SIERRA LICENSES WILDTANGENT'S TECHNOLOGY FOR SWAT 3 WEB SITE.Sierra On-Line has engaged in a broad-ranging technology license to use WildTangent's Web Driver technology to market and promote Sierra's family of PC and console entertainment products. Sierra On-Line used WildTangent's 3ds max exporter to bring actual 3D character models, animation and sound directly to the SWAT 3 Web site. The Web Driver adds a new dimension of interactivity never seen before on the Web. SWAT 3D game characters rappel down the top of the page and visitors to the site can interact with them through simple mouse controls -- allowing the SWAT officer to fire his weapons or activate his flashlight. Visitors can also use the arrow keys Arrow keys are buttons on a computer keyboard that move the cursor in a specified direction. They are typically located at the bottom of the keyboard to the side of the numeric keypad, usually arranged in an inverted-T layout but also found in diamond shapes. to walk the SWAT officer around, reload (1) To load a program from disk into memory once again in order to run it. Reload is entirely different than reinstall. Reinstall means that you have to run the install program from a CD-ROM or floppy disk and perform the installation procedure over again. the weapons and transition to a handgun. The first incarnation of the SWAT 3 interactive Web site launched today at http://www.swat3.com. Sierra's award-winning SWAT 3 is the most authentic, tactical action PC game on the market. It immerses gamers in real world scenarios as they lead the elite LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. SWAT team though crisis situations on the streets of 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. . SWAT 3 is the first Sierra title showcasing WildTangent's technology. "We are extremely pleased to have Sierra On-Line, Inc. an established, prestigious and award-winning gaming company as a strategic customer," said Alex St. John Alex St. John, along with Craig Eisler and Eric Engstrom, created the original Microsoft DirectX specification. Alex also become something of an evangelist for the technology through magazine articles (notably boot) and interviews on the newly created web. , 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. and co-founder of WildTangent. "Starting with the SWAT 3 interactive Web site, we hope this is the first of many projects for Sierra to integrate the broad range of WildTangent's Web Driver and development tools." "Sierra sees tremendous value in WildTangent's technology to market and promote our state-of-the-art action, role-playing and strategy games," said Rod Fung, producer at Sierra On-Line. "WildTangent's technology enhances our abilities to integrate entertaining 3D content to our SWAT 3 Website." |
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