Emergent Game Technologies` Sales Exceed Expectations With Worldwide Licensing Deals

Tue Jul 14, 2009 12:00am EDT
 
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Emergent's Global Footprint Accelerates With Addition of Gamebryo® LightSpeed™
CALABASAS, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
Sales of Emergent Game Technologies` Gamebryo LightSpeed powered a better than
expected half year earnings report, with a nearly 45% increase in the first half
of 2009 over earnings during the same period in 2008. Emergent made great
advances in both the North American and Asian markets, with licensing numbers
continuing to increase in the Korean territory. 

Emergent`s LightSpeed has seen a quick adoption and positive response by the
marketplace since its release only 3 months ago, with already over 200 product
evaluations for their flagship product. Develop magazine has already hailed
LightSpeed as the overall #2 videogame engine in its "The Top 10 Game Engines",
an annual two-week run down of the tech that powers the gaming industry.
Emergent designed LightSpeed with the goal of creating a flexible engine that
will continue to expand and grow with the evolving needs of studios, with the
next big evolution of LightSpeed being unveiled in August. 

The diversity of LightSpeed and Gamebryo are a key to this success. With the
global reach of games like downloadable titles from Stickmen Studios` upcoming
WiiWare title Dragon Master Spellcaster and Cyanide's recent multi-console game
Blood Bowl, to unique uses of the tech with Vizerra.com, the world`s first 3D
education portal created by 3DreamTeam, Emergent`s technologies are inspiring
gaming creativity around the world. 

This announcement follows on the heels of Emergent announcing licensing
agreements with leading industry publishers THQ and Square Enix. 

To learn more, please visit www.emergent.net. 

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 development. 

Emergent is headquartered in Calabasas, California, 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. 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. 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 © 2009 Emergent Game Technologies, Inc. 





Reverb Communications for Emergent
Tracie Snitker, 209-586-1495 ext. 104
Tracie@reverbinc.com
Casey Lynch, 209-586-1495 ext. 102
Casey@reverbinc.com

Copyright Business Wire 2009

 

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