Software giant Autodesk buys video game user Interface developer

(compiler/wendy) the world's largest two-dimensional, three-dimensional design and engineering software company for manufacturing, engineering construction industry,　　Autodesk (Autodesk), an infrastructure industry and media entertainment provider of excellence in digital design and engineering software services and solutions, announces that it will purchase a 36 million dollar cash acquisition of the leading user interface solution provider Scaleform in the video gaming industry. The tens of millions of dollars of deals have enabled Autodesk's range of products to be joined by Scaleform's Cross-platform user interface solutions Scaleform GFx, including AutoCAD, Autodesk 3ds Max, Autodesk　　Maya and other software will join Scaleform GFx, while Autodesk has 9 million users worldwide. The transaction also depends on the satisfaction of the regular transaction terms, which is expected to be completed in the first quarter of the Autodesk2012 fiscal year (as at April 30, 2011).　　The specific terms of the transaction are not disclosed. Scaleform specializes in video game user interface design, scaleform design user interface including PS3, XB360, Wii and PC and many other platforms, currently has more than 800 games in the use of Scaleform for game interface development, including: "　　StarCraft 2, "Island Crisis", "radiation", "Halo", "Dragon Age", "No God", "Ghost Fable", "Prince of Persia", "split cell" and so on. Scaleform's flagship product Scaleform GFX enables the development team to use the popular design tools Adobe Flash and Adobe Creative Suite software to quickly and easily create game user interfaces and interactive three-dimensional experiences. Scaleform GFx helps developers create movie-quality menus, game HUD, animated textures, mini games, and mobile games and apps using modern system hardware-accelerated performance.　　Scaleform now has 30 employees, Autodesk said the acquisition will expand Scaleform's business, while Scaleform employees will remain. "The acquisition of Scaleform will enhance Autodesk's ability to provide a better workflow for customers to develop immersive three-dimensional and casual gaming experiences more quickly," said Marc Stevens, vice president of the Autodesk Media Entertainment division. The Scaleform team will bring rich expertise to create highly optimized runtime solutions for PCs, consoles, and mobile devices. We anticipate that the integration of Scaleform will enable us to accelerate innovation and help further improve the game creation process for online, console, and mobile development。 "Our combined technology will not only provide a better authoring environment and runtime solutions for game developers, but will also apply to the wider interactive entertainment industry from movie to Mobile to network," said Brendan Iribe, president and CEO of Scaleform. We will eventually achieve the integration of two-and three-dimensional authoring technology, while continuing our long-term vision of providing customers with a leading real-time graphics solution commitment. "As part of this acquisition, Brendan Iribe and Scaleform chief technology officer Michael Antonov and chief operating Officer Marc Bennett will join the leadership team of the Autodesk Media Entertainment division.　　Scaleform Office will still be located in Maryland State Greenbelt. Autodesk (Autodesk) Autodesk Company is the leader in three-dimensional design, engineering and entertainment software. Customers in industries such as manufacturing, construction, construction and construction, as well as media entertainment (including companies that have been awarded the award for the best visual effects of the past 15 years Oscar (Academy Award)) use Autodesk Software to design, visualize and simulate their ideas.　　Since the 1982 AutoCAD software formally to the market, Autodesk continuously for the global market development of the most extensive advanced software portfolio, and was selected by Fortune magazine as the world's 1000 largest enterprises, and the magazine's top 100 companies are using its products and services. Scaleform Corporation profile Scaleform is a video game user interface solution provider. Scaleform GFx enables developers to take advantage of the powerful capabilities of the Adobe Flash toolset and to simplify immersive user interface elements: hardware-accelerated three-dimensional game menus, HUD, animated textures, in-game video, and mini game authoring. The artist-driven Scaleform GFx is widely used on the main platform of more than 800 games from AAA to casual gaming, and has grown into a solution that includes flash UI kits and frameworks, storage and performance analyzers, Flash video plug-ins, and IME features designed for Asian user chats 。