Quazal Licensed by Sony as Middleware Provider
source: Quazal
?Montreal, Quebec (August 17th, 2005) ? Quazal, makers of the Net-Z and Rendez-Vous online multiplayer middleware technologies, is pleased to announce today that they have been approved for the Tools and Middleware program for Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.?s “PlayStation®Portable” (PSP?) handheld entertainment system, and that a version is ready for evaluation by interested “PSP?” game title developers.
With this approval, Quazal will develop and market networking middleware technologies for the powerful handheld entertainment system, much to the delight of dozens of developers and publishers who have been anxious to work with Quazal?s Net-Z in-game and Rendez-Vous lobby and matchmaking technologies for the “PSP?”.
“Handheld multiplayer gaming is full of unique opportunities and challenges, and we’re happy to have our technology meeting those challenges,” said Martin Lavoie, CTO of Quazal. “Having handheld to home console cross-platform capability adds another great dimension of multiplayer for developers to work with.”
By incorporating Quazal’s technology into their game titles, developers and publishers will open the door to novel interoperable gaming opportunities between the handheld and home console game spaces. Because of the cross-platform nature of Net-Z and Rendez-Vous, these ideas will be far easier to implement than ever before.
“We’ve got so many big plans for online gaming on the “PSP?”,” stated Rob Sandberg of Point of View Software. “We can’t wait to try out some of these ideas with Quazal’s technology, which we’re delighted to currently use on “PlayStation®2″.”
Interested parties can contact Quazal for more information and pricing, as well as an evaluation kit.?
source: Quazal
?Montreal, Quebec (August 17th, 2005) ? Quazal, makers of the Net-Z and Rendez-Vous online multiplayer middleware technologies, is pleased to announce today that they have been approved for the Tools and Middleware program for Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.?s “PlayStation®Portable” (PSP?) handheld entertainment system, and that a version is ready for evaluation by interested “PSP?” game title developers.
With this approval, Quazal will develop and market networking middleware technologies for the powerful handheld entertainment system, much to the delight of dozens of developers and publishers who have been anxious to work with Quazal?s Net-Z in-game and Rendez-Vous lobby and matchmaking technologies for the “PSP?”.
“Handheld multiplayer gaming is full of unique opportunities and challenges, and we’re happy to have our technology meeting those challenges,” said Martin Lavoie, CTO of Quazal. “Having handheld to home console cross-platform capability adds another great dimension of multiplayer for developers to work with.”
By incorporating Quazal’s technology into their game titles, developers and publishers will open the door to novel interoperable gaming opportunities between the handheld and home console game spaces. Because of the cross-platform nature of Net-Z and Rendez-Vous, these ideas will be far easier to implement than ever before.
“We’ve got so many big plans for online gaming on the “PSP?”,” stated Rob Sandberg of Point of View Software. “We can’t wait to try out some of these ideas with Quazal’s technology, which we’re delighted to currently use on “PlayStation®2″.”
Interested parties can contact Quazal for more information and pricing, as well as an evaluation kit.?