Trading name Havok Industry Software Products Havok
Vision | Type Subsidiary Area served Worldwide Parent organization Microsoft Corporation | |
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Owner Independent (1998-2007)
Intel (2007-2015)
Microsoft (2015-present) Founded 1998, Dublin, Republic of Ireland Headquarters Dublin, Republic of Ireland Founders Steven Collins, Hugh Reynolds | ||
Havok (legally Telekinesys Research) is an Irish software company founded in 1998 by Hugh Reynolds and Steven Collins, based in Dublin, Ireland and owned by Microsoft.They have partnership with Activision, Electronic Arts, Nintendo, Microsoft, Sony, Bethesda Softworks and Ubisoft.
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Its cross-platform technology is available for PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Portable, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Wii, Wii U, GameCube, and PCs. Havok’s technology has been used in more than 150 game titles, including Half-Life 2, Halo 2, Tony Hawk's Project 8, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Age of Empires III, Vanquish, Lost Planet 2, Fallout 3 and Super Smash Bros. Brawl.Havok products have also been used to drive special effects in movies such as Poseidon, The Matrix, Troy, Kingdom of Heaven and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Havok provides the dynamics driving for Autodesk 3ds Max.
Intel announced the acquisition of Havok in a press release on September 14, 2007. On October 2, 2015 Intel sold Havok to Microsoft for an undisclosed amount.
History
Havok was founded in 1998 by Hugh Reynolds and Steven Collins of the computer science department in Trinity College, Dublin. Research and Development is carried out in Dublin, Germany, San Francisco and India.