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I'm excited about a few of this week's game releases, as (after a bit of a lull), the holiday game season starts in earnest.You can get full lists of the games at places like GameSpot.com or Kotaku...
There are a ton of decisions to make when choosing a middleware provider. What other titles have used this middleware? Were they successful? Could I build this tech myself? Will it work with my int...
California-based game engine group Emergent has announced a trio of key updates to its flagship Gamebryo LightSpeed engine.
Information security company IPKeys has chosen Emergent's Gamebryo LightSpeed game engine and development platform to create counter-IED simulations for the United States armed forces.
Information security company IPKeys has chosen Emergent's Gamebryo LightSpeed game engine and development platform to create counter-IED simulations for the United States armed forces.
OK, this needs to be a bit ranty / rambly.I was at a great game industry networking gig last night. It was a big turnout, representing a bunch of companies, disciplines, and skill levels. And it's ...
The latest issue of Gamasutra sister publication Game Developer magazine includes a postmortem of KingsIsle Entertainment's Wizard101, written by the studio's James Nance.
(Placeholder; full post coming when I get back to a PC.)My final session of the day was "Making an XBLA Game in 6 Months: A Splosion Man Postmortem":"Coming off the award-winning PC and Xbox Live A...
AGDC kicked off in earnest with the keynote, "From Dragons and Daggers to Kart Racing, Cooking and Concerts...It's a Whole New MMO World":"In MMO development, companies can slip into habitual proce...
Heading back to the indie summit, I attended the very polished (and perhaps most important) session so far, "The Blurst of Times: How to Make a (Shader-Heavy, Physics-Based, 3D) Game in 8-Weeks":"M...
Heading back to the indie summit, I attended the very polished (and perhaps most important) session so far, "The Blurst of Times: How to Make a (Shader-Heavy, Physics-Based, 3D) Game in 8-Weeks":"M...
The final indie summit session I attended was "AGDC: Effective Marketing For Indie Game Developers":"How do you use your own website, social networking channels (from Twitterthrough IRC and beyond)...
Hidden Path Entertainment, an independent developer based in Bellevue Washington, has officially released Defense Grid: The Awakening, built on Gamebryo, on Xbox LIVE® Arcade.
Mixamo Inc. and Emergent Game Technologies announced today that users of Gamebryo((R) )LightSpeed(TM) will now have a seamless integration of character animations when using Mixamo's online service...
New lighting tech ready for game designers
[This article originally appeared at gameindustry. biz. To see the original, click here.] LONDON, U. K. and CALABASAS, Calif. – August 11, 2009 – Emergent™ Game Technologies announced today that it...
Emergent Game Technologies announced today the first update to Gamebryo LightSpeed, the cutting edge game engine development system, which now delivers online multiplayer and networking tools as a ...
Develop's guide to the best game engines continues.
THQ has signed a master licensing agreement with Emergent Game Technologies, that'll give its studios access to all of Emergent's products.
E3 is coming, and hopes to nod more toward its glory days from before the past few years -- and it may just do that.I'm looking forward to several things, and while there are lot of predictions out...
Italy-based independent studio Geniaware announced its opening and its licensing of Emergent Game Technologies' multiplatform game engine Gamebryo.
Using the Gamebryo game engine, Lucien Barrière Hotels & Casinos has created LeCroupier.com, which offers an online gambling space where visitors can play for fun or real money.
Engine developer Emergent says that Audiokinetic's Wwise audio pipeline tool will be included out of the box for licensees of its Gamebryo LightSpeed development solution.
Engine developer Emergent says that Audiokinetic's Wwise audio pipeline tool will be included out of the box for licensees of its Gamebryo LightSpeed development solution.
Making games differently – from production, to financing and distribution.
Hundreds of game developers and industry experts are gathering in Raleigh this week for the first annual Triangle Game Conference.
I attended the "Talking to Each Other: Methods for Open and Successful Communication Across Disciplines" session.Brass tacks, this is where a lot of companies absolutely crater themselves. This was...
