Gamebryo 2.3 Serves Up Cinematic Quality Production on Next-Generation Gaming Platforms -- With Fewer Development Resources

 | Source: Emergent Game Technologies Emergent Game Technologies

CALABASAS, CA--(Marketwire - June 18, 2007) - With more than 200 video game titles already powered by Gamebryo, Emergent Game Technologies today unveiled a stunning upgrade to its leading game engine focused on performance and feature enhancements for next-generation platforms. With the release of Gamebryo 2.3, dramatic cinematic action and rendering results are now possible with significantly fewer development resources required for production.

According to Geoffrey Selzer, CEO of Emergent, Gamebryo 2.3 will dramatically decrease the time and cost required to build stellar cross-platform games.

"Whether you have a three person or three hundred person development house, one of your biggest ongoing concerns is managing exploding development budgets for next-generation platforms," explained Selzer. "While decreasing the cost of production and time to market, Gamebryo 2.3's tool set delivers a significant technological leap forward, which will aid developers in an environment where multi-threaded development means vastly different things on different platforms."

With over a decade of enhancements programmed in by Emergent's 80 plus developers, Gamebryo 2.3 improves upon the comprehensive tool set that was used to create so many of the industry's leading titles, including Bethesda Softworks' Oblivion, the stunning RPG heralded as "the best-looking game I have ever seen in my life," by Xbox.com.

Gamebryo 2.3's powerful new features and capabilities include: 

--  Rendering Framework. An object-based rendering framework that allows
    for easy programmatic construction of complex rendering effects.
--  Multi-Core Processing. Floodgate™ optimized task scheduling and
    execution, enabling a richer experience on today's next generation multi-
    core processor game platforms.
--  DX10 Support. Pre-release of the new DX10 renderer. Supports most DX9
    features, but includes a significantly re-architected and improved API.
--  Shadow System. A system which includes automatic tool chain support
    for variance shadow mapping, edge tap smoothed PCF shadow mapping, and
    general shadow mapping.
--  PhysX Integration. Integration of AGEIA PhysX™ with Animation Tool
    to support setting up blending for advanced ragdoll and keyframe
    animations.
Gamebryo is a powerful component of Emergent Elements, a family of modular tools designed to give developers the flexibility and control they need to create breakthrough gaming experiences.

"What we are demonstrating in the release of 2.3 is just the beginning of an ambitious roadmap that will keep developers ahead of the trends and always at the forefront of progressive game development," added Selzer.

The Gamebryo Element is fully optimized for development on PLAYSTATION®3, Xbox 360™, and PC, and has recently gained attention as the engine used in Bethesda Softworks' record-breaking Xbox 360™, PLAYSTATION®3 and PC title, "The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion" and on its upcoming "Fallout 3" across the same platforms. Gamebryo is also being used by EA-Mythic on its upcoming "Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning," and in use on unannounced titles in development at Buena Vista Games. Gamebryo is a mature software product that ships with 3500 pages of fully indexed, searchable documentation. To date, Gamebryo has been used in more than 200 titles ranging from massively multiplayer online games, high-end box games across multiple genres, and casual games.

About Emergent

Emergent Game Technologies provides flexible technologies and services that give developers an unmatched range of integrated capabilities for building, testing and managing games. These proven, stand-alone solutions, known as Emergent Elements, include the award-winning Gamebryo game engine used to create hit next-generation games for the "PLAYSTATION®3," Xbox 360™ and PC. Emergent Elements give developers the flexibility they need to fuel creativity while reducing risk.

Emergent is headquartered in Calabasas, Calif., and has offices in Chapel Hill, NC, Walnut Creek, Calif., Austin, Texas and London. To learn more, visit www.emergent.net.

"PLAYSTATION" is a registered trademark and "PS3" and "Cell Broadband Engine" are trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. "Xbox 360" is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.

Contact Information: Contact: Peter Evers Double Forte for Emergent Game Technologies (415) 863-4900 x206 pevers@double-forte.com

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