Product
Kore Virtual Machine, Rebranded as Havok Script, is the Fastest and Smallest Virtual Machine for Consoles
SAN FRANCISCO, October 27, 2010/PRNewswire/ -- Havok, the Emmy award winning technology company, has acquired the Kore
Virtual Machine (VM) product and technology.
Kore VM was developed by the Irish company New Game Technologies
and is a highly optimized implementation of the Lua scripting language and
ships with Kore Studio, an on-target profiler and an integrated environment
for Microsoft Visual Studio. The Kore VM has been licensed by Sega, Bungie,
Lionhead, Masthead Studios, United Front Games, NetDevil and a number of
additional undisclosed studios. Kore is also currently powering the title
Supreme Commander 2 published by Square Enix and developed by Gas Powered
Games.
Havok has taken over all technical and commercial functions and
Kore will now be rebranded as Havok Script. A broader transition period has
also begun where Havok and Kore will work closely together both technically
and commercially to ensure a seamless hand over for existing and new
customers alike. Havok Script will be licensed as a fully standalone product
which can be used completely independent of Havok's other products. Over time
Havok will announce more details on how Havok Script will interact and
integrate with Havok's full suite of products.
With Havok Script, Havok can now offer its customers the fastest
virtual machine for consoles on the market with the most fully featured
toolset. Havok will be providing all future support, licensing and services
for Havok Script and has a dedicated engineering team in place for on-going
development.
David Coghlan, Managing Director of Havok, said:
"This is a very exciting time for Havok as we complete our first product
technology acquisition and extend our offering to include Havok Script. Havok
has a long standing reputation for supporting our customers extremely well
and as you would expect with any Havok acquisition, we will work closely with
Havok Script customers to service and support them through the transition of
the product to Havok."
Hugh Reynolds, CEO of New Game Technologies (NGT), says:
"We'd been looking at taking the company in a new R&D direction for some
time. I guess we thrive on new product development, so we were delighted when
the opportunity came up to place the Kore VM technology with Havok. Without a
doubt, Havok is the company that has the best track-record in the games
industry for supporting customers and delivering optimized cross-platform
technology. It's a real win-win result."
Havok, which has offices in Dublin, Tokyo and San Francisco, is
the leading provider of interactive software and services to the global game
and movie industries. The company has a portfolio of six cutting edge
products which help game developers and digital animators make the visual
effects in games and movies more realistic and interactive than ever before.
Havok works in partnership with the world's best-known game
developers, including Microsoft(R), Nintendo(R), and Sony Computer
Entertainment, Inc. Havok's cross-platform, professionally supported
technology is available for the Xbox 360(TM) video game and entertainment
system, PLAYSTATION(R)3 computer entertainment system, PSP(R), Wii(TM), and
PC Games for Windows.
The company's Emmy award winning physics engines have been used
to drive visual effects in nearly 270 of the world's best-known game titles,
including Halo Reach, Assassin's Creed 2, Uncharted 2, and Bioshock 2. A
further 130 games are in development. Havok products have also been used to
drive special effects in movies such as Clash of the Titans, Watchmen,
Quantum of Solace, Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix, and The Matrix.
http://www.havok.com
About New Game Technologies
Established by Havok founders Steven Collins and Hugh Reynolds, NGT
creates advanced solutions for the games and digital entertainment
industries. The company is headquartered in San Francisco with engineering
offices in Dublin.
Source: Havok
For further information contact: Breda Brown / Lisa Buckley, Unique Media, Tel: +353(01)522-5200 or +353(087)2487120 (BB)
Kore Virtual Machine, Rebranded as Havok Script, is the Fastest and Smallest Virtual Machine for Consoles
SAN FRANCISCO, October 27, 2010/PRNewswire/ -- Havok, the Emmy award winning technology company, has acquired the Kore
Virtual Machine (VM) product and technology.
Kore VM was developed by the Irish company New Game Technologies
and is a highly optimized implementation of the Lua scripting language and
ships with Kore Studio, an on-target profiler and an integrated environment
for Microsoft Visual Studio. The Kore VM has been licensed by Sega, Bungie,
Lionhead, Masthead Studios, United Front Games, NetDevil and a number of
additional undisclosed studios. Kore is also currently powering the title
Supreme Commander 2 published by Square Enix and developed by Gas Powered
Games.
Havok has taken over all technical and commercial functions and
Kore will now be rebranded as Havok Script. A broader transition period has
also begun where Havok and Kore will work closely together both technically
and commercially to ensure a seamless hand over for existing and new
customers alike. Havok Script will be licensed as a fully standalone product
which can be used completely independent of Havok's other products. Over time
Havok will announce more details on how Havok Script will interact and
integrate with Havok's full suite of products.
With Havok Script, Havok can now offer its customers the fastest
virtual machine for consoles on the market with the most fully featured
toolset. Havok will be providing all future support, licensing and services
for Havok Script and has a dedicated engineering team in place for on-going
development.
David Coghlan, Managing Director of Havok, said:
"This is a very exciting time for Havok as we complete our first product
technology acquisition and extend our offering to include Havok Script. Havok
has a long standing reputation for supporting our customers extremely well
and as you would expect with any Havok acquisition, we will work closely with
Havok Script customers to service and support them through the transition of
the product to Havok."
Hugh Reynolds, CEO of New Game Technologies (NGT), says:
"We'd been looking at taking the company in a new R&D direction for some
time. I guess we thrive on new product development, so we were delighted when
the opportunity came up to place the Kore VM technology with Havok. Without a
doubt, Havok is the company that has the best track-record in the games
industry for supporting customers and delivering optimized cross-platform
technology. It's a real win-win result."
Havok, which has offices in Dublin, Tokyo and San Francisco, is
the leading provider of interactive software and services to the global game
and movie industries. The company has a portfolio of six cutting edge
products which help game developers and digital animators make the visual
effects in games and movies more realistic and interactive than ever before.
Havok works in partnership with the world's best-known game
developers, including Microsoft(R), Nintendo(R), and Sony Computer
Entertainment, Inc. Havok's cross-platform, professionally supported
technology is available for the Xbox 360(TM) video game and entertainment
system, PLAYSTATION(R)3 computer entertainment system, PSP(R), Wii(TM), and
PC Games for Windows.
The company's Emmy award winning physics engines have been used
to drive visual effects in nearly 270 of the world's best-known game titles,
including Halo Reach, Assassin's Creed 2, Uncharted 2, and Bioshock 2. A
further 130 games are in development. Havok products have also been used to
drive special effects in movies such as Clash of the Titans, Watchmen,
Quantum of Solace, Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix, and The Matrix.
http://www.havok.com
About New Game Technologies
Established by Havok founders Steven Collins and Hugh Reynolds, NGT
creates advanced solutions for the games and digital entertainment
industries. The company is headquartered in San Francisco with engineering
offices in Dublin.
Source: Havok
For further information contact: Breda Brown / Lisa Buckley, Unique Media, Tel: +353(01)522-5200 or +353(087)2487120 (BB)