I attended the "Engine Licensing & IP Protection" session, mostly because I should because of my job, but partly - honestly - because I wanted to.Greg Boyd was a fairly engaging speaker (especially...
One of the two comic book games to which I'm looking forward ships this week -- X-Men Origins: Wolverine.I've got a bit of a conundrum -- where should I buy the game?The GameStop pre-order, which g...
There is one thing I want -- comic book games.Actually, make that two things -- comic book games that don't suck.Wait, wait; three things -- comic book games that don't suck that I can play right n...
An industry survey on game engines specifically from a technical POV
When Emergent Game Technologies began to pursue the path of creating world class technology designed to make it easier and more efficient to build games, we knew that we had to take an approach th...
GDC is next week, we're launching a new product at Emergent, and the competitive positioning and borderline mudslinging is getting hot and heavy.A lot of the rhetoric over the next few weeks is goi...
Gamebryo engine company Emergent is working with Big Red Button Entertainment, the studio founded by Naughty Dog vets Bob Rafei and Dan Arey, on a technology collaboration.
Emergent Game Technologies is announcing LightSpeed, a real-time feedback and rapid prototyping module designed to build on its Gamebryo engine (Civilization Revolution, Warhammer Online).
Having built a successful enterprise at the heart of the video-game industry, a Calabasas software company is creating a high-tech "incubator" to help up-and-comers survive the withering recession.
The investment, led by new investors Hopewell Ventures, comes ahead of a a new product scheduled to be revealed at March's Game Developers Conference.
Investors Cite Runaway Budgets, the Liquidity Crisis and the Imminent Launch of New Technology as Creating Opportunity for Emergent
Emergent Game Technologies, the firm behind Gamebryo middleware, said Tuesday it has closed a $12.5 million funding round.
Nintendo gave their Q3 financial report to investors yesterday for their current fiscal year, which runs from last April through this March. The presentation was made by Nintendo president Satoru I...
he New Zealand based developer selected Gamebryo after a comprehensive evaluation of the technology that would best serve their launch title while also providing a path for future development.
For some time, I've been drafting a post with various directed thoughts around middleware pricing, licensing and product positioning for the vidoe game market -- both in general and relation to Gam...
Gamebryo – Emergent’s popular cross-platform development engine, used in many games such as Fallout 3 and Civilization 4 – will now give its users access to NaturalMotion’s Morpheme animation tool....
Emergent has integrated Illuminate Labs’ Beast system with the award-winning Gamebryo development platform.
While just a year into formally being in the games industry, I have reached an unlooked-for measure of success: I'm getting video game holiday cards.I got a bunch, and I particularly enjoy the comp...
I've got a new podcast up at my Emergent Game Technologies Product Management podcast / blog site.This is a "preview" podcast for Gamebryo 2.6, even though 2.6 released last month, and I'm just now...
I'm sure these have been picked up elsewhere, but I ran into a few game-related deals while holiday shopping today.First was a refurbished Microsoft Xbox 360 Wireless Controller and 20GB Hard Drive...
Ah, "Black Friday" -- that day after Thanksgiving shopping madness where people cast off their contentedness from the day before, in exchange for the chance to save a buck or two on that thing they...
The latest version of the Gamebryo engine expands its support of DirectX10 and Wii along with various middleware integrations.
Middleware provider Emergent Game Technologies has released Gamebryo 2.6, an updated version of its popular game engine.
Time-limited offer sees Aristen's effects tech for just the price of service contract
Tracing the history of its Gamebryo technology, U.S. outfit Emergent can claim to offer the longest-lived piece of game graphics middleware.
Defense Grid: The Awakening is built on Emergent’s Gamebryo engine (Oblivion, Warhammer Online, Civilization IV) and features beautiful environments, spectacular effects, and a dynamic, engaging so...
