September 10, 2008

Trinigy and PXI partner to offer NetDog MMO networking through Vision Engine

PX Interactive’s MMO networking solution to be integrated with Trinigy’s Vision Engine – “Netdog” ideally suited for multi-million user online applications

Eningen/Germany, San Francisco/USA, September 10th, 2008: Trinigy, a leading provider of 3D Game Engines with offices in Germany and Austin, TX and PX Interactive, San Francisco based makers of the Netdog MMO networking engine today announced an integration and partner agreement.

In the scope of the agreement, PX Interactive’s Netdog MMO engine will be integrated with an upcoming version of Trinigy’s Vision Engine 7 in the course of the year. Once being integrated into the Vision SDK, Netdog will offer a complete MMO networking toolset, capable of supporting millions of users to Vision customers. The fully featured network engine includes robust load balancing, object management, system monitoring, security and debugging tools, which are constructed in a flexible, modular way, so that developers can easily customize the tools to meet their needs.

"Various customers have been asking us about a massive-multiplayer-online component for their Vision based titles", explains Danie Conradie, President & CEO at Trinigy, Inc. "With PX Interactive's Netdog MMO engine we are delighted to offer them a high performance, scalable and easy-to-use MMO solution they can use together with the Vision Engine right away."

“We have been very impressed with Vision’s graphics rendering, workflow tools and especially its flexibility and ease of use“, adds Paul Manwell, Director of Business Development at PX Interactive. “We are excited to partner with Trinigy, and give Vision developers the opportunity to create highly scalable, visually-robust worlds.”

About NetDog

Netdog is a robust and flexible networking engine that includes everything you need for creating large, high performance worlds. Complete with patent-pending load balancing and load distribution tools, seamless world functionality, performance optimization tools, and an intuitive interface that is easy to learn and customizable to meet the needs of your game, Netdog build's your high performance world's quickly, and easily. For more details see http://www.pxinteractive.com

About Trinigy

Trinigy is an independent company focusing on the development of advanced 3D graphics technology with its headquarters based in Southern Germany and offices in Austin, TX (USA). In the field of 3D game engines, Trinigy is one of the world's leading companies.

The Vision Game Engine is one of the world’s most advanced technologies for professional game development and has proven its versatility and reliability in more than 80 commercial game productions all over the world. Well-known game companies like Ubisoft, Firefly, Take 2, Neowiz, Dreamcatcher and Spellbound use Vision for developing their games. These games include Real-Time Strategy titles, MMOs, Racing Games, First-Person Shooters, RPGs and Adventures, ranging from Value Games to AAA titles. The Vision Game Engine is currently available for PC, Xbox360TM, and PLAYSTATION®3; a version for Nintendo WiiTM is upcoming. More information at www.trinigy.net.