We would like to thank the following companies for their participation at the Gamefest Expo:

EXPO PARTICIPANTS

Games Tools and Middleware Companies

Authorized Test Vendors

Microsoft Booths

Games Tools and Middleware Companies

	Agora Games www.agoragames.com Agora Games is a solutions and services provider for the video game industry, developing networking and web solutions to enable connectivity between games and the web. We specialize in developing online game communities. Agora is also a certified XLSP solution provider.
	Allegorithmic www.allegorithmic.com Allegorithmic is the first company to propose a middleware for the authoring and on-the-fly rendering of new-gen procedural textures. Based on a patented concept, ProFX and Substance allow content developers to produce textures twice as fast, with their description files being typically 500 to 2000 times smaller than regular textures.
	Aristen, Inc. www.aristen.com Aristen, Inc., is a leading developer of creativity enabling tools and middleware for the interactive entertainment software market. Aristen licenses FxStudio, a cross-platform special effects sequencing suite designed and developed to allow game developers to craft world class visual, auditory, and tactile experiences.
	Audiokinetic Inc. www.audiokinetic.com Audiokinetic provides powerful and flexible audio solutions for the video game industry. By streamlining production, our middleware allows sound designers and audio programmers to create more immersive environments. Wwise, our integrated audio pipeline solution, sets new standards in audio production. This cost-efficient middleware increases productivity and simplifies the development process.
	Autodesk - Media & Entertainment www.autodesk.com/games Autodesk tools are used to develop over 85 % of all contemporary video games. In addition to the industry’s widely accepted Autodesk® 3ds Max® and Autodesk® Maya® 3D asset creation tools, and Autodesk® Mudbox™ the premier digital sculpting technology for professional artists working in game development, Autodesk extends its legendary innovation to software and middleware tools for developers. Autodesk® HumanlK®, a powerful, runtime full-body inverse kinematics (IK) solver integrates within the game engine for dynamic, in-game character animation, and Kynapse® gives characters spatial awareness so they have the ability to understand and navigate their environment. Now your entire team can create, animate, and integrate their work into the game engine like never before. To schedule meeting at show, contact Elisabeth.Laett@autodesk.com
	BabelFlux LLC www.navpower.com BabelFlux LLC is the developer of NavPower, a leading edge AI motion planning package designed for the complex, dynamically changing worlds of today's games. NavPower provides coordinated character movement, rapid NavGraph autogeneration, full 3d pathfinding, dynamic obstacles and more, all in an easy-to-use package.
	Blade3D Blade3D.com Blade3D simplifies game development – making professional grade tools accessible to the broadest audience.  Built on top of XNA, Blade3D provides “one-click” deployment of games to both the Windows and Xbox360 platforms as well as including an integrated marketplace for game-ready assets.  Blade3D will be available via per user subscriptions ranging from $14.95/mo for hobbyists, to $29.95 for “indie” developers, to $99.95/mo for professional developers.  Blade3D is built by Digini Inc. – a Seattle area team including veterans from Microsoft, EA and Crytek.
	ByteShield, Inc. www.byteshield.net ByteShield is a PC game Usage Control Solution with no impact on honest users or developers – yet controls piracy and enables new revenue models (e.g. rental, subscription, SaaS). "A new technology that may soon be known as the holy grail of computing...that actually prevents crackers from stealing software..." Tech Closeup
	CRI Middleware, Inc. www.cri-mw.com CRI Middleware, in the game middleware businesses over ten years, has been used in over 1,300 games worldwide. With products such as: CRI Movie a cross-platform high-def movie player; CRI Audio, a cross-platform audio engine and CRI FileMajik, a cross-platform streaming filesystem and compression engine.
	DAZ 3D www.DAZ3D.com DAZ 3D is a market leader in providing world-class 3D content and software for digital artists everywhere. Makers of Victoria, the most widely supported 3D figure commercially available, DAZ 3D creates and hosts an ever-expanding library of 3D models, accessories, and tools that currently totals over 5,000 unique items.
