video games founded 1998 headquarters montreal canada products net z rendez vous owner ubisoft parent ubisoft slogan connecting players website http www.quazal.com quazal technologies is a private company founded in 1998 . once backed by institutional investors it is now fully owned by its management team following a management buyout in july 2008 . quazal provides game related hosting services and on line networking and matchmaking middleware for multiplayer games . its products are used by game publishers and developers all over the world . on november 4 2010 gamespot reported that quazal technologies was bought by ubisoft . 1 contents 1 origins of the name 2 products 3 games with quazal products include 4 references 5 external links origins of the name edit quazal was constructed from two words quetzalc atl the mesoamerican featured serpent god who they believed created mankind ; and quasar a massive celestial object emitting exceptionally large amounts of energy . products edit in 1998 quazal introduced their networking sdk net z which abstracts the traditional packet socket paradigm for game developers . in particular its patented network aware c objects duplicated objects can be programmed to automatically synchronize themselves . syncsim an extension to net z provides synchronized simulation capabilities . in 2004 quazal introduced the rendez vous sdk . rendez vous is a cross platform lobby for on line games . it has both client and server apis which provide a game console player client with the ability to communicate with the game s remote server database . the rendez vous backend server can be used to create and organize on line game matches open communication between players and maintain each player s statistics wins losses ranking etc. . quazal produces sdks for the playstation 3 playstation portable xbox 360 wii windows iphone and mac os x. its products are used in the production of on line games and lobbies for virtually all game genres and gaming platforms . games with quazal products include edit quazal s products are used by game publishers and developers all over the world . some of the many games developed using quazal s products are tomb raider assassin s creed ii assassin s creed brotherhood assassin s creed revelations assassin s creed iii assassin s creed iv black flag assassin s creed unity avatar dirt 2 f1 2010 operation flashpoint dragon rising ghostbusters the video game rock band and rock band 2 company of heroes pure split second supreme commander hitman blood money test drive unlimited xbox 360 25 to life rainbow six siege splinter cell chaos theory splinter cell double agent splinter cell conviction splinter cell blacklist darkwatch tna impact 2 overlord ii far cry 2 far cry 3 far cry 4 turok watch dogs references edit ubisoft buys assassin s creed multiplayer tech maker . gamespot . 2010 11 04 . retrieved 2010 11 04 . tna impact q & a ign external links edit quazal official site v t e game engines list source 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