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Emergent Game Technologies and Kalydo announce strategic partnership



EMERGENT GAME TECHNOLOGIES ANNOUNCES NEW GAMEBRYO® LIGHTSPEED® ONLINE OFFERING, INCLUDING KALYDO'S LEADING WEB BROWSER SOLUTION


Calabasas, CA –September 29, 2010 – Emergent Game Technologies, the worldwide leader in 3D videogame engines, today announced new online capabilities for its Gamebryo® and Gamebryo LightSpeed® engines including Kalydo's web browser technology.

The integration with Kalydo’s browser game platform provides Gamebryo and LightSpeed users the ability to deploy their game as a 3D web browser game. Kalydo Social provides an easy way to convert downloadable online games into a browser game, removing the traditional barriers of downloading and installing associated with many PC games. In addition, Kalydo’s Compact toolset can make downloadable game files up to 50% smaller which improves conversion rates and saves on bandwidth costs.


LightSpeed Demo to Debut at GDC Online, October 6-8, 2010 to Include the Kalydo browser game solution

Kalydo will join Emergent at its booth at GDC Online in Austin, TX, October 5-8, 2010, where LightSpeed integration demonstrations and feature updates will be presented. Show attendees are invited to stop by and see the Emergent team during GDC Online (booth #600). Press interested in meeting with Emergent during the show to learn more about the company and its development products, please contact Tracie Snitker, Reverb Communications, tracie@reverbinc.com.

This news comes on the heels of the announcement between Emergent and Australian independent game developer, Krome Studios that the two companies will merge their middleware technologies and core engineering teams. Emergent Game Technologies will be the exclusive licensor of the combined companies’ work and the roadmap for this initiative will be shared with customers and partners on October 1, 2010.

For more information about Emergent Game Technologies and its development products, please visit www.emergent.net or follow us on Facebook.

About Emergent Game Technologies
Best known for its industry-leading 3D game engines, Gamebryo and Gamebryo LightSpeed, Emergent's technologies have been selected by studios around the globe to bring nearly 300 titles across more than 15 genres to market, including Game of the Year award-winning titles like Fallout 3, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, as well as critically acclaimed titles like Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, Civilization Revolution, QQ Speed, Divinity II – Ego Draconis and Bully. Emergent’s videogame technology is allowing studios to focus on innovative gameplay by enabling rapid prototyping, rapid iteration and rapid production with real-time on-target updates for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 system, Wii and PC. As part of the international development community, Emergent provides world class support and technologies evolved from deep relationships with its developer partners.

Emergent is headquartered in Calabasas, California, and has offices in Chapel Hill, NC; London; Tokyo; China and Korea. www.emergent.net.

About Kalydo
Developed by Eximion, Kalydo is a leading browser game middleware solution which enables embedding games, based on any game technology, directly into every browser and social network. Kalydo’s innovative and scalable way of deploying games takes away traditional barriers, such as the need to download and install software. Kalydo decreases distribution costs while increasing visitor-to-player conversion and revenues. Games can now be offered in a “click & play” fashion, bringing consumers a fantastic gaming experience from anywhere in the world.

Based in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, Kalydo launched their public beta in 2007 before going commercially live in 2009. For more information, please visit www.kalydo.com

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