Helsinki, Finland - June 18, 2009 - Remedy Entertainment, the developer of the hit game series Max Payne, announced today that it has licensed Umbra Software's rendering optimization middleware for their highly anticipated new title Alan Wake.
"Umbra gave a significant boost in rendering performance on the Xbox360, and at the same time made our content creation faster. With Umbra's culling technology, Remedy's team can add more details to Alan Wake's world and concentrate on the cool visuals while minimizing tedious work such as adding portals," said Remedy Entertainment's Development Director Markus Mäki.
Umbra is a GPU accelerated rendering optimization middleware available for PC, Xbox360 and PS3. Umbra has two major application areas: it increases frame rate dramatically, and makes the content pipeline faster and more effective.
"It's been a pleasure working with Remedy on Alan Wake," said Marko Nurro, Umbra Software's CEO. "Remedy is one of the most innovative and technically competent studios in the world. Their games just rock, simple as that."
About Umbra Software Ltd. - Umbra Software Ltd. is the expert in 3D rendering optimization middleware for PC, Xbox360 and PS3. Umbra Software's flagship product, Umbra, increases rendering performance in 3D games and allows game developers to create rich, complex and highly dynamic game worlds previously impossible. Umbra Software solutions are currently used by multiple top notch games. For more information seewww.umbrasoftware.com.
About Remedy Entertainment - Remedy Entertainment Ltd. (http://www.remedygames.com) is a privately held developer of cinematic action games and franchises. Remedy is based in Espoo, Finland. Remedy is the developer of critically acclaimed and top-selling action franchises. "Alan Wake" and "Remedy" are registered trademarks of Remedy Entertainment Ltd.
All information contained in this news post comes directly from a press release sent out by Remedy Entertainment.
