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"...By licensing the BigWorld Technology Suite, we are empowered as developers to exceed the expectations of gamers, and ultimately achieve cross-media market penetration based on a completely original IP."

Brett Close
CEO
38 Studios

38 Studios

"BigWorld’s powerful online middleware Technology Suite will provide the flexibility to develop an upcoming online game that will take the gameplay experience to the next-level of functionality and sophistication."

Judith Hoffman
Studio Manager
Sierra Online


“It’s no exaggeration to say that BigWorld Technology has provided a number of key benefits in the development of ‘Hokuto-no-ken ONLINE’. The benefits include: improvement of the visual quality of the client; securing high stability; fault tolerance; availability of the server, and; rapid implementation environment of the content. Adopting BigWorld technology has allowed us to focus on the pursuit of entertainment quality in the game itself and allows us to efficiently create a rich gaming experience in the high-paced development process.”

Hajime Tanigawa
Director of the Executive Production Team
GungHo Online Entertainment Inc
Project Director of ‘Hokuto-no-ken ONLINE’
Game Arts ‘Thunderdome’ development studio

Gungho

GameArts

“After evaluating a wide range of middleware offerings, the BigWorld solution stood out as second to none. We are looking forward to delivering to audiences a brand new online experience which could not have been done without BigWorld’s solution.”

Clive Hibberd
President
Kwari

Kwari

“Not only has the BigWorld solution exceeded our expectations, but the continued support and training the BigWorld team have provided us with has allowed us to get further ahead in a much shorter time than would otherwise have been possible.”

Nathon Gunn
CEO
Bitcasters

Bitcasters

"BigWorld provides the most proven, robust and technically solid game engine and toolset available, while still allowing us to be flexible and tailor the technology specifically to our game"

Jon Laff
Chief Technology Officer
38 Studios

38 Studios

“Using BigWorld’s engine, your R and D team can focus on the core goal of creating and developing great games, without worrying about the limits of an engine and complicated server technology. This makes your games more playable and products more competitive in the market.”

Paul Chiang
President
IGS

IGS

“The current industry leader, BigWorld was also one of the first commercially available middleware MMOG engines. ”

Jon Jordan
Develop Magazine

Develop

“The BigWorld engine quickly presents industry cutting-edge technology through a thoughtful design that reflects a profound understanding of the requirements of online game developers. BigWorld Technology is not only suitable for industrial-strength production, it is also easy for startups to use.”

Ken Xu
Producer, R & D
T2CN Information Technology (BeiJing)

T2CN

“The BigWorld solution enables a streamlined production period which brings our game to market sooner, we are extremely pleased with the technology offering and support BigWorld is providing on this MMO.”

John Romero
Slipgate Ironworks

Slipgate Ironworks

“It takes a lot of time, human resources, and risk to engage in developing a next-generation MMOG engine. After a detailed 3 month evaluation, we decided to use the most professional engine for online games; that is the BigWorld Technology Suite, which has been particularly developed for MMOG.”

Tse Wen Chu
General Manager
UserJoy

UserJoy

“BigWorld is clearly leading the field, with a proven technology and tools solution that allows us to hit the ground running. With the BigWorld Technology already in place, we are free to concentrate on what we do best, develop compelling worlds with innovative and exciting gameplay.”

Robert Spencer
COO
Interzone Entertainment

Interzone

"BigWorld allows us to start working on our game right away and know that the technology is solid and will be extended in the ways that we want to innovate. I originally evaluated and was very impressed by the BigWorld Technology Suite while working with the US Government on selecting training and simulation technologies. I knew then that I wanted to exploit this technology in the game environment as well."

Jason Robar
Studio Manager
Secret Lair Studios
Secret Lair

“We have spent six months carefully evaluating the available engines for next-gen developers, and finally we decided to use the most professional MMOG solution in the world. That is the “BigWorld Technology Suite” which is the most complete engine for MMOG development. Through using BigWorld’s solution, we can largely save time and cost which can now be used in other areas of our development. At the same time, BigWorld provid es us with substantial support and training, which will also ensure the success of our project”

Jiang Zhuqiang
General Manager
Cpegasus Network Technologies

Cpegasus

“It saves us plenty of time, manpower, and cost to use the BigWorld Technology Suite, allowing us more time and people to concentrate on the essence of the game and developing innovative gameplay. Meanwhile, the integral support and training session provided by BigWorld allows us to get into production and start the project right away.”

Tse Wen Chu
General Manager
UserJoy

UserJoy

"We evaluated many client server solutions to aid us in creating a truly breakthrough next-generation MMO but by far the best overall solution for us is BigWorld's powerful client/server engine and streamlined production toolset. We are excited to be teaming up with them on the Stargate Worlds MMORPG."

Joe Ybarra
Vice President of Product Development
Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment
Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment

“MMOG technology evolves very fast and selecting BigWorld Technology Suite allows us to stay at the forefront of this very competitive market.”

Michael Shih
President
UserJoy

UserJoy

"BigWorld represents a top of the line solution for your MMP needs. The toolset covers every aspect of MMP creation and provides an easy and intuitive development path."

Toby Gladwell
Lead Tools Engineer
Secret Lair Studios
Secret Lair

"Tiancheng looked far and wide for competitive MMOG middleware technology. The BigWorld Technology Suite is the best solution for us. Tiancheng will be working with the BigWorld Technology Suite on a number of MMOG games. We are impressed with the technology, their support staff and their helpful onsite training."

XU Zhendong
TianCheng Interactive
Tiancheng

"DnL would not be possible without the server innovations available from Australian firms, BigWorld and its parent MicroForte. Acquiring the BigWorld license allowed DnL to have a seamless world with no load times. ..."

Next Generation

"BigWorld is the only available turnkey solution for MMO development. Its complete suite of tools and technology has allowed us to hit the ground running on day 1 of our project."

Peter Freese
Lead Client Engineer
Secret