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onClipEvent(load){ researchtext = "RESEARCH COMMUNITY CITES MIDDLEWARE AS CRITICAL FOR GAME INDUSTRY'S ONGOING SUCCESS Two new independent research reports highlight the importance of middleware March 4th, 2003 - In a new piece of research released today, M2 Research, leading authority on digital content delivery in the entertainment sector, reports figures showing the games middleware sector set for dramatic growth as the industry makes moves to consolidate its commercial business model, and get to grips with the ongoing complexity of PC and console game development. A major part of the industry's strategy is to favor the adoption of middleware solutions.This new report forecasting the percentage of all games using middleware to rise to 65% of all games by 2007, echoes a study carried out by Acacia Research Group, who forecast a rise from 17% of games currently using middleware to as much as 75% in the next few years. Acacia figures also forecast the middleware sector growing at a CAGR of 28.1% over the next 5 years. The M2 report, commissioned by Criterion Software{invalid_utf8=174}, the world's leading provider of game development solutions, carried out across the global developer and publisher communities also highlights a steady rise in the overall expenditure on middleware tools and technologies with developers allocating a higher proportion of their overall development budget on middleware - currently developers are setting aside between 6% and 20% of total spend. Amongst the key reasons cited for the uptake of middleware was the increasing complexity of console development, addressing the mounting cost of developing games, and the need to focus more resources on unique and innovative content and gameplay rather than technology. Specific middleware benefits expected were the ability to speed up ramp-up times, to shorten pre-production times, better management of multi-platform development, as well as reducing bottlenecks within the development cycle.Already acknowledged as the world's leading provider of middleware tools and technologies, Criterion Software's RenderWare technology was reported to hold a 74% share of the existing middleware market.Wanda Meloni, President of M2 Research says, "Our findings indicate there is a heightened interest in middleware technology within the gaming community. Publishers and developers alike are also looking beyond the current generation of consoles. They realize these tools can be effectively incorporated into their development strategy and help bridge platform transition."David Lau-Kee, CEO Criterion Software says, "We have experienced an enormous surge of interest in RenderWare over the past year. This supports the report's key findings in terms of middleware becoming the pivotal factor to help the industry solve the large majority of the development issues that currently exist. Middleware solutions such as RenderWare have an enormous potential to directly enhance the quality and creativity of games delivered to the market and to stabilize the commercial performance of the industry as a whole, in what are increasingly challenging times." MORE DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE TO MEDIA ON REQUEST, PLEASE CONTACT:EuropeNicola KirbyCriterion Software+44 (0) 1483 406 296<a href=\"mailto:nkirby@csl.com\">nkirby@csl.com</a>USChad BarronCriterion Software512 478 5605<a href=\"mailto:cbarron@csl.com\">cbarron@csl.com</a>About Criterion Software/RenderWareCriterion Software{invalid_utf8=174} is the world-leading provider of middleware solutions for the game development industry. Founded in 1993, Criterion Software is a rapidly expanding organization that today employs over 200 people in its software technology and game development divisions, and has offices in Austin, Guildford, Derby, Paris and Tokyo. (Criterion Software is a wholly owned subsidiary of Canon Inc.) RenderWare{invalid_utf8=174} is Criterion's portfolio of game development solutions, which includes RenderWare Platform and RenderWare Studio for PlayStation{invalid_utf8=174} 2, Xbox{invalid_utf8=153}, NINTENDO GAMECUBE{invalid_utf8=153} and PC. RenderWare is used extensively among the game development community, including heavyweights such as EA, Konami, Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) Sony Online, Midway, Sammy Studios, Namco, Ubi Soft Entertainment, Infogrames and THQ. Games developed using RenderWare, have so far collectively delivered over $2billion of retail revenue, which includes sales of this season{invalid_utf8=146}s hottest game properties: Grand Theft Auto: {invalid_utf8=150} Vice City, Mortal Kombat 5 {invalid_utf8=150} Deadly Alliance, Pro Evolution Soccer 2 and Burnout 2: Point of Impact.For more information about RenderWare please visit <a href=\"http://www.renderware.com\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.renderware.com.</a>Criterion and RenderWare are registered trademarks of Canon Inc. Microsoft is a registered trademark and Xbox is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. PlayStation is a registered trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Nintendo is a registered trademark and NINTENDO GAMECUBE a trademark of Nintendo Co., Ltd. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective companies."; scrolling = 0; frameCounter = 1; speedFactor = 1; }