Blizzard Entertainment licensed Havok 4.0

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Well, blizzard has licensed the Havok 4.0 engine for future games, its up to you to figure out what this will be used on. What is Havok 4.0?

With Havok 4.0, game developers can select from a modular suite of technologies and tools spanning game-play physics, character animation, behaviors and special effects, optimized for the widest range of platforms, including Sony Computer Entertainment Inc (SCEI) much-anticipated “PLAYSTATION®3” computer entertainment system, Microsoft’s 64bit Windows operating system, and now Apple Mac.

Starcraft 2? special physics for a RTS possible? Huge massive battles, using different terrains and so on? Coule be possible.

Diablo 3? I could see character animation and special effects being put to good use.

Another title? OR could blizzard be working on Starcraft Ghost again, or another FPS? One thing that could be excited is the cross plateform ability, possibly a blizzard game on every major system?

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Posted Sep 15, 2006
mmm.... i want to believe that it is for d3 but i dont know maybe they will try making another FPS...

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Posted Sep 16, 2006
It would be a smart move to apply this engine to all their future games, sc2, d3, etc. So whatever comes out of blizzard, will probably have top of the line graphics.

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Posted Sep 16, 2006
yeah maybe yoy're right... well we just have to wait...

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Posted Sep 16, 2006
http://gamegreen.blogspot.com/2006/09/havok-40-demo.html SICK

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Posted Sep 16, 2006
mmm... SICK!... what the hell was the first part? lol... it was funny and crazy...

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Posted Sep 16, 2006
Hmmmm. I really hope they use it on D3!

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Posted Sep 16, 2006
now put a barbarian whirlwinding in the middle

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Posted Sep 16, 2006
The entire time I watched the trash fly around that guy, I thought of the Druid's hurricane spell

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Posted Sep 16, 2006
ya lol... it was made for diablo

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Posted Sep 16, 2006
lol... lets hope they use it in d3...

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Posted Sep 16, 2006
One word
"Armaggeddon"

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Posted Sep 17, 2006
Ice Armor? Whirlwind? Hurricane? Damage auras?

Oh the possibilities!

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Posted Sep 17, 2006
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plz blizzard use it for d3 lol

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Posted Sep 17, 2006
That would be sweet to watch a skeleton die and just fall to pieces!

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Posted Sep 17, 2006
Summoning a skeleton out of a dead body would be quite a sight

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Posted Sep 17, 2006
There are just too many possibilities!

- Spells - manipulating the landscapes and objects, or as seen in the video, swirling around you. Telekinesis to control objects. Also notice the part with the molten boulders falling down the hill. Havok 4.0 Meteor anyone?

- Characters - skeletons falling to pieces, ragdoll physics on character, walking through smoke, trudging through bones, rocks, items, and gold

- Structures - destroy fortifications with heavy spells

- Landscape - running/swimming in water, ground explodes from certain skills and attacks, wind blows lighter objects around (Wind blowing ash and embers in Hell)

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haha that video is crazy that would be awesome if D3 looked like that but it would probley give me a headache

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i freaking hope they use it

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damn that was sweet. notice the guy kicking the trash around. it seemed a bit like the way chars in diablo are displayed. only move the camera so that you look down on him more and perfect!! this is freaking sweet. cant wait for what they use it for.

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Posted Sep 20, 2006
yeah, but the guy wanted to spread the trash around. He should have the option of picking the trash up and putting it in a garbage not just kicking it around and letting it swirl around him. , see thats why i loved half-life so much
+ i really enjoyed watching the buildings fall down. like acid reign said it would be sweet to be able to destroy buildings/fortifications.

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