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Crazy House Supports AGEIA PhysX Processor in TANK KILLER; Crazy House to Localize Game in Several Languages, Further Expanding Market for AGEIA PhysX Accelerator Cards.


LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850.  & MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- AGEIA AGEIA America Germany Egypt India America (TM) Technologies, Inc., the pioneer in hardware-accelerated physics for games, announced today at E3 that Ukrainian developer and localization Customizing software and documentation for a particular country. It includes the translation of menus and messages into the native spoken language as well as changes in the user interface to accommodate different alphabets and culture. See internationalization and l10n.  specialist Crazy House will support the AGEIA PhysX(TM) processor in its August 2006 action game TANK KILLER. Crazy House developers chose AGEIA PhysX technology for its unparalleled particle system
This article is about 3D computer graphics. For the computer game developer, see Particle Systems Ltd.


The term particle system refers to a computer graphics technique to simulate certain fuzzy phenomena, which are otherwise very hard to reproduce
, which enables awe-inspiring explosions, smoke and collateral damage collateral damage Surgery A popular term for any undesired but unavoidable co-morbidity associated with a therapy–eg, chemotherapy-induced CD to the BM and GI tract as a side effect of destroying tumor cells . TANK KILLER gamers whose PC gaming rigs are equipped with AGEIA PhysX Accelerator cards will experience totally destructible de·struc·ti·ble  
adj.
Breakable or easily destroyed: destructible glassware.



de·struc
 vehicles and environments, with realistic action that immerses the gamer into the heat of battle.

TANK KILLER is based on real historical events of WWII WWII
abbr.
World War II


WWII World War Two
, as seen through the eyes of three tank commanders (Allied, German, and Soviet) on different fronts (Africa, Russia, and Europe). The realism of the tank driving experience will be greatly enhanced by the real-time physics capabilities of the AGEIA PhysX processor.

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 and in game PCs from Dell, Alienware and Falcon Northwest.

"AGEIA PhysX technology is perfect for TANK KILLER, especially with our simulation mode option with advanced vehicle control," said Yuriy Likhota, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of Crazy House. "By integrating PhysX technology into TANK KILLER, we can offer incredibly realistic battle scenes with unprecedented levels of player interaction."

"Crazy House is taking out the big guns in TANK KILLER using the unrivalled physics capabilities of AGEIA PhysX technology," said Kathy Schoback, vice president of content acquisition at AGEIA. "With TANK KILLER localized into many different languages, a variety of new markets will experience the power of AGEIA PhysX Accelerator cards for the first time."

About Crazy House

Based in Ukraine, Crazy House specializes in the development and localization of PC games. Formed in 2002 Crazy House already released four successful titles (the most outstanding of them is a tank simulation 'T-72: Balkans on Fire') and now is working on several new ones. The company is constantly enlarging its territories and has a goal to become well-known game developer all over the world. For more information visit www.crazyhouse.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 the laws of classical physics. AGEIA provides a world-class cross platform software development kit to simplify advanced physics programming for the PhysX processor, as well next-generation gaming consoles. AGEIA is changing the face of gaming by working with more than sixty leading developers and publishers to deliver the next generation of physically immersive entertainment. The company, headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., is privately-held. For more information visit www.ageia.com.

AGEIA and PhysX are trademarks of AGEIA Technologies, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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