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Eden Games applies Kynapse to "Alone in the Dark" their next generation Action-Survival game

Paris, France - January 11, 2006 - Kynogon, the leading supplier of A.I. middleware solutions, confirmed today that Kynapse is being used to develop Alone in the Dark on the next-generation Xbox 360™. Alone in the Dark launched survival gaming and set the standard within the genre. The game is being developed by Eden Games, a leading first party studio of Infogrames Entertainment.

Alone in the Dark next-generation will take place in a highly detailed, free-roaming environment, featuring a full environmental interaction.

"We had to develop an A.I. able to cope with extremely interactive worlds and gameplay", said David Nadal, Studio Manager at Eden Games. "We could not start with what we had developed previously: next generation games need next generation A.I. Kynapse provided us this next generation A.I. It was quickly and smoothly integrated in our production chain and was a significant relief for our team. We now have an A.I. solution that fits our ambition for the Alone in the Dark massive global franchise."

Kynapse 4.0 A.I. data includes both 3D mesh and graph based descriptions. Its hierarchical structure allows streaming and parallel computations. 3D pathfinding and perception algorithms have been adapted to fit this new data model. At last, the production process, including hierarchical data generation, is truly automatic, parameter driven and open for customization.

Pierre Pontevia, Kynogon CEO explains, "when I first saw the astonishing Alone in the Dark demo, I understood how ambitious the game was. Alone in the dark is again going to be a reference and we are proud at Kynogon to be part of this effort".



About Kynogon
Kynogon develops and markets A.I. software for real-time behavior simulation. Kynogon's technology is used by the world's leading game developers (Electronic Arts, Atari, Real Time Worlds, Ascaron, Majesco, ...) as well as industry leaders (EADS, British Aerospace, ...) After providing RenderWare A.I., Kynogon is now offering Kynapse, a unique A.I. engine. With Kynapse, Non Player Characters can move around in any 3D dynamic world, understand their environment, hide, communicate, cooperate, drive vehicles, etc. For more information please visit www.kynogon.com.

About Eden Games
Based in Lyon, France, Eden Games is a fully owned subsidiary of Atari and one of the leading European studios. Eden Games designs and develops games like critically acclaimed hits V-Rally, Need For Speed 5 Porsche, Kya: Dark Lineage, Titeuf and Test Drive Unlimited. For more information please visit www.edengames.com

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