THQ Signs Master Licensing Agreement With Emergent.THQ THQ Toy Headquarters THQ Territorial Headquarters THQ Tehsil Headquarters (Pakistan) THQ The Holy Quran THQ Theater Headquarters Leverages Gamebryo and Gamebryo LightSpeed to Create Their Next Generation Line-Up CALABASAS, Calif. -- Emergent[TM] Game Technologies today announced that THQ Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :THQI) has signed a master licensing agreement for the use of Emergent[TM] development products, including Gamebryo[R] and Gamebryo LightSpeed[TM]. The deal will allow THQ's internal and external developers to effectively create high-quality titles for the Xbox 360[R] video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION[R]3 computer entertainment system, Nintendo Wii[TM] video game system and PC. "We were impressed by Emergent's approach of providing a single development environment that we can use to create any title on our product schedule," said Roy Tessler, senior vice president, production and worldwide studios, THQ. "Their technologies will allow us to reduce the time we spend in redundant recreation of core technology. Through rapid prototyping Building a part one layer at a time using a method of additive fabrication such as 3D printing. Such parts are used for concept modeling to determine if the product design meets the customer's expectations. and rapid iteration, we can build better games with less risk by redirecting development resources to allow our designers to concentrate on innovating original game play." "THQ's new license for Emergent's development tech speaks to one of the main advantages of using Gamebryo and LightSpeed, which is the ability to quickly integrate game specific custom tech," said Scott Johnson Scott Johnson may refer to:
By providing core technology that is powerful and flexible enough to create titles for any game genre on multiple platforms Refers to two or more operating environments, which typically include the CPU family and operating system. For example, if versions of a program run on Windows and the Macintosh, the software is said to support multiple platforms. , Emergent plans to help THQ lower the mounting costs associated with creating high quality assets, by building tech for multiple platforms and developing title-specific technologies. Studios can use the time and money saved to improve game play, graphics and the overall quality of the title. Gamebryo and LightSpeed offer numerous competitive advantages, including their open framework that can enable studios to plug in internally and externally created tech, have prompted studios across the globe to choose Emergent's platform for more than 300 successful projects. Gamebryo provides a seamless and efficient framework coupled with the flexibility to quickly incorporate in-house and other third-party tech. The recent launch of the Gamebryo LightSpeed game development system brings studios the ability for rapid prototyping, iteration and development. THQ is one of the world's most prolific publishers with eight internal studios. The publisher is responsible for a diverse range of titles from quirky quirk n. 1. A peculiarity of behavior; an idiosyncrasy: "Every man had his own quirks and twists" Harriet Beecher Stowe. 2. de Blob  This article or section contains information about an unreleased video game.The content may change substantially as more information becomes available. [R] to real-time-strategy Company of Heroes[R] to sandbox-style action-adventure Saints Row Saints Row is an action-adventure video game published for the Xbox 360 console. It was developed by Volition and published by THQ. The game has been described as being in the same vein as in terms of story and gameplay, with the developers referring to it as an emerging [R] 2. For pricing information, please visit www.emergent.net/contactus About THQ Inc. THQ Inc. (NASDAQ:THQI) is a leading worldwide developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software. The company develops its products for all popular game systems, personal computers and wireless devices. Headquartered in Los Angeles County, California Los Angeles County is a county in California and is by far the most populous county in the United States. Figures from the U.S. Census Bureau give an estimated 2006 population of 9,948,081 residents,[1] while the California State government's population bureau lists a , THQ sells product through its global network of offices located throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe and Asia Pacific. More information about THQ and its products may be found at www.thq.com. THQ, de Blob, Company of Heroes, Saints Row and their respective logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of THQ Inc. About Emergent Emergent Game Technologies works with developers and the industry's top middleware providers to create state-of-the-art software and services needed to rapidly move from prototype to final product. These proven, stand-alone solutions include the award-winning Gamebryo software platform. Emergent helps developers fulfill their maximum creative potential by giving them the power to endlessly - and efficiently - iterate it·er·ate tr.v. it·er·at·ed, it·er·at·ing, it·er·ates To say or perform again; repeat. See Synonyms at repeat. [Latin iter development. Emergent is headquartered in Calabasas, California Calabasas is a city in Los Angeles County, California, in the western United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 23,123. The city was formally incorporated in 1991. , and has offices in Chapel Hill, NC; Austin, Texas; London; Tokyo; China and Korea. To learn more, visit www.emergent.net. About Emergent Products Emergent Game Technology's Gamebryo is used to create high-quality titles for PLAYSTATION 3 system, Xbox 360, PC and Wii. Publishers that have used Gamebryo in the past include: Disney, Google, Electronic Arts (EA), Take Two, Namco and THQ to name but a few. Gamebryo has been used as the core tech in high profile titles such as EA-Mythic's Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning and Firaxis' Civilization Revolution This article or section contains information about an unreleased video game.The content may change substantially as more information becomes available. . Gamebryo LightSpeed, the next leap forward in game development technology, offers game designers a cross-platform, cross-genre solution that has rapid prototyping, rapid iteration and real-time updates to simplify game technology creation and open the door to exciting gameplay possibilities. To date, Gamebryo has been used in more than 250 shipped games titles from downloadable casual games to first-person shooters to massively multiplayer online games “MMO” redirects here. For other uses, see MMO (disambiguation). Massively multiplayer online game (also called MMOG or simply MMO) is a computer game which is capable of supporting hundreds or thousands of players simultaneously. . Another 150 titles are currently in development. Emergent, LightSpeed, Gamebryo and related logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Emergent Game Technologies, Inc., or its affiliates in the U.S. and other countries. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners. Copyright [c] 2009 Emergent Game Technologies, Inc. Microsoft, Xbox, Xbox 360, and the Xbox logos are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation (company) Microsoft Corporation - The biggest supplier of operating systems and other software for IBM PC compatibles. Software products include MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Microsoft Access, LAN Manager, MS Client, SQL Server, Open Data Base Connectivity (ODBC), MS Mail, in the U.S. and/or other countries. "PlayStation", "PLAYSTATION" and "PS" Family logo are registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Wii and the Wii logo are trademarks of Nintendo. |
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