Red 5 Studios Licenses NaturalMotion’s Morpheme for Firefall

World’s Leading Animation Engine to Power Team-Based Action Shooter from Former Key Members of World of Warcraft and Tribes

SAN FRANCISCO and OXFORD – October 28, 2010 - NaturalMotion, the game technology company behind the euphoria engine, today announced that Red 5 Studios® has licensed Morpheme for their debut title, Firefall®. Due for release near the end of 2011, Firefall is a team-based action shooter that thrusts hundreds of players together into a lush, dynamic open world.

“The team at Red 5 Studios has one of the strongest pedigrees in the industry,” said Christian Staack, VP Worldwide Sales at NaturalMotion. “We are delighted that we could play a part in the development of Firefall with Morpheme. This is certainly one to watch out for in 2011.”

“In Firefall, we are creating a futuristic and fantastical world, but believability remains a priority,” said Mark Kern, Founder and CEO of Red 5 Studios. “If you cut corners when it comes to animation, you are betraying the vision of your game. Morpheme lets us meet our high standards of quality while maintaining a very efficient pipeline.”

Designed to give developers and animators unprecedented creative control, morpheme saves time and resources with the real-time, graphical authoring and previewing of in-game animation. Available for PlayStation®3 system, Xbox 360®, Wii™, PC and Apple® iPhone, Morpheme is licensed by the biggest developers and publishers in the games industry including Ubisoft, Disney, Codemasters, THQ, CCP, Bioware, Robomodo and many others.

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About NaturalMotion

NaturalMotion Ltd. is a leading entertainment software company with offices in Oxford (England), San Francisco (California) and Seoul (Korea). The company produces the widely-adopted animation technologies euphoria, morpheme and endorphin, used across the game and movie industries by companies such as Rockstar Games, LucasArts, Ubisoft, Disney, Codemasters, THQ, CCP, Bioware and many others. Backbreaker, the company’s first in-house game has recently been released.

About Red 5 Studios

Red 5 Studios is an online game developer located in California, founded by Mark Kern, former team lead for World of Warcraft. Red 5 Studios is dedicated to bringing together millions of gamers across the world by creating immersive worlds, intriguing stories and compelling characters. They believe that online games and persistent worlds are the future of video games.

Copyright Notifications

Euphoria, Endorphin, Morpheme, Dynamic Motion Synthesis and Backbreaker are either trademarks or registered trademarks of NaturalMotion Ltd. Firefall, Red 5 Studios and all associated logos and designs are trademarks or registered trademarks of Red 5 Studios, Inc. "PlayStation" is a registered trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Xbox, Xbox 360, and Xbox Live are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Wii is a trademark of Nintendo. Apple, the Apple logo and iPod touch are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. iPhone is a trademark of Apple Inc. App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc. All other brand names, product names, service marks or trademarks belong to their respective holders.


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