New PUNK Game Engine from Extreme AI
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sept. 14, 2004
Albuquerque, NM - Extreme AI is proud to announce the PunkTM Mobile Game Engine, its latest and most exciting innovation in the mobile video game market. Punk is the first console quality multi-platform 3D game engine available for mobile devices and is based on the Torque Game Engine from GarageGames.
Punk is an elite, fully-featured AAA game engine with award-winning multi-player network code, seamless indoor/outdoor rendering engines, state-of-the-art skeletal animation, drag and drop GUI creation, a built-in world editor and a C++-like scripting language. Punk supports cross-platform compatibility for mobile-to-mobile and mobile-to-console/PC play. It works with popular mobile platforms including Sony PSPTM, Nintendo® DSTM, Tapwave® ZodiacTM, and other OpenGL® ES-enabled devices.
Punk allows developers to rapidly create new and innovative straight-to-mobile titles. Punk contains all the features of a major PC game engine, including a client/server network architecture, advanced rendering and shading, and compatibility with the TorqueScript scripting language. The game engine's tools include support for Maya®, 3ds Max®, Milkshape plug-ins, a Quark and WorldCraft converter, integrated World Editor, GUI Editor, Terrain Editor, and Terrain Generator. Game studios using the robust toolset available through Punk can easily integrate mobile development into their latest PC or console projects.
The revolutionary Punk platform delivers a console-quality experience to gamers everywhere they choose to play. "Punk represents a major step forward in mobile gaming," said William Klein, Extreme AI founder and president. "Developers can now reproduce the console experience on handheld devices using the same high quality tools they have come to expect on console and PC projects."
Extreme AI is creating Punk in cooperation with GarageGames, the makers of Torque, to present a platform that will support both the independent and professional development communities.
About Extreme AI
Extreme AI, Inc. is a leading developer of premier software for the mobile video game market. Founded in 2003, Extreme AI is aggressively pursuing its goal to bring the console experience to handheld gaming. Extreme AI is currently developing a Tapwave® ZodiacTM version of ThinkTanks, the highly popular multiplayer tank battle from BraveTree Productions. To learn more about Extreme AI or inquire about developing with Punk, visit http://www.extremeai.com.
Contact:
Toby Fuentes
V.P. Marketing, Extreme AI
(505) 998-7290