October 17th, 2006 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »
IdeaWorks announced version 3.0 of their SDK called Airplay. Airplay is a toolkit that helps developers to create high performance mobile 3D games for mobile phones. Also the middleware will take care of problems related to handset fragmentation to enable cheap porting and deployment.
"Ideaworks3D has long been known for its mastery of 3D and connected game development, delivering to market some of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful franchises in the industry," said AlexCaccia, CEO, Ideaworks3D. "Now, our Labs team is bringing to market the tool sand middleware that will help scale the market opportunity for both developers and publishers, and ultimately deliver better games to a broader consumer base."
The whole SDK consists of three parts. Starting off with the Airplay Studio, it brings you the key development tools needed for building your games. Airplay System holds a platform optimized execution environment. And last but not least, the Airplay Online module which is an SDK for connected and multiplayer gaming.
Airplay 3.0 is expected to be ready for commercial licensing along Q1 2007.