	Digimask Ltd www.digimask.com Digimask is a fully-automated process to put the user 'in' the game. It enables the creation of any person's 3D head model from 2 photographs (front and profile). This head can then replace an in-game character and is fully articulated and so can be made to speak, emote and express.
	Emergent Game Technologies www.emergent.net Emergent has one goal: innovation in game development. Our signature product, Gamebryo, is a complete platform for creating games, simulations, and other 3D experiences. It’s cross-platform, flexible and integrates easily with other tools and applications. Gamebryo’s been proven in over 200 titles across 15 genres, with 100 more in development.
	Firelight Technologies www.fmod.org Firelight Technologies is the company behind FMOD Designer and the FMOD Ex Programmer's API, world-leading tools for the creation and playback of interactive audio. FMOD is widely used in the games industry and has gained a strong reputation for its ease of use, powerful software-mixed architecture and comprehensive cross-platform support.
	Fork Particle www.forkparticle.com Fork Particle provides advanced real-time particle system visual effects simulation software development kit and authoring solution to video games and visual simulator software developers. Our solution streamlines the effects production pipeline and enables developers to create next generation visual FX to enhance graphics quality of their products. Fork Particle Visual FX Tool & SDK is used in multi-platform video games, massive multi-player online games, virtual world social networks, and visual simulation software products.
	GarageGames www.garagegames.com GarageGames is located in Eugene, Oregon and on the web at www.garagegames.com. As the makers of Torque Game Builder, Torque Game Engine, Torque Game Engine Advanced, and Torque X, they have been providing game development tools and technology at an affordable price since 2000. The Torque Technologies line of game engines have been used since to develop hits such as Marble Blast Ultra, Fallen Empire: Legions, Penny Arcade Adventures, Screwjumper, and countless other titles on Windows, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360, and GarageGames' own InstantAction web-based gaming service.
	Havok www.havok.com Havok is the premier provider of interactive software and services for digital media creators in the games and movie industries. Products include Havok Physics, Havok Animation, Havok Behavior and our new products Havok Cloth & Havok Destruction. Stop by our booth for demos.
	Illuminate Labs www.illuminatelabs.com Illuminate Labs creates rendering and lighting technology for next-generation games. Our products, Turtle and Beast, are used in AAA titles such as Killzone 2 and Mirror's Edge. Beast allows users to add global illumination and powerful baking functionality to their internal tools, and it also includes integration with the Unreal Engine.
	NaturalMotion Inc. www.naturalmotion.com NaturalMotion is the creator of "euphoria", replacing canned animation with a full simulation of the 3D character, thus producing unprecedented interactivity and unique game moments and the advanced animation engine and powerful graphical authoring tool-chain "morpheme", giving animators unprecedented control over the look of their animations in-game.
	Neural Audio Corp. www.neuralsurround.com Neural-THX Surround is breaking sound barriers, taking next generation video game titles from 5.1 to 7.1 surround sound. When playing a Neural-THX Surround game, sound elements will be placed in the front, side and rear, enabling gamers to react to ever more accurate audio cues all around them. The result is a more interactive and immersive game-play experience.
	OC3 Entertainment www.oc3ent.com OC3 Entertainment is a middleware company dedicated to powering the video game industry with realistic talking characters. The company develops FaceFX, a facial animation and lip synchronization solution used in the Unreal Engine and favored by hundreds of triple-A game developers.
	Quazal Technologies, Inc. www.quazal.com Quazal is the leading provider of online technology for Xbox 360 and PC. Net-Z allows in-game connections for up to 32 players, while Rendez-Vous provides a flexible API for creating unique lobby features via LSP. Spark! represents a pre-made lobby service, requiring only your presentation layer to have a feature-complete lobby.
	RAD Game Tools www.radgametools.com RAD will be showing all of its middleware products. Bink supports HD video, 5.1 audio, and uses tons less CPU and memory than other codecs. Miles supports MP3, Ogg, XMA and ADPCM compression, 3D sound, DSP filtering and much more. Granny 3D provides the best exporting, animation, and compression of 3D assets and with new DAG editor.
