Jacques Gaubil
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jacques.gaubil@kynogon.com



Kynogon joins SCEI's "PLAYSTATION 3" Tools & Middleware program

Paris, France - January 25, 2006 - Kynogon announces today Kynapse support for Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.'s (SCEI) Tools & Middleware program for "PLAYSTATION 3". Game title developers for "PLAYSTATION 3" will be able to access all Kynapse functionalities and tools to empower Non Player Characters with advanced behaviors.

Pierre Pontevia, Kynogon CEO, comments: " We are proud to have joined SCEI's Tool & Middleware program for "PLAYSTATION 3". With "PLAYSTATION 3" we have fundamentally reassessed the way A.I. fits into the whole game development process, from initial game designing to final tests. Kynapse 4.0 is the result of this process and is featuring our "large scale A.I."

"Large scale A.I." is an answer to next generation title A.I. needs :
  - How to overcome existing algorithms limitations when dealing with large, detailed, terrains and huge numbers of
     Non Player Characters
  - How to produce large A.I. navigation and perception data
  - How to handle at runtime megabytes of A.I. data
  - How to empower Non Player Characters with an advanced topological perception of their environment
  - How to take advantage of "PLAYSTATION 3" architecture

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.

I am confident that, with Kynapse for "PLAYSTATION 3", we will see next generation A.I."



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, Pyro Studios, Real Time Worlds, Ascaron, Majesco, ...) as well as industry leaders (EADS, British Aerospace, ...) Kynogon is 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.

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