Fathammer Announces X-Forge 2.0; Improved Tools Make Mobile Game Development Better, Faster, Easier.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 25, 2004 Fathammer, a leading developer of content and game development tools for advanced mobile devices, announced today the immediate availability of X-Forge 2.0. X-Forge is the premier mobile game development toolkit An integrated set of software routines or utilities (tools) that are used to develop and maintain applications and databases. There are toolkits for developing almost anything. See tool, developer's toolkit, library, class library and CASE. used globally by over a hundred professional game developers and publishers. This latest version represents a significant upgrade in features and performance on current and future advanced mobile devices. "Fathammer is proud to deliver another amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. product to mobile game producers," said Matti Airas, 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. , Fathammer. "X-Forge 2.0 offers a significant leap in capabilities, enabling better gameplay
Gameplay includes all player experiences during the interaction with game systems, especially formal games. Proper use is coupled with reference to "what the player does". , faster production cycles and easier development. We look forward to seeing the innovative games our customers create with X-Forge." The X-Forge Game Development Toolkit is a comprehensive suite of tools and APIs used to create cross-platform (software, hardware) cross-platform - A term that describes a language, software application or hardware device that works on more than one system platform (e.g. Unix, Microsoft Windows, Macintosh). E.g. Netscape Navigator, Java. mobile games. With over 100 licensees worldwide, Fathammer delivers a complete development solution to professional game developers and publishers. X-Forge Powered games have led the industry with key launch titles for the Nokia N-Gage, Tapwave Zodiac The Tapwave Zodiac is a Palm OS 5-based PDA created by the US company Tapwave, and the first Palm-based device developed with gaming and multimedia as primary considerations. and many upcoming mobile game devices including Gametrac. X-Forge developers save development cost through shorter development schedules and proven tools, while maintaining industry leading features and performance for their games. X-Forge 2.0 boasts many compelling features, including --
-- Hardware 3D acceleration through X-Forge's OpenGL ES and other
standards
-- Support of any genre of 2D and 3D games, while optimized for
popular genres
-- Develop once on desktop windows - deploy easily to multiple
mobile platforms
-- Designed for mobile devices - limited memory, processing power
and controls
-- Supports multiple operating systems
-- Symbian Series 60 and UIQ
-- Windows Mobile (Pocket PC, Smartphone) and Windows CE.NET
-- PalmOS 5.2 (Tapwave Zodiac) and 6.0
-- Mobile Linux
-- Professional and timely developer support
-- Networking with Bluetooth, WiFi, GPRS and 3G - even cross
platform
-- Highly integrated with 3ds max and other popular content
creation tools
-- Comprehensive documentation and examples
"Ninai Games is very impressed im·press 1 tr.v. im·pressed, im·press·ing, im·press·es 1. To affect strongly, often favorably: with the ease of use and performance of X-Forge 2.0," said Mikko Miettinen, CEO. "We enhanced our mobile game Super Drop Mania Drop Mania is a falling-block puzzle video game, developed by Ninai Games (as Detonium Interactive) and published by Suomen Kotijaatelo Oy in 1999 for Windows[1]. with cool 3D effects while also coming to market faster on more devices. X-Forge development is really easy." Pricing and availability for X-Forge 2.0 can be obtained by professional game developers by contacting info@fathammer.com. Custom OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and solutions and support programs are available to device manufacturers and operators through sales@fathammer.com. Investors can request more information from investors@fathammer.com. About Fathammer Fathammer is a pioneering leader in Advanced Mobile Gaming, providing high quality 3D games and development tools for mobile platforms. Fathammer provides its industry leading X-Forge 3D Game Development Toolkit and Developer Program services to game publishers and developers as well as mobile device manufacturers and wireless operators. X-Forge Powered games bring console quality 3D gaming to a wide range of mobile devices. Fathammer has offices in San Jose (CA), Helsinki (Finland) and Seoul (Korea). The company is privately owned and currently employs 40 people. More information can be found at www.fathammer.com. NOTE TO EDITORS: Additional information including screenshots, video footage, logos and interviews are available by contacting pr@fathammer.com |
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