	Replay Solutions, Inc. www.replaysolutions.com ReplayDIRECTOR™ for Gaming is built specifically for Windows and Xbox 360 platforms. The technology allows for precise and immediate reproduction of an exact sequence of program instructions. Replay has positively impacted development schedules for top titles and has delivered major increases in productivity during development and testing to many teams.
	Scaleform www.scaleform.com Scaleform Corporation is a leading provider of tools and middleware for the video game, embedded, mobile, and desktop markets. Scaleform licenses a suite of cross-platform, hardware-accelerated vector graphics engines and UI toolkits, which allow users to design, develop, and deploy a variety of interactive entertainment content across a wide range of platforms and formats.
	Softimage www.softimage.com Softimage Co., a subsidiary of Avid Technology, Inc., delivers innovative 3D animation tools to digital artists in the games, film, and television industries. Its product line includes SOFTIMAGE|XSI, the most advanced 3D software for modeling, animating and rendering; SOFTIMAGE|FACE ROBOT®, the first product for lifelike facial animation; SOFTIMAGE|CAT™, a complete character animation system plug-in; and ALIENBRAIN®, the leading asset management solution for artists.
	Spinor GmbH www.spinor.com Spinor is a leading middleware provider for next generation games. The flagship product Shark 3D has proven to deliver high quality in award-winning products all over the world. Shark 3D improves productivity for game developers significantly by its unrivaled live-editing features and customizable tool pipeline.
	Trinigy www.trinigy.net Trinigy’s cutting-edge Vision Engine is used in more than 70 commercial game titles in various genres on multiple platforms, helping licensees on three continents to bring more immersive graphics onto the screen while at the same time drastically reducing development time and effort. More information can be obtained at www.trinigy.net.
	Umbra Software www.umbra.fi Umbra Software Ltd. makes games visibility optimization middleware. Umbra Software's Umbra™ middleware is the industry standard visibility optimization solution, and the secret for the super FPS performance in many of today's hottest titles.  Umbra speeds up the production and gameplay of some of the world’s most popular and graphically demanding titles and Massively Multiplayer online games. Developed since 2000, Umbra's solution is the only commercially available general occlusion culling software.
	Vicious Cycle Software, Inc. www.viciousengine.com Vicious Engine’s Ve2 is a comprehensive solution that gives developers the power to make exciting, dynamic games for the Xbox 360.  It includes a high-end graphics engine, accurate physics and ragdoll simulation, powerful scripting, integrated asset management, and everything else required to make great games on the Xbox 360.
	Whole Tomato Software www.wholetomato.com Whole Tomato Software makes productivity-boosting developer tools including the award-winning Visual Assist X, enhancing your Visual Studio experience with improved IntelliSense, better syntax coloring, hovering class browser, code outlining, project management, refactoring (including C/C++) and more.
	xaitment GmbH www.xaitment.com A spin-off of the world renowned German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) xaitment strives to bring game characters to life by suffusing their decision-making process and team operations with realistic influences, such as basic reactions, goals, rewards, consequences and even emotions. xaitment’s modules and tools extend the life of every game by immersing the players in a world of characters who interact, learn and evolve in a realistic fashion.
Authorized Test Vendors
	Absolute Quality www.absolutequality.com Absolute Quality provides QA and functional testing for wireless, PC and console games and is one of seven Authorized Xbox Test Program (AXTP) vendors providing full testing support for Xbox 360, Xbox and Xbox LIVE. In short, Absolute Quality provides excellent support to our clients in every aspect of PC and console testing: usability, evaluation, game play, functionality, online multiplayer, compatibility, localization, pre-certification and more.
	Babel Media www.babelmedia.com Babel is the leading international provider of specialist services to the global games and interactive entertainment industries. Founded in 1999, the company offers complete production services for all platforms. Testing includes game play, evaluation, functionality, compliance, online and localization QA. Other services include translation, audio, print, art and CRM.
