Eat this PS3 haters! "Havok 4.5. Enjoy ALL your SPUs in FULL, PS3"

[Nismobeach]

Havok announces that its flagship middleware engine, used on many a PS3 (e.g., MotorStorm), Wii, and Xbox 360 game (not to mention PC, of course) is now at v4.5. "Havok 4.5 allows game developers to scale game content to thousands of dynamically-driven game objects and characters, harnessing the full power and speed of next generation architectures."

Now for what puts the .5 in 4.5, so to speak: Havok also revealed that this version is fully optimized for the PS3, capable of harnessing the FULL power of ALL the SPUs. "Havok architecture now scales strongly across all SPUs and runs between 5 and 10 times faster than Havok 4.0 for a typical game scene on the PS3."

If you're trying to get the vague idea of what Havok 4.0 on the PS3 looks like, we invite you to click on this backlink, to be whisked away to last year's article about Havok 4.0 at CEDEC. The highlight there was that, according to a presentation slide, Havok 4.0 on a PS3 Cell ran comparable to a triple-core PC. Now, if Havok's PR is to be believed, multiply that by 5 to 10.

Now if we only had a video, that would make our day.

PS3 updates.com blog posting
Official Havok company press release

So much for the MYTH about the PS3 never reaching its full potential.

[mainman]

I just hope Kojima pro uses Havok 4.5 for MGS4.

[NuSoardGraphite]

Originally Posted by mainman

I just hope Kojima pro uses Havok 4.5 for MGS4.

I doubt it. Konami and Kojima Team are likely to use in-house software they develop themselves.

Though with the cost of development these days, that might change. Who knows?

[JTK]

When some of these games finally come out, it's just going to make foolishness like this all the more laughable: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=5124

[Nismobeach]

Originally Posted by JTK

When some of these games finally come out, it's just going to make foolishness like this all the more laughable: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=5124

Bingo. Anyone who thinks that the ability to fully understand and utilize new technology is impossible needs to have their head examined. This just further proves how much Micro$oft and supporters are scared of the PS3.

[sfl24]

Do you know if any games are coming out with this update; could be a reason they delayed motostorm

[Guinness7]

I am pretty sure motorstorm got delyed for the purpose of fixing the online portion of the game