I'm stoked to say Gamebryo 2.6 -- the newest version of Emergent's multiplatform game engine -- has gone gold and is shipping. So, it's available now for making game and other 3D interactive awesom...
A couple of deals float my boat this week.First, I'm chomping at the bit for Bethesda's Fallout 3, but was kind of on the fence about paying $20 extra for the special edition. Over at Circuit City,...
I meant to post this a week ago, but you can download some free music from Fable and Fable II.Sounded like a better deal at first, what with " wonderful selection of Fable 1 music and 3 brand new t...
Industry Veteran Brings History of Getting Results and Customer Insight to Rapidly Growing Gamebryo Community
Overview:The Tokyo Game Show is in full swing, and other than putting some links over on the left to TGS tags or sections of industry sites (IGN, Joystiq, and Kotaku*), I haven't been able to write...
[This article originally appeared at Edge-online. com. To see the original, click here.] written by Kris Graft Developers that use their own proprietary engines argue that the investment is worth t...
Things like this happen on an almost minute-to-minute basis, but I'd be remiss in my job if I didn't point it out when I see it (totally recognizing I'm risking an inaccurate shill-pimping percepti...
Yesterday, Kyle Wilson (Day 1 Studios) posted a "Defining Good Middleware” opinion piece on Gamasutra.com.It is a good, direct, cogent little piece of writing better and more succinct than most of ...
So this is kind of cool.GameStop is doing "Buy 2, Get 1 Free Sale" on all used games and accessories (you can use coupon code GSB2G1 if you're ordering online).If you have an Edge Card, you get an ...
Lotta good stuff listed on this week's deals posting from CheapAssGamer.com
Emergent Game Technologies and Nvidia have stated that starting with its next release in the fall, all upcoming versions of the Gamebryo engine will come with the latter company’s physics technolog...
As part of Emergent's efforts to make a complete integrated framework of game production software and design tools for developers of any platform, the company is combining Gamebryo with PhysX.
Emergent is offering a lower-cost license for the latest version of its Gamebryo game engine to the growing casual games sector.
Emergent has announced Gamebryo Casual, a new middlware product that will make the popular engine available to casual game developers.
In the near future, the game industry has the potential to enter a time of turmoil or to embark on a creative evolution that will greatly empower games, education and industry for generations to co...
The Wall is the first title in Russia using Emergent’s Gamebryo engine.
Kevin is Largely on the content side.120 content developers registered. Will be opened to everyone soon.Opening up the API will happen "soon".Talked about getting content from "Max or Maya or Flash...
Starting today, I'll be in Austin for a week for the Austin Game Developers Conference (the conference proper starts next week).It's hopefully going to be wicked busy, but you can track me via Twit...
I'm curious to see how the Xbox 360 price drops change the retail landscape (or not), with the $199 Arcade version the cheapest now-gen console on the market. Dunno if Nintendo will follow suit, bu...
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I've been wicked busy at the video game job, so my coverage of the 2008 Games Convention in Leipzig has been ... non-existent.You can find tagged GC '08 coverage at Kotaku and IGN:Kotaku.comIGNMy t...
One of the initiatives I've pushed most recently as the Product Manager for Gamebryo at Emergent Game Technologies is making a bunch of waves in the industry:Gamebryo Casual.This is the full versio...
This is an update to my last post about a Friday (August 22) evening mixer at Dave & Buster's in Austin, TX.I won't be there, but you should be. Tell 'em I sent you.The officialness is here, but he...
Austin's got a few top-tier video game folks that have recently become available; this message is for them (and anyone else interested in a gig):Emergent Game Technologies is hiring video game prof...
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Cheap Ass Gamer has its weekly deals up, and there are a couple in particular of which to take note.On the games front, if you don't own the earned-excellence that is Call of Duty 4, you can pick i...
Emergent Game Technologies today announced that Splatterhouse, the debut of the Splatterhouse franchise on next generation consoles, is powered by Gamebryo engine.
