Havok Licensed to Blizzard - Kotaku Comments

Havok Licensed to Blizzard

MattB — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 00:50:03 MDT

Blizzard make all their games for both Mac and Windows and usually include both in the same box. As The Commissar suggested, this is probably why they specifically mention the Mac support for Havoc since otherwise they're be going Windows only. I don't give Blizzard too much credit though, the Warcraft games pre-WoW and the Diablo games were buggy as anything on the Mac before masses of patches.

MattB

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The Commissar — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 16:11:51 MDT

Verbatim from Wiki:

The Havok Game Dynamics SDK, better known as simply Havok, is a middleware physics engine designed for computer and video games by allowing interaction between objects or other characters in real-time. By using collision detection Havok allows for more lifelike worlds and animations, such as ragdoll physics, that adds to the overall game by making these interactions appear natural.

Havok is available for the Microsoft Xbox, the Microsoft Xbox 360, the Nintendo GameCube, the Sony PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows, and Apple Mac OS X. Havok Version 1.0 was unveiled at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in 2000. Version 2.0 was launched at the GDC in 2003.

World of Starcraft? Now with ragdoll physics?

I think they're looking at a common platform for a coming game rather than a Mac-only development.

The Commissar

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navstar — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 18:20:29 MDT

Well, Havok and long said they have a Mac OS X version ready to go... but it wasn't free. Mac developer's profits are so slim that no one could afford it. (Unfortunately, Apple didn't want to pay blackmail money to get Havok on the Mac)

It looks like Blizzard flipped the bill! YAY!

navstar

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SixSider — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 17:11:35 MDT

God bless Blizzard for not ignoring us. Perhaps Starcraft: Ghost will return from the dead.

SixSider

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Spank — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 16:04:01 MDT

Ragdoll Lost Vikings.

Spank

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The Bans — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 15:23:10 MDT

Interesting I wonder for what game..

The Bans

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iameleveneight — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 15:10:39 MDT

Hey you silly Mactards just got a portable gaming system... You know that ipod game thing. Hey at least the ipod has newer game ports like Pac-Man.

iameleveneight

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gwangi — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 14:57:37 MDT

Ragdoll Diablo

gwangi

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Ryanraven — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 14:56:01 MDT

Im so buying the next mac blizzard game. but will i need to upgrade for it? who knows? hopefully not... MBP is pretty high end right now that is..

Ryanraven

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Toneman — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 14:55:24 MDT

I smell StarCraft 2 with ragdoll physics. LOL!

Toneman