Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 9:40 pm
All I'm saying is, if I can Force Push and watch stormtroopers lose their balance and recoil, or see them stumble fall and grab on to a ledge, or cut someone in half with my lightsaber, I'll be happy.
Rockstar Chooses NaturalMotion’s euphoria Technology
By: César A. Berardini - "Cesar"
Feb. 27th, 2007 10:33 am
Rockstar Games announced today it has chosen one of technologies used in Star Wars Unleashed for "upcoming next-generation titles." The press release below also says that integration of this technology is "well advanced" and today's announcement follows "several months of close collaboration between the two companies."
For us, that means that they have been playing with NaturalMotion’s euphoria technology for a while and we know GTA IV is coming this October. Fingers crossed.
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NaturalMotion and Rockstar Games, Inc. Announce Development Partnership
Upcoming Next-generation Titles to Utilize euphoria Motion Synthesis Engine
Oxford, UK – Feb. 27, 2007 – NaturalMotion, the award-winning developer of 3D animation technology based on Dynamic Motion Synthesis (DMS), today announced a partnership with Rockstar Games, Inc., the world-renowned publishing label, to integrate NaturalMotion’s revolutionary euphoria engine into upcoming next-generation Rockstar Games titles. Rockstar’s integration of euphoria is well advanced, with today’s announcement following several months of close collaboration between the two companies.
Based on NaturalMotion’s DMS technology, euphoria uses the processing power of PLAYSTATION®3 and Xbox 360TM to simulate the human body and motor nervous system, thus creating fully interactive game characters that act differently every time. With euphoria, games move away from canned animation, towards a much richer, life-like experience that is unique to the player.
“euphoria is about giving people an interactive experience they have never seen before. We now have the processing power to simulate humans, and the possibilities for games are endless,” said Torsten Reil, CEO of NaturalMotion.
“In Rockstar, we have found a partner that shares this vision, and is renowned for creating some of the most ground-breaking and immersive games in the industry,” continues Reil. “We are thrilled and honored to work with a partner of such high caliber, and look forward to helping create amazing titles.”
Further announcements regarding specific titles will follow at a later date.
