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Two New Trailers Reveal Adventures Of Pixellatic Proportion

Those of you who are fans of The Sims and Army of Two [1] will be pleased to know that Rios and Salem will be making a crossover appearance in MySims SkyHeroes. Here’s a sneak peek at their adventure:

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Relic Entertainment [2] has released a new video for Dawn of War II: Retribution [3]. This new video takes a look at the Eldar Race, which was revealed for the first time during last weekend’s Games Day UK.

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Montreal’s Audiokinetic Inc. [4] has released the latest version of Wwise, its award-winning audio pipeline solution. Wwise 2010.2 introduces new features and enhancements. [4]

Among the new features included in Wwise 2010.2:

* New Wwise effects: Tremolo, Flanger, Guitar Distorsion, Meter
* Side-Chaining
* Convolution Reverb

The new Convolution Reverb is now available as an Add-on to Wwise. This new option includes a library of high quality Impulse Responses. This new Add-on is sold separately or as part of the Wwise PowerPack that also includes: Wwise, Wwise Motion, SoundSeed bundle, McDSP bundle.

“This new version offers more advanced DSP options. This is an important step forward for game developers and the audio professional community” said Simon Ashby, VP Product Strategy at Audiokinetic. “Our goal is to enable audio creators to give players the best experience possible. With a growing variety of optimized Add-ons available for Wwise, it’s simple for the audio department to articulate and realize the full potential of their artistic vision. ”

Wwise has been licensed for over 250 titles to date. Details on the new features in Wwise 2010.2 and pricing are available on Audiokinetic’s web site [4].