Pitbull Syndicate Ltd: Parlez-vous français?
British developer, Pitbull Syndicate Ltd, who have been developing games since 1996 and consequently have a hit list of triple AAA titles under their belt, would like to announce their presence at the 4th annual Game Connection 2004. It will take place on Monday 6th and Tuesday 7th of December and will be held in: L'Espace Tête d'Or Convention Center Lyon Villeurbanne FRANCE. Their booth number will be N°62.
Carol Oxford Office Manager for PitBull Syndicate said:
"Trade events such as the Game Connection are vitally important to the Pitbull Syndicate. As well as allowing an opportunity to talk to publishers directly, these events also give us the chance to see the bigger picture, to understand where the industry currently is and the direction it will take in the future"
Pitbull Syndicate will be demonstrating their in house developed proprietary k9 Game Engine. This engine's main function is to make powerful rendering, physics and AI system with a flexible and user-friendly toolset to facilitate the creation, testing and integration of game environments quickly and efficiently.
Key Features of k9:
- A sophisticate free-roaming DVD streaming technology allowing huge game environments
- A rendering engine featuring numerous handcrafted shaders and modifiers, including a sophisticated metallic paintwork shader
- A dynamics system able to cope with hundreds of active collidable objects, within the environment from simple cubes to complex systems with many components.
- An AI system designed to handle over 100 vehicles at once with behaviour patterns ranging from simple avoidance to police car 'hunt and intercept'
- Visuals for whatever....promotion
"Pitbull has been undercover for far too long, so we are keen to show the world our exciting K9 Game Engine Technology" said: Carol Oxford Office Manager for PitBull Syndicate. "The games industry has changed, and so has Pitbull: we have to become more aggressive. Instead of whispering under our breath "We did that", we will be shouting it out loud".
About Pitbull Syndicate:
The Pitbull Syndicate Ltd. was formed in December 1996 by a small group of programmers and artists with the aim of providing a high quality third-party game development service for home consoles. Specialising in racing games, the team has to date produced 'Test Drive 4', 'Test Drive 5', 'Test Drive 6' and 'Demolition Racer' for Accolade, and Test Drive (AKA TD: Overdrive) for Atari. Pitbull is currently working with a US based publisher, developing an exciting new twist on the racing game genre.
The Pitbull Syndicate is an experienced and highly professional team committed to developing 'AAA' videogames that are technologically innovative but also rewarding to play.
Contact:
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