Microsoft Gets Perpetual Havok

Havok announced today that it has signed a licensing agreement with Microsoft Game Studios. Under terms of this agreement, Microsoft game creators that license Havok Physics will also receive Havok Animation. Microsoft titles that are using Havok’s Physics, Animation and Behavior technologies include Fable 2, Halo Wars and Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts.

"Microsoft Game Studios is proud to have committed to a long term partnership with Havok. As a leading Publisher, our mission is to deliver the highest quality Xbox 360 & Windows gaming experience to our customers," says Jason Mangold, Business Manager at MGS. "There’s no question that using Havok’s technology helps MGS deliver on that goal."

"Havok is committed to providing not only the premier physics software to our customers, but also in giving them new tools, such as Havok Behavior, that can substantially reduce the time it takes teams to develop character behaviors, allowing game programmers to focus on developing the best game they can," says Havok managing director David O’Meara. "Microsoft has been a valuable customer of ours for 7 years and we are excited about the development teams having access to the entire suite of current Havok products, plus our upcoming products Havok Cloth and Havok Destruction."