Alias to Join the Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.'s Tools & Middleware Program for "PLAYSTATION'R'3".

LOS ANGELES -- E3

Maya, Alias MotionBuilder and Alias|HumanIK middleware to support development of "PLAYSTATION(R)3" games titles

Alias announced today its intention to join the Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.'s Tools and Middleware Program for "PLAYSTATION(R)3" when it launches. This will enable Alias to tailor the roadmap for software products such as Maya(R), Alias MotionBuilder(R) and Alias|HumanIK(R) middleware to the needs of developers working on SCEI's "PLAYSTATION(R)3". These three Alias products are development musts for the leading current-generation console titles.

"Alias continues to deliver technology solutions that meet the demands of game title development," said Geoff Foulds, global industry manager for games at Alias. "In the future, game software will require more and better quality graphics than ever dreamed of. With its decades-long history of providing award-winning software to the film and game development industries, Alias is delivering innovative, production-proven technology and service solutions that developers need."

About Alias' Games Solutions

Maximizing productivity is a defining requirement of game pipelines, and 3D tool extensibility is a key factor in achieving this. The Maya patented Dependency Graph and integrated API and scripting language make it the most extensible 3D package available. And because these features are combined with the foremost tools for 3D modeling, animation and rendering within a single, production-proven workflow, Maya software has risen to become the number one choice of top-rated game development facilities.

Alias MotionBuilder is the world's leading 3D character performance and animation system. An award-winning package, MotionBuilder gives game title developers an advanced real-time architecture, intelligent character controls, and revolutionary Story Timeline performance environment within an intuitive animation workflow. The software natively supports FBX(R): a free, platform-independent, 3D authoring and interchange format from Alias that enables MotionBuilder to work seamlessly with other 3D software packages. MotionBuilder is highly extensible through its OpenReality SDK and Python scripting capabilities.

Alias|HumanIK middleware is a licensed development library that allows game title developers to integrate an intelligent full-body, or by-body-part, character IK system that can be used within a runtime game engine in order to process biped and quadruped character animation. The software provides developers with flexible character definition templates and animation reusability -- resulting in improved character animation quality and increased productivity.

Alias offers services for game developers ranging from self-paced, online learning materials and custom training for artists and programmers, to custom engineering of Alias tools and the extension and refinement of development pipelines according to customers' unique production needs.

Game Title Development for "PlayStation(R)2" and "PSP(TM)" Relies on Alias Software

Maya, Alias MotionBuilder and Alias|HumanIK software are the development tools of choice for such award-winning and best selling "PlayStation(R)2" and "PSP(TM)" titles as MVP Baseball 2005 (EAC), Tekken(TM) 5 (Namco), and Untold Legends(TM): Brotherhood of the Blade(TM) (SoE). Alias looks forward to supporting game title developers of "PLAYSTATION(R)3" titles in the future.

About Alias

As the world's leading innovator of 3D graphics technology, Alias develops software for the film and video, games, web, interactive media, industrial design, automotive, architecture and visualization markets. Alias has headquarters in Toronto and a custom development center in Santa Barbara with offices worldwide. Please visit the Alias web site at http://www.alias.com or call 1-800-447-2542 in North America. International contact numbers include: Northern Europe, Middle East and Africa, [phone]; Germany, East & Southeast Europe, 0049 89 31 70 20; France, Spain and Portugal, [phone]; Italy, 39 039 6340011; Japan and other parts of Asia Pacific, 81 3 5797 3500 and Latin America, 770 393 1881.

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