type subsidiary of the microsoft corporation founded dublin ireland 1998 founder hugh reynolds steven collins headquarters dublin ireland products havok software vision game engine owner independent 1998 2007 intel corporation 2007 2015 microsoft corporation 2015 present parent microsoft subsidiaries trinigy website www.havok.com havok is an irish computer software company that provides interactive software and services for digital media creators in the video game and movie industries . havok works in partnership with many game developers including activision electronic arts nintendo microsoft sony bethesda softworks and ubisoft . havok s cross platform technology is available for playstation 2 playstation 3 playstation 4 playstation portable xbox xbox 360 xbox one wii gamecube and pcs . havok s technology has been used in more than 150 game titles including half life 2 halo 2 tony hawk s project 8 the elder scrolls iv oblivion age of empires iii vanquish lost planet 2 fallout 3 and super smash bros. brawl . havok products have also been used to drive special effects in movies such as poseidon the matrix troy kingdom of heaven and charlie and the chocolate factory . havok provides the dynamics driving for autodesk 3ds max . intel corporation announced the acquisition of havok in a press release on september 14 2007 . 1 on october 2 2015 intel sold havok to microsoft for an undisclosed amount . 2 contents 1 history and awards 1.1 history 1.2 awards 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history and awards edit history edit havok was founded in 1998 by hugh reynolds and steven collins of the computer science department in trinity college dublin . research and development is carried out in dublin germany san francisco and india . awards edit us national academy of television arts & sciences award 2008 technical emmy 3 red herring 100 2006 winner best choice of computex 2006 winner onhollywood 2006 winner develop industry excellence awards 4 2006 nominee best tools provider 2005 winner best tools provider 2004 nominee best tools provider game developer frontline award 5 2006 finalist middleware 2003 winner best game component 2002 winner best game component filefront most advanced technology of 2004 computer graphics world cgw 2003 innovation award see also edit havok software references edit intel to acquire havok . intel corporation . 2007 09 14 . archived from the original on 2009 05 02 . retrieved 2007 09 15 . foley mary jo 2 october 2015 . microsoft acquires havok from intel microsoft has acquired game technology vendor havok from intel for an undisclosed amount . . zdnet . the emmy awards . develop industry excellence awards 2008 . game developer front line awards . external links edit havok company site titles using havok engine v t e microsoft history all topics people list founders bill gates paul allen board of directors john w. thompson chairman satya nadella ceo dina dublon maria klawe david marquardt charles noski helmut panke mason 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