EnvyGames and Touchdown Entertainment Sign Licensing Deal
EnvyGames, a privately held game development studio, today announced a multi-year licensing agreement with Touchdown Entertainment to use Jupiter Technology for next generation console development.
San Jose, CA (PRWEB via PR Web
Direct) March 7, 2005 -- EnvyGames, a privately held game development
studio, today announced a multi-year licensing agreement with Touchdown
Entertainment to use Jupiter Technology for next generation console development.
Jupiter Technology, which is currently available for PC and Xbox, has powered
commercially successful games, including No One Lives Forever 2 and TRON 2.0.
“We were most impressed with Jupiter’s power and flexibility on the Xbox
console”, says EnvyGames’ President, John Kanalakis. “Jupiter nicely packages
many important components along with its high quality rendering engine, allowing
our team to focus on creating great game play.”
EnvyGames performed an
exhaustive search for an appropriate middleware solution provider that targets
the Xbox game console. Their evaluation compared runtime performance, asset
integration, tool flexibility, and visual effects. Everything needed to create
visually compelling, high-performance action games.
About Touchdown
Entertainment
Based in Kirkland, Washington, Touchdown Entertainment, Inc. is
pioneering the business of technology licensing by offering multiple
cross-platform development solutions. Touchdown Entertainment currently develops
and markets Jupiter Technology and FEAR Technology to developers based in North
America, Europe and Asia. Based on some of the most highly acclaimed properties
in gaming, these systems provide a broad set of technologies and tools that
empower developers of 3D games and applications to focus on content creation
rather than technology development. For more information regarding Touchdown
Entertainment, visit the company’s web site at http://www.touchdownentertainment.com
About
EnvyGames
EnvyGames, LLC is a privately held game development studio founded
in early 2004 that produces plot-driven action/adventure titles for the Xbox
game console and is based in San Jose, CA. For more information, visit the
company’s web site at http://www.envygames.com
Contact:
John
Kanalakis
President, EnvyGames LLC
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Phone: 408-644-7682
FAX: 408-516-8406
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