Intel Buys Havok, The Physics People

Intel has purchased Havok, a group that provides physics support to video games such as BioShock, Halo 2 and Half Life 2. In MMOs, Aegia's PhysX is more popular, but the Havok engine seems to have largely conquered the console games.

Intel Corp. will buy Havok Inc., a provider of software and services used by videogame creators and movie special-effects teams, the company said Friday.

Havok will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel but keep operating its business as usual, according to an Intel press release. It will add to Intel's visual computing and graphics efforts, while continuing to develop products for all computing platforms, the company said. The acquisition will help Havok grow into new market segments, Havok CEO David O'Meara said in a prepared statement. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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