Premier provider of physics software to game developers, Havok has announced today that the company will offer Havok Complete - the PC version of its award-winning physics and animation software - for download completely free of charge.
Starting May, the software will be available free for non-commercial use to anyone. It combines the company’s Havok Physics engine and Havok Animation, the company’s premier character animation solution. Its technology is used in over 200 games, making it one of the most widely used physics engines.
By doing this, Havok is opening itself to the indie market where developers don’t have the big budget as their studio counterparts, but will now have the same level of technology at their disposal.
“Havok has an excellent revenue base generated by sales of our three products across multiple platforms and into multiple industries,” said David O’Meara, Managing Director at Havok. “This enables us to make an industry-changing move and opens up a much broader market for products such as Havok Behavior - and our new products Havok Cloth and Havok Destruction - that really come alive when adopted on top of our core platform, Havok Complete.”
Additionally, Havok has entered into agreements with Intel, one that will see approved game developers on the PC platform execute a commercial distribution license with Havok for free.
“Intel is very pleased to be sponsoring this direction in the PC market. This aligns well with our ongoing strategy of putting the best software tools in the hands of PC games developers,” said Renee J. James, Corporate Vice President and General Manager, Software and Solutions Group, Intel Corporation.
Big news, indeed.
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