Autodesk aquires Bitsquid

Mark Dygert

Autodesk has acquired the game engine, Bitsquid

"With the acquisition of Bitsquid, Autodesk is bringing expertise in 3D game development and proven game engine technology in house. We are significantly expanding our portfolio of game making tools, complementing our middleware and 3D animation tools: Autodesk® 3ds Max®, Autodesk® Maya®, and Autodesk® Maya LT™ software. Across Autodesk, this technology will fuel new product development in our Media & Entertainment business, and enable a new class of design animation tools."

Check out the rest of the Official Autodesk Announcement for more barely committal marketing speak.

 

Here are some samples from Bitsquid games:

HELLDRIVERS

 

Magicka: Wizard Wars

 

Frank Delise (director of game solutions at Autodesk) discusses the acquisition in a little more detail.

We're talking about it HERE.

Offical bitsquid Site

alt_sdb

one more skyrocket priced engine..

AlecMoody

So does this mean it is going to get features nobody is asking for, a yearly upgrade that makes it incompatible with older versions, and slower with each release?

CaptCanuck

Dammit, everyone already took my thoughts.

iGoogle

any subscribe's plan for releas it? ^_^

authentic

Your being kinda harsh I think. Personally im pretty impressed with Bitsquid. Ive used it and like it from an asset development standpoint. Given that it gets something of a much needed face lift, i think this acquisition makes sense and may be a good offering.

Kel-Shaded

To be fair I don't think anyone is questioning Bitsquid, just Autodesk's way of dealing with acquisitions and licenses.

Sinking

I knew it! Already at the beginning of last year when Autodesk released all their middleware I suspected that the next thing we'd see from them is their own realtime engine. It was a logical conclusion, and I think this is the first (or second) step on the way there.

The question is just who will they be challenging? I had the feeling like Autodesk is trying to get a better integration with Unreal Engine and Unity (ShaderFX materials), but they might want to crush or hinder the competition in the future.

elevn

I'm wondering what happen in the next 5 years latter.