Simutronics Integrates Middleware and Devices with HeroEngine
(Gaithersburg, MD) Simutronics announced today the integration of major new technologies with its industry leading massively multiplayer online game (MMO) and virtual world development platform, HeroEngine. Now HeroEngine licensees have a large menu of technologies where Simutronics has already handled the technology integration.
New options for HeroEngine are AIseek#DY#s AI solution, integrated voice chat from Vivox, and Scaleform#DY#s Flash-based user interface builder. In addition, HeroEngine now offers support for the Matrox TripleHead2Go device.
"HeroEngine has evolved into a complete development platform for MMO games and virtual worlds," said David Whatley, CEO and chief visionary behind HeroEngine. "The HeroEngine plug-in architecture makes it possible to offer easy integration with best-of-breed middleware technologies to enhance the platform for HeroEngine developers."
MMO games are one of the fastest growing segments of the video games market, with billions of dollars in global revenues projected to reach ?13 billion per year by 2011 according to DFC Intelligence. Millions of people around the world come together in online MMO games such as World of Warcraft, EverQuest, and Lineage to cooperate and compete with each other in a virtual world.
"Today we offer more than a dozen pieces of third-party technologies as add-ons to HeroEngine," said Neil Harris, Simutronics executive vice president. "Most of these came by request from our licensees. We have opened HeroEngine for the many amazing technologies being developed for games and virtual worlds."
Simutronics first launched HeroEngine as a licensed development platform in 2006 after five years of development. Since that time the Simutronics team has added dozens of new features to keep it on the forefront of MMO game and virtual world development. HeroEngine is being used worldwide by teams looking for faster time to market through the HeroEngine#DY#s unique collaborative development as well as unique tools for rapid prototyping and world building and a content pipeline that is optimized for the needs of MMO development teams.
Simutronics is exhibiting HeroEngine and related technologies this week in San Francisco at the Game Developers Conference, North Hall booth 6405.
About Simutronics
Simutronics Corp. is the leading creator of advanced technology platform for developers in the multi-billion dollar global market for massively multiplayer online (MMO) games. Its HeroEngine platform provides a complete technology solution for MMO developers, which takes years off time to market by providing a streamlined creative pipeline and a complete toolset in an integrated turnkey solution. More information on HeroEngine is available at www.heroengine.com. Corporate information is online at www.play.net/corporate. Simutronics has offices in St. Charles, MO and Gaithersburg, MD.
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