Ageia Technologies, Inc., a developer of hardware-accelerated physics for games, announced that Digital Jesters has signed a publisher-wide agreement with Ageia to license the Ageia physX SDK and utilize the Ageia physX processor for its next-generation games. The first of these is
Bet on Soldier: Blood Sport, a futuristic first-person shooter.
Digital Jesters developer Kylotonn used the Ageia physX SDK for all the physics-based content in
Bet on Soldier: Blood Sport. In addition, Kylotonn included advanced features specifically designed for hardware acceleration by Ageia's physX processor, which will be available on PC add-in boards by late 2005. Current and future Digital Jesters titles will also support the Ageia physX processor, including
Dogtag.
Bet on Soldier: Blood Sport is set for release in the U.K. on September 9th 2005, and in the U.S. on September 12th 2005.
Dogtag is planned for release in May 2006.
