DivX technology now available to PS3 game devs

Apart from letting PS3 owners play DivX movies on their consoles, DivX is extending their support of the PS3 to the game developers themselves. The company has announced that PS3 game developers can now take advantage of its video encoding technology.

So the Sony PlayStation 3 can already play DivX videos, right? DivX is taking it one step further: they’ve announced that their video encoding technology is now available to PS3 game developers.

This means that developers can now create DivX videos for their PS3 releases. “PS3 users can already use their PS3s to watch their own DivX videos,” said DivX CEO Kevin Hall, “and now theyÂ’’ll also be able to enjoy the quality of DivX in the games.”

It’ll be interesting to see how PS3 developers take advantage of DivX’s video compression and high quality video technology. DivX is also in the process of getting the PS3 certified so they can offer a better media experience to console owners in the future.