September 29, 2004 – Montreal, Canada

For Immediate Release
Category: Interactive 3D Applications / Technology

Sarbakan choses Virtools technology for several 3d games productions

Montreal, Canada. September 29, 2004 - Virtools™, the leading provider of interactive 3D authoring tools, was chosen by Canada 's leading idea house and interactive production studio, Sarbakan, to produce several online 3D games.

“ Virtools, a recent software addition to our production toolset, has definitely helped us save on the development time of some of the online 3D titles we are currently producing for various clients, says Sarbakan CTO Stephane Menard. We have found that Virtools is a cost-efficient and powerful solution that increases productivity and meets the high quality standards that Sarbakan games are renowned for. ”

The Virtools Software Suite is particularly geared to creating and publishing specialized content such as games. Breaking away from traditional authoring environments, Virtools solutions help optimize timescales and budgets to help meet game production requirements on schedule while significantly reducing production costs and overall risks.

"Sarbakan is a very innovative studio, providing professional services in the online gaming area. They have an excellent reputation for delivering high-quality content to large gaming portals in North America, and we are thrilled they chose the Virtools Software Suite as part as their development tools, as an enabler to develop faster even higher quality 3d games" , said Virgile Delporte , VP sales Americas of Virtools Canada Inc.

About Virtools™

Virtools launched its commercial activities in 1993 with consulting and services targeting the VR sector. With the needs of this and other key markets in mind, Virtools built the company's initial software solution, Virtools Dev. As an Independent Software Vendor since Q4 1999, Virtools has become the leading provider of comprehensive software development solutions for building highly interactive 3D content.

With several thousands of users throughout the world, the Virtools Software Suite enables prototyping, development and deployment of offline and online/networked video games, along with applications in the fields of industrial simulation/virtual reality and marketing/multimedia.

Virtools clients include major game studios such as Electronic Arts, Microïds, Sony Computer Entertainment, Microsoft, Dreamcatcher, Warner Bros Online, Blue Fang Games and Ubisoft, as well as industry leaders such as Procter & Gamble, EDF, EADS, CEA, CNRS, France Telecom, Matsushita, American Department of Energy, Intel, Publicis Networks/Renault, Arte TV and L'Oréal.

Among its partners in the gaming industry, Virtools counts Microsoft, Sony, Nvidia/ATI, Discreet, Alias, Newtek, Havok and NxN.

More information at: http://www.virtools.com

About Sarbakan

Founded in 1998, Sarbakan is both an idea shop and a digital creation studio that specializes in the development and exploitation of world-class animated content such as GOOD NIGHT MR. SNOOZLEBERG, ARCANE and STEPPENWOLF.

Over the last five years, Sarbakan's original online productions have been distributed in 15 countries and generate, on an average month, more than 100,000 hours of Web gameplay.

Warner Bros, WB Kids, Viacom, Sony, CBC/La Société Radio-Canada, Groupe TF1 and The National Film Board of Canada are but some of its famous clients.

More information at: www.sarbakan.com

Press contacts

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