Microsoft unleashes Havok

Physics everywhere

MICROSOFT HAS signed a licensing deal with the graphics physics folk Havok.

The deal makes the Havok's core Physics, Animation and Behaviour products available to Microsoft internal studios and all its development partners worldwide.

Microsoft game developers will receive Havok Animation, Havok's physics engines and software tools.

Some Microsoft titles currently in development that use Havok tools include Fable 2, Halo Wars and Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts.

Microsoft has been licensing Havok products since 2001 and the engine has already been used in several Microsoft titles including Halo 3, Halo 2, and Age of Empires III.