FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Dan
Miller
Angela Edwards
Monolith Productions, Inc.
Fox Interactive
Phone: 425.739.1549
Phone: 310.369.1058
Email: miller@lith.com
Email: angelae@fox.com LithTech™
Inc. To Create Massively Multiplayer Game Operating System The
First Massively-Multiplayer LithWorld To Feature a Popular Fox Interactive
Franchise (Kirkland,
WA, February 15, 2000) LithTech Inc. today announced they have begun creation
of a licensable, multi-genre, massively-multiplayer technology which will be a
full featured extension of their proprietary LithTech
3D Game Operating System (3DGOS). The new technology, LithTech
Online, will standardize the development of immense, persistent
worlds, referred to as “LithWorlds™,” in which users can interact with
others online. Also
announced today, LithTech Inc. is proceeding with an arrangement with Fox
Interactive to provide a licensed property for LithTech’s first persistent
world. Several Fox properties
have been discussed for the world’s environment although one has not yet
been selected. “There
is no doubt that massively-multiplayer persistent online environments are a
huge and growing market. For this reason, we’re dedicated to investing $15
million into research and development of the fully licensable LithTech Online,” comments
Jason Hall, CEO for LithTech Inc. “We are very excited to be working with
Fox Interactive on the first of many future LithWorlds. Their strong entertainment properties will provide
interesting environments and characters for us to develop and work with.” LithTech
is a licensable technology for multiple platforms that functions as a
complete, full-featured, 3D game operating system which allows developers to
easily design, develop and focus on content without reinventing new technology
for each project. LithTech
Online will provide developers with a standardized set of flexible tools
designed for rapid development of unique, online universes that support
thousands of users at once. “The
issues involved in the development of large-scale, concurrent object oriented
systems is an area in which I have invested a great deal of research time,”
comments Dr. Gregory Whitten, Chief Software Architect for LithTech Inc.
“The standardization of a comprehensive and easy-to-use
technology-set for online development will open new doors and markets for the
entire industry.” About
LithTech Inc. LithTech
Inc., a subsidiary of Monolith Productions based in Kirkland, WA, is dedicated
to creating the standard in real time 3D development and networked multimedia
operating systems. Future LithTech titles, which will
be published by Fox Interactive, include Sanity
and No One Lives Forever.
For more information about LithTech,
visit www.lithtech.com. About
Fox Interactive Recognized
as an innovative industry leader, Fox Interactive, an operating unit of Fox
Filmed Entertainment, a News Corporation company, is committed to developing a
full range of bold and engaging interactive entertainment. The company creates
computer and video game software based on Fox franchises as well as new and
original properties. Fox Interactive games currently released include the 3D
platform game CROC
2, the top selling PC hit Aliens
versus Predator, The
X-Files, Die
Hard Trilogy, The
Simpsons Cartoon Studio and Virtual
Springfield, as well as the FOX Sports brand of video games.
Upcoming releases include the action-packed sequel Die
Hard Trilogy 2: Viva Las Vegas, and Aliens versus Predator Gold Edition. Check
out Fox Interactive online at http://www.foxinteractive.com. #
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