RenderWare Being Donated
Laptop Battery Electronic Arts and Criterion Software made the annoucement this week that they would be donating a special academic version of the award-winning RenderWare software development kit to any accredited institution that would like to use the software to create graphic and game design curriculum. RenderWare, is the most widely adopted middleware solution in the interactive entertainment industry, and has over 500 games to its credit. A part of RenderWare, the RenderWare Studio has been used in development on the GameCube, Xbox, PS2, N-Gage, and PC.
Steve Seabolt, EA's Vice President said, "This gift is a shot in the arm for academic institutions that are looking to accelerate their graphic and game design programs. Academic institutions throughout the world are building programs to help students achieve their dream of a career in interactive entertainment. By providing this tool, students and teachers can get first hand experience with the game development platform used by the world's top designers and leading game companies. We're sharing one of our most important tools with the hope it will further inspire and better inform students about real world game development."
Dr. John Buchanan, EA's University Research liaison said, "This is a great opportunity for researchers who are working in real time interactive graphics since they will have access to a state of the art real time graphics engine."
In a press release, EA called the announcement a "ground-breaking move towards bolstering the scholarly study of interactive entertainment." EA further said that the gift is part of a "series of long-term investments EA is making to interactive entertainment education." Institutions interested in the academic version of RenderWare simply need to contact EA by sending letter describing their intended use of the software to renderwaredeployment@ea.com.
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