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Thursday, 17 February 2011 09:15
Acquisition Will Expand Autodesk Games Technology and Interactive Media Business
Autodesk, Inc., a leader in 3D design, engineering and entertainment software, announced today it intends to acquire Scaleform Corporation, a privately held user interface (UI) tools and middleware company, for approximately $36 million in cash. Scaleforms leading technology has been licensed in the development of at least 800 games across major hardware platforms: PCs, Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony Playstation 3 (PS3), Sony Playstation Portable (PSP), and Nintendo Wii. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and expected to close in Autodesks first quarter of fiscal 2012 (which ends on April 30, 2011).
Biennial Conference Brings Together Creative Thought Leaders for Two Days of Inspiration and Rocking Good Times
Sony Online Entertainment and Rockin’ Android have collaborated once more to bring Acceleration of Suguri X Edition (AoSXE) to the PlayStation®Network. Now available, AoSXE is the ultimate in anime-style robot-fighting and is set to a high-energy techno-trance soundtrack that is sure to get players ready for battle.
Design, visual effects and color grading pros Nice Shoes have partnered with Engine Room Edit to offer Remote Color Grading to the Boston area. Nice Shoes has set up a remote suite at Engine Room Edit, and has begun providing Boston-based clients the same color grading experience that they would receive in Nice Shoes' New York studio.
This year the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences expanded the Best Visual Effects category to five nominated films, and it was another clean sweep for films that relied on NVIDIA® technology—all Oscar nominees in this category were created by studios using NVIDIA® Quadro® professional graphics solutions.
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