AGEIA Inks Publisher-Wide Agreement with Major Russian Publisher 1C Company; Largest Publisher in Eastern and Central Europe to Drive Support for AGEIA PhysX Processor in Region.MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- AGEIA AGEIA America Germany Egypt India America (TM) Technologies, Inc., the pioneer in hardware-accelerated physics for games, today announced that Russian publisher 1C Company has signed a publisher-wide licensing agreement for AGEIA PhysX(TM) technology. The leading publisher and distributor of computer games in Eastern and Central Europe Central Europe is the region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Eastern and Western Europe. In addition, Northern, Southern and Southeastern Europe may variously delimit or overlap into Central Europe. , 1C Company publishes and distributes titles from leading Eastern European developers, as well as titles of international publishers for the local market. 1C Company also has internal game development studios and a variety of external developers that will benefit from 1C Company's license for AGEIA PhysX technology. As a result, gamers in the Russian market will soon have access to a broad selection of physics-optimized games that support the AGEIA PhysX processor, the industry's first and only dedicated physics processing unit A Physics Processing Unit (PPU) is a dedicated microprocessor designed to handle the calculations of physics, especially in the physics engine of video games. Examples of calculations involving a PPU might include rigid body dynamics, soft body dynamics, collision detection, . 1C Company developers are currently incorporating the AGEIA PhysX SDK (Software Developer's Kit) See developer's toolkit and Windows SDK. SDK - Software Developers Kit (or "Software Development Kit"). into several new games, with the first titles supporting the AGEIA PhysX Processor scheduled to be released later this year. AGEIA PhysX Accelerator cards are available now from ASUS ASUS Arts and Science Undergraduate Society (Queen's University) ASUS Air Support Squadron (USAF) ASUS Annual Support & Update Service ASUS Administrative Support/Utilization and BFG Technologies BFG Technologies is a privately held U.S.-based supplier of premium 3D video cards based on NVIDIA graphics technology. BFG Technologies branded products are available in North America and Europe at retailers and e-tailers. Their main headquarters is in Lake Forest, Illinois. and in game PCs from Dell, Alienware, Falcon Northwest Falcon Northwest is a personal computer manufacturing company located in Medford, Oregon, USA which was founded in 1992 by its current President Kelt Reeves. The company began its existence focusing on high-end systems for CAD applications. and others. "AGEIA PhysX technology gives our development studios access to features that they could only dream about a short while ago," said Nikolay Baryshnikov, International Sales Director of 1C Company. "Our agreement with AGEIA marks a new era in games, and we hope this is only the beginning of a long and successful relationship between the two companies." "As the largest publisher in in Eastern and Central Europe, 1C Company is a valuable strategic partner in expanding our presence in this important market for games," said Kathy Schoback, vice president of content acquisition at AGEIA. "With more and more games integrating AGEIA PhysX technology, it won't be long before the AGEIA PhysX processor is standard equipment for gaming rigs in Russia." About 1C Company 1C Company specializes in distribution, publishing and development of interactive entertainment products and business software. Founded in 1991, 1C has become the leading publisher and distributor of computer games in Eastern and Central Europe. 1C Company is widely acknowledged as a game developer and has several internal studios. Internal developments of 1C include IL-2 Sturmovik, IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles, Aces Expansion Pack and Pacific Fighters Pacific Fighters is a World War II flight simulator for PCs. The game gives the player 74 flyable aircraft, including different versions of several. It was created by Maddox Games, as a Pacific War expansion of IL-2 Sturmovik . 1C Company works as a publisher and producer with over 30 independent development studios and has produced over 100 projects for PC and consoles. More information about the company is available at http://int.games.1c.ru About AGEIA AGEIA(TM) Technologies, Inc., is the pioneer of hardware-accelerated physics for PC games and has developed the world's first dedicated physics processor, the AGEIA PhysX(TM) processor. The AGEIA PhysX processor powers massive and pervasive real-time interactive worlds that for the first time obey Obey can refer to:
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