Game Development Middleware Heavyweights Line Up Behind Emergent’s LightSpeed

Emergent’sGamebryo® LightSpeed™ revolution gained a major vote of confidence with a dozen of the game industry’s most important middleware providers declaring their support. Emergent Game Technologies is working with companies like NVIDIA, Scaleform, Audiokinetic and Speedtree on deep integrations to extend to them the rapid iteration benefits of Emergent’s ground breaking tech.

Emergent’s approach of creating cross-platform, cross-genre core technologies that fit the needs of the entire industry -- instead of merely a single title -- has always enjoyed popular support from top middleware providers. The quantum leap forward embodied by Gamebryo LightSpeed’s focus on giving designers and artists the ability to effortlessly innovate through swift iteration has attracted an enthusiastic groundswell of support.

These partner integrations go beyond just import and export functionality. The flexible and extensible design of LightSpeed allows the data driven system to be extended to all tools giving them the rapid iteration benefits of Emergent’s technology. The third party tools are being integrated directly into the pipeline. This approach creates a continuous and consistent workflow that dissolves the “walls” between first and third party middleware being used on any title.

“We are impressed with the overall workflow of LightSpeed, especially its rapid prototyping capabilities and deep integration with Scaleform’s widely adopted Flash UI and new Video middleware. The flexibility, extensibility, and support made it possible for us to take the integration beyond our initial expectations,” said Brendan Iribe, president and CEO, Scaleform. “With LightSpeed, Emergent spent time listening to our feedback and making key modifications that allowed us to deliver a truly out-of-the-box solution. As a result, game developers will benefit from a richer integrated visual development experience, which streamlines the production process and accelerates workflow.”

“Audiokinetic is dedicated to providing our customers ground breaking technology that will enable them to bring the best audio possible to their game. In order to accomplish our mission we only partner with the best technology on the market,” said Andre Nadeau, president and CEO, Audiokinetic. “Emergent’s newest product, Gamebryo LightSpeed, is not only excellent software for today, it is the foundational future for creative game development. As a partner with Emergent our solutions will be enhanced through the pluggable architecture of Toolbench and the underlining data driven framework.”

The first group of middleware providers lining-up behind LightSpeed include:

About Emergent

Emergent Game Technologies works with developers and the industry’s top middleware providers to create state-of-the-art software and services needed to rapidly move from prototype to final product. These proven, stand-alone solutions include the award-winning Gamebryo software platform. Emergent helps developers fulfill their maximum creative potential by giving them the power to endlessly – and efficiently – iterate development.

Emergent is headquartered in Calabasas, California, and has offices in Chapel Hill, NC; Austin, Texas; London; Tokyo; China and Korea. To learn more, visit www.emergent.net.

About Emergent Products

Emergent Game Technology’s Gamebryo is used to create high-quality titles for PLAYSTATION 3 system, Xbox 360, PC and Wii. Publishers that have used Gamebryo in the past include: Disney, Google, Electronic Arts (EA), Take Two, Namco and THQ to name but a few. Gamebryo has been used as the core tech in high profile titles such as EA-Mythic’s Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning and Firaxis’ Civilization Revolution. Gamebryo LightSpeed, the next leap forward in game development technology, offers game designers a cross-platform, cross-genre solution that has rapid prototyping, rapid iteration and real-time updates to simplify game technology creation and open the door to exciting gameplay possibilities.

To date, Gamebryo has been used in more than 250 shipped games titles from downloadable casual games to first-person shooters to massively multiplayer online games. Another 150 titles are currently in development.