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| Emergent Game Technologies at Austin Games Conference Emergent Game Technologies unveiled details of its strategy at the Austin Games Conference (AGC) in the lead-up to a full-scale product announcement in March 2006. Emergent also announced that it has shipped version 2.1 of Gamebryo, its highly flexible 3D graphics engine & toolkit. The new version features Xbox 360 final platform support and adds a visual performance tool, a reduced memory footprint, a memory allocation system and support for Max 8 and Maya 7. A Playstation 3 version of the engine is currently in development. Emergent now offers Gamebryo as a result of its recent merger with the company that created it, NDL. Gamebryo has been trusted by developers to create instant classics such as Sid Meier's Pirates!, the Dark Age of Camelot series, Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (an Xbox 360 title), and Freedom Force. Gamebryo was also used to make Sid Meier's Civilization IV, the long-awaited sequel to 1990's landmark Civilization. To celebrate the game's October 25 release, Emergent is offering AGC participants a chance to win copies of the game signed by Sid Meier himself. write your comments about the article :: © 2005 Game News :: home page |