Newly-Signed Licensing Agreement Gives Microsoft and their Development

  Partners Access to Havok's Industry-Leading Suite of Physics Engines and

                             Streamlining Tools



    SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 6 /EMWNews/ -- Havok, the leading provider of

physics engines to the global game and movie entertainment industry, today

announced that it has signed a perpetual licensing agreement with Microsoft

Game Studios in which Havok's core Physics, Animation and Behavior

products, plus future products, will be made available to all Microsoft

internal studios and development partners worldwide. In this unique deal,

Microsoft game creators that choose to license Havok Physics will

automatically receive Havok Animation. Havok's industry-pervasive physics

engines and software tools enable video game and PC developers to speed

development time, keep costs in check, improve internal efficiencies and

reduce overall development risk.



    "Microsoft Game Studios is proud to have committed to a long term

partnership with Havok. As a leading Publisher, our mission is to deliver

the highest quality Xbox 360 & Windows gaming experience to our customers,"

says Jason Mangold, Business Manager at MGS. "There's no question that

using Havok's technology helps MGS deliver on that goal."



    Some of the highly anticipated Microsoft titles currently in

development that are using Havok products include Fable 2, Halo Wars, Banjo

Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts, plus a number of additional games. Havok has been

used in several Microsoft triple A titles including Halo 3, Halo 2, Scene

It? Lights Camera Action, and Age of Empires III. Microsoft has been

licensing Havok products since 2001.



    "Havok is committed to providing not only the premier physics software

to our customers, but also in giving them new tools, such as Havok

Behavior, that can substantially reduce the time it takes teams to develop

character behaviors, allowing game programmers to focus on developing the

best game they can," says Managing Director David O'Meara. "Microsoft has

been a valuable customer of ours for 7 years and we are excited about the

development teams having access to the entire suite of current Havok

products, plus our upcoming products Havok Cloth and Havok Destruction."



    Unveiled at GDC 2008, Havok Cloth and Havok Destruction are Havok's

latest product offerings that make physics technology available to artists,

synchronizing art and game development for more efficient game development.

Havok recently offered its core physics software -- Havok 5.5 -- for PC

non-commercial download for no charge this May, giving its Triple-A physics

technology to game developers of all sizes.

    About Havok



    Havok, an Intel company, was founded in Dublin, Ireland in 1998, and is

the premier provider of interactive software and services for digital media

creators in the games and movie industries.



    Havok works in partnership with the world's best known game developers

-- including Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft, EA, Ubisoft and Pandemic Studios.

Havok's cross-platform, professionally supported technology is available

for the Xbox360(TM), PLAYSTATION(R)3, PlayStation(R)2, PSP(TM), Wii(TM),

and the PC. Havok's combination of superior technology and dedication to

delivering for our customers every time has led to our technology being

used in more than 150 of the world's best known game titles, including

BioShock, Halo 3, MotorStorm, Stranglehold, Crackdown and Age of Empires

III.



    Havok products have been used to drive special effects in movies such

as Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix, 10,000 BC, Poseidon, The

Matrix, Troy, Kingdom of Heaven and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.



    Havok has offices in Dublin, San Francisco, San Antonio, Calcutta,

Munich, and Tokyo. For more information on Havok, visit

http://www.havok.com.