Geomerics secures joint devel

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Angle PLC

15 March 2010

 



For immediate release

15 March 2010

ANGLE plc ("the Company")

Geomerics secures joint development agreement with CCP and Epic Games

ANGLE plc ("ANGLE"), the international venture management company focusing on the commercialisation of technology and the development of technology-based industry, is delighted to announce that its 47% portfolio company Geomerics has entered into a joint development agreement with CCP, creator of Eve Online, to integrate Geomerics' Enlighten real-time radiosity lighting product with Epic Games' Unreal Engine 3 for use in the development of DUST 514™.

DUST 514™ is the genre-defining, console MMO First-Person Shooter set within the same universe as EVE Online, the award-winning science-fiction MMO for the PC platform.

Currently in development at CCP's Shanghai studio, DUST 514 is the first scheduled console game to combine the use of Enlighten with Unreal Engine 3 to produce fully dynamic lighting for console platforms.

Thanks to their joint work with CCP, Geomerics' cutting-edge middleware lighting technology is now fully integrated with DUST 514. The only genuine real time radiosity product for gaming, Enlighten enables artists to enhance mood and atmosphere through lighting design at minimal cost.

"Having already produced stunning real-time radiosity results with Geomerics' Enlighten technology on the PC platform, we entered into a partnership with them to integrate their technology with Unreal Engine 3. The results knocked my socks off," said Hilmar Petursson, CEO of CCP.  "Additionally, we now have rapid iteration on the lighting which is crucial to achieve the high bar we have set for Dust 514." 

"Our advanced lighting technology will help players immerse themselves in the incredible universe CCP is creating," said Gary Lewis, CEO Geomerics. "We look forward to seeing how CCP will take advantage of the integration between Unreal Engine 3 and Enlighten in this new category of videogame."

For further information:

ANGLE plc	01483 685830
Andrew Newland, Chief Executive Ian Griffiths, Finance Director
Collins Stewart Europe Limited Stewart Wallace	0207 523 8350
Scott Harris Stephen Scott, James O'Shaughnessy, Harry Dee	0207 653 0030

Notes to Editors

ANGLE plc 

Founded in 1994, ANGLE is an international venture management company focusing on the commercialisation of technology and the development of technology-based industry. ANGLE creates, develops and advises technology businesses on its own behalf and for its clients. 

ANGLE's specialist Management services business provides support on a fee-for-service basis to major clients around the world involved in incubation, IP commercialisation, SME innovation and growth and the operation of science & technology parks.

ANGLE also owns a portfolio of companies with high growth potential in the medical and technology sectors in both the UK and the US.  These have been developed whilst subsidiaries of ANGLE using its proprietary Progeny® process.  ANGLE seeks to retain a substantial shareholding in these companies with a view to ongoing returns from dividend, milestone, royalty and capital returns.   

ANGLE's venture management and technology commercialisation skills are of increasing relevance as global economies focus on regeneration, innovation and value added components to their industries.  ANGLE's technology skills in IT and software, medical and life sciences, clean tech and renewable energies are directly relevant to major growth markets of the future and are marketed as specialised Management services. 

ANGLE is quoted on AIM (AGL.L); further information can be found on www.ANGLEplc.com 

CCP

CCP is a privately held company that specializes in the creation, development and distribution of massively multiplayer online games (MMOG). Founded in 1997, CCP is recognized internationally as a pioneer in the single-server persistent universe concept of the MMOG genre. CCP is headquartered in Reykjavík, Iceland.

Unreal Engine 3

The award-winning Unreal Engine is known for cutting-edge graphics and its best-of-breed toolset. Unreal Engine 3 maintains those features in addition to multi-core processor support, Xbox 360® and PLAYSTATION®3 optimizations, massive world support, and a highly mature tool pipeline. Unreal Engine 3's consistently evolving toolset is designed to accelerate developers' productivity for PC and console games, visualization applications, training simulations, and linear animated content. Additional information on Unreal Engine can be obtained through the Unreal Technology Web site at www.unrealtechnology.com.

Epic Games

Epic Games, Inc., based in Cary, NC and established in 1991, develops cutting-edge games and cross-platform game engine technology. The company has created multiple million-selling, award-winning titles in its "Unreal" series, including "Unreal Tournament 3" for PC, PLAYSTATION®3 and Xbox 360®. Epic's "Gears of War" won over 30 Game of the Year awards, and the sales of "Gears of War" and "Gears of War 2" have eclipsed 11 million units. Epic's Unreal Engine 3 is the three-time consecutive winner of Game Developer magazine's Best Engine Front Line Award, was the 2008 Hall of Fame inductee and won Best Engine again in 2009. Unreal Engine 3 has also been recognized as the number one game engine by Develop magazine. Additional information about Epic can be obtained through the Epic Games Web site at www.epicgames.com. 

Epic, Epic Games, Gears of War, Gears of War 2, Unreal, Unreal Engine and Unreal Tournament are trademarks or registered trademarks of Epic Games, Inc. in the United States of America and elsewhere. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Geomerics

Geomerics is an innovation-led company specialising in graphics software for the games industry. It is built on a combination of advanced in-house IP, a world-class research team, and strong management experience.  The company's first product is Enlighten. Enlighten radically transforms the way that lighting is handled in computer games. Instead of pre-baking the effects of global illumination into the scene they can now be computed at run time, allowing for fully dynamic lighting. This dramatically enhances realism as well as opening up a new world of creative possibilities for designers and artists. Further information can be found on www.geomerics.com, or see us on the Intel and nVidia booths at GDC 2010.

 

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