Havok acquired by Intel

Gamedaily has the news that Intel has acquired Havok, Dublin’s videogame pride and joy (and my old employer).

“This is a great fit for Havok products, customers and employees,” added Havok CEO David O’Meara. “Intel’s scale of technology investment and customer reach enable Havok with opportunities to grow more quickly into new market segments with new products than we could have done organically. We believe the winning combination is Havok’s technology and customer know-how with Intel’s scale. I am excited to be part of this next phase of Havok’s growth.”

Could this mean we’ll be seeing a Havok-based physics card in the future? Hoo boy!

Wearing my pessimist hat, one thing that stood out for me was this sentence from Intel:

“Havok will operate its business as usual, which will allow them to continue developing products that are offered across all platforms in the industry.”

… which reminds me of how EA told everyone they would still be licensing RenderWare to other companies after they bought Criterion, and we all saw what happened there. But there are huge differences between the two situations, so I doubt Havok will suffer the same fate.

Anyway, it’s still fantastic news - congratulations guys!