September 20th, 2007

Avalanche Studios Announces Avalanche Engine 2.0

On September 18 Avalanche studios announced its new game engine called Avalanche Engine version 2.0, specially designed for the next generation consoles which will feature advanced scalable landscapes simulation.

The engine which is capable of providing a seamless level of detail to allow huge environments and worlds to be navigated with great accuracy will be presented at the Tokyo Games Show later this year.
Until then you can see the first screenshots.

The improvements will be seen in the support for transition between different climate zones, advancements to the character system including state of the art animation, AI, facial rendering and emotional modeling that recreates human life like characteristics and behavior.

According to Christofer Sundburg, Avalanche Studios CEO, “Ultimately the engine will enable us to create games of epic scale and with great variation across genres and artistic styles for the next generation of gaming experiences. The latest screen shots speak for themselves, with detail that has never before been seen in characterization and game landscaping”.