	Enzyme Testing Labs www.enzyme.org Enzyme Labs is a dedicated ISO 9001:2000 certified multilingual game testing company that provides multi-platform world class pre-certification, functionality, game-play, compatibility, focus groups and product evaluation, game balancing, MMOG and technical support services. We specialize in large scale linguistic and game testing projects and have over 250 full-time testers.
	iBeta Quality Assurance www.iBeta.com iBeta Quality Assurance is a nationally accredited, full service QA lab that provides independent testing for publishers and developers of interactive entertainment software. In addition to PC testing and hardware compatibility testing, iBeta is licensed to test on all next generation consoles and handhelds. All work is 100% satisfaction guaranteed.
	Testronic Laboratories www.testroniclaboratories.com A worldwide service is offered from Testronic Laboratories' facilities in the US, UK, Belgium and Poland specializing in multimedia quality assurance for all types of content on all mediums for all devices. Our sites operate to identical standards, guaranteeing the uniformity of approach essential to multinational titleholders and distributors.
	VMC Game Labs www.vmcgamelabs.com VMC Game Labs, the world’s largest independent games testing company, works with publishers and developers to bring video games to market through consulting, certification and testing solutions. Leading the industry in testing and QA, with thousands of titles across all platforms, VMC Game Labs provides secure, leading edge, global facilities for fast, reliable and scalable testing.
Microsoft Booths
	Games for Windows - LIVE www.gamesforwindows.com/en-US/Live/Pages/AboutLive.aspx With Games for Windows - LIVE, Microsoft is extending the Xbox LIVE games and entertainment network to Windows. This service brings together the most popular online console game service with the most popular games platform in the world. As a unified service with Xbox LIVE, Games for Windows - LIVE is available in every country and region supported today by Xbox LIVE.
	Xbox 360 Accessories www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/accessories/?WT.svl=nav The Xbox 360®Accessories Group develops innovative 1st party hardware accessories for the Xbox 360 platform and licenses 3rd party accessories.  Our accessories enhance the overall gaming experience and cater to all gaming genres —from action-oriented and sports-centric games to social and party games. Come try the latest portfolio of Xbox 360 accessories and see how they change the way you game.
	Xbox LIVE Arcade www.xbox.com/en-US/games/livearcadexbox360/   Xbox LIVE Arcade on Xbox 360 is the premier destination for digitally-distributed, high-definition games. Xbox LIVE Arcade is a fast-growing phenomenon. It has a diverse library of original development and classic titles from the world’s best independent and established developers and publishers. With a dynamically updated library and free trials for every title, Xbox LIVE Arcade makes it easy for every type of gamer — from casual to hard-core — to get immersed in the fun instantly. Xbox LIVE Arcade also lets friends use the Xbox LIVE online entertainment network to connect and play these incredible games from either the same room or from around the world.
	Xbox LIVE Services    www.xbox.com/en-US/live          Xbox LIVE is the premier online gaming and entertainment service in the world. It enables you to connect your Xbox 360 console to the Internet and play games online with other gamers everywhere. Whether you want casual, fast-paced arcade action, new game content, or multiplayer frag-fests, Xbox LIVE has something for everyone. The service also brings you HD movies, multiplayer matchups, game demos, Arcade favorites, TV shows, and much more.
	XNA Game Quality The XNA Game Quality Team will be on hand to provide information and demonstrations on game submissions, testing, and tools for Xbox 360, Games for Windows, and Games for Windows LIVE. Come see what Game Quality is all about!
	XNA Game Studio http://creators.xna.com XNA is composed of industry-leading software, services, resources, and communities focused on bringing game development to the masses and enabling cross platform development while shortening time to market. XNA’s suite of products give professional developers, Indie developers, enthusiasts, and students the cross-platform tools they need to develop more realistic and powerful games that take advantage of Microsoft’s ever-growing installed base.
	XNA Professional Game Platform www.xna.com Give your feedback directly to the team that brings you the XDK and the DirectX SDK.  The people who create the tools and libraries you use will be on hand to hear your suggestions and demonstrate their tools.