Users of tech provider Emergent's Gamebryo engine will get free licenses for Allegorithmic's ProFX procdural texturing middleware in celebration of their integration launch, Emergent announced.
I'm off to Los Angeles for a whirlwind trip for the toy job (EGT), and likely won't be fitting in any auditions or even game developer / publisher meetings while I'm there (and likely couldn't give...
Over at the Unofficial Emergent Game Technologies Website, I've posted the first of (hopefully) many podcasts I'll be doing for EGT.My guest (Dan Amerson, Technical Director for Gamebryo) and I sho...
Get the podcast.This week's guest is Dan Amerson (Technical Director, Gamebryo), and today's topic is the newly release Gamebryo 2.5.We discuss the geometry system redesign, Floodgate, the new mesh...
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Every year, Comic-Con becomes more and more the "everything" pop culture mecca.I'm not going this year (not that last year was enough), but I will be watching for that peanut butter and chocolate m...
So what's up with Emergent Game Technologies and / or the Gamebryo game engine recently?On the Gamebryo-powered games front (at least retail), there's Space Chimps from developer REDTRIBE and publi...
I'm tired, but it's been a big day on the announcement front.You can catch my live tweeting of the Microsoft press conference.Biggest announcement was Final Fantasy XIII coming to Xbox 360. Other c...
E3 starts Monday, with the console pressers on Monday and Tuesday.I'm excited to see what shakes out, but there are a number of titles and rumors that have me pumped.On the titles front, I'm going ...
Ahead of its E3 keynote, Microsoft has made official the rumored $50 price drop for its 20Gb Xbox 360, ahead of the release of the new, replacement 60Gb version.Not only can gamers get the 20Gb ver...
Web juggernaut Google has joined Second Life and a host of competitors in the steel cage virtual world war with its own Lively service. Lively is a self-described "chat experience in which you can ...
New browser-based virtual world running on Emergent's tech
As Product Manager for 3D engine Gamebryo, it probably makes sense for me to -- at least every once in a while -- summarize what's happening on that video game front. Aside from our recent release ...
In preparation for next week, I brought back the "E3" link on the top left side of my page, and added a few of the big dogs that come to mind -- including their scheduled press conferences.On the c...
(Forgot to post this this morning.)It's Bungie Day 2008 ("the seventh day of the seventh month ..."), and there are some online and Xbox Live goodies for download -- with the Xbox Live goodies most...
I'm away from the official list, so the only Gamebryo-powered release that comes to mind for this week is Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution.The demo's available online, and is a solid console off...
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I mentioned I work for Emergent Game Technologies, the company behind the Gamebryo game engine.I'm pretty proud of our tech being foundational in somewhere around 200 titles. There are also 100 or ...
A new version of Emergent's Gamebryo engine offers improvements to the geometry system and stream processing engine.
Emergent has upgraded its Gamebryo game engine to version 2.5.
A team of University of Ulster students are set to represent Northern Ireland in the finals of an international video game development competition using Gamebryo.
Following his initial take, EA veteran and Emergent VP Gregory completes his look at rapid iteration by examining patterns that can help development teams rapidly make game changes and see them ref...
Following his initial take, EA veteran and Emergent VP Gregory completes his look at rapid iteration by examining patterns that can help development teams rapidly make game changes and see them ref...
Wwise audio tool to be offered for free with Gamebryo until end of June
Wwise audio tool to be offered for free with Gamebryo until end of June
In this analytical article, EA veteran and Emergent VP David Gregory, looks at the problems of iterating game concepts and assets quickly with a large development team, suggesting possible roadbloc...
In this analytical article, EA veteran and Emergent VP David Gregory, looks at the problems of iterating game concepts and assets quickly with a large development team, suggesting possible roadbloc...
Hoping to capitalize on the PlayStation 2's install base in the growing economy of India, development studio Aurona Technologies plans to develop a PS2 game featuring Hanuman, a key figure in India...
Hoping to capitalize on the PlayStation 2's install base in the growing economy of India, development studio Aurona Technologies plans to develop a PS2 game featuring Hanuman, a key figure in India...
Emergent Game Technologies has announced that Black Sea Studios has chosen the company's Gamebryo platform for its forthcoming cyber-fantasy RTS WorldShift, powering its co-op online gameplay with ...
Emergent Game Technologies has announced that Black Sea Studios has chosen the company's Gamebryo platform for its forthcoming cyber-fantasy RTS WorldShift, powering its co-op online gameplay with ...
PCGH talked to the developers about the engine, minimum requirements and other technical aspects of the game.
PCGH talked to the developers about the engine, minimum requirements and other technical aspects of the game.
Check out the above screenshot for mysterious Wii game Sadness.
Check out the above screenshot for mysterious Wii game Sadness.
Emergent Game Technologies announced today that the highly-anticipated psychological thriller Sadness for Wii™ is being built on the Gamebryo game development platform.
Emergent Game Technologies announced today that the highly-anticipated psychological thriller Sadness for Wii™ is being built on the Gamebryo game development platform.
The highly-anticipated Wii game, Sadness, chooses Emergent's Gamebryo.
The highly-anticipated Wii game, Sadness, chooses Emergent's Gamebryo.
Emergent Game Technologies today announced that it has signed a licensing deal with NCsoft.
Emergent Game Technologies today announced that it has signed a licensing deal with NCsoft.
IEEE ENCS members attended the Triangle International Game Developers Association (IGDA) meeting hosted by Emergent Game Technologies on January 24.
IEEE ENCS members attended the Triangle International Game Developers Association (IGDA) meeting hosted by Emergent Game Technologies on January 24.
Emergent Game Technologies have announced that more than fifty PlayStation 3 game development studios have downloaded Gamebryo since its debut on PS3 DevNet on February 17.
Emergent Game Technologies have announced that more than fifty PlayStation 3 game development studios have downloaded Gamebryo since its debut on PS3 DevNet on February 17.
Emergent Game Technologies today announced that more than 50 "PLAYSTATION®3" (PS3(TM)) game development studios have downloaded Gamebryo since its debut on "PS3(TM)" Developer Network (PS3(TM) DevN...
Emergent Game Technologies today announced that more than 50 "PLAYSTATION®3" (PS3(TM)) game development studios have downloaded Gamebryo since its debut on "PS3(TM)" Developer Network (PS3(TM) DevN...
Gamasutra recently conducted an in-depth interview with Epic's Mark Rein, spanning a variety of topics surrounding the Unreal Engine.
Gamasutra recently conducted an in-depth interview with Epic's Mark Rein, spanning a variety of topics surrounding the Unreal Engine.
Sony Online Entertainment and Emergent Technologies have announced a partnership that will let SOE use Emergent's Gamebryo technology to produce future titles for the PlayStation Store.
Sony Online Entertainment and Emergent Technologies have announced a partnership that will let SOE use Emergent's Gamebryo technology to produce future titles for the PlayStation Store.
If you're anxiously awaiting new original titles for the PlayStation Network, Sony is bringing in help to satisfy your needs.
If you're anxiously awaiting new original titles for the PlayStation Network, Sony is bringing in help to satisfy your needs.
SOE developers chose Gamebryo to produce certain future titles.
SOE developers chose Gamebryo to produce certain future titles.
The company says Chiquititas for Wii will be a third-person platformer
The company says Chiquititas for Wii will be a third-person platformer
Emergent has licensed its Gamebryo game engine to Portugese developer Biodroid
Emergent has licensed its Gamebryo game engine to Portugese developer Biodroid
SOE Building Game Show PSN Titles With Gamebryo
SOE Building Game Show PSN Titles With Gamebryo
Q&A: Emergent's Dan Amerson Opens The Floodgates
Q&A: Emergent's Dan Amerson Opens The Floodgates
Scaleform, SpeedTree Join Emergent Partner Program
Scaleform, SpeedTree Join Emergent Partner Program
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