Emergent Game Technologies announced today that they have signed a deal with THQ. Under terms of the master licensing agreement, the publisher will gain access to development products like Gamebryo and Gamebryo LightSpeed. All of THQ's internal and extrenal development studios will be able to use the development solutions for PS3, Wii and Xbox 360 games.
“We were impressed by Emergent’s approach of providing a single development environment that we can use to create any title on our product schedule,” said Roy Tessler, senior vice president, production and worldwide studios, THQ. “Their technologies will allow us to reduce the time we spend in redundant recreation of core technology. Through rapid prototyping and rapid iteration, we can build better games with less risk by redirecting development resources to allow our designers to concentrate on innovating original game play.”
“THQ’s new license for Emergent’s development tech speaks to one of the main advantages of using Gamebryo and LightSpeed, which is the ability to quickly integrate game specific custom tech,” said Scott Johnson, president, Emergent. “Once developers and publishers realize they can spend their time on creating better entertainment and minimize risk by having the ability to create games in all genres and popular platforms on the same core development engine, they choose our technologies again and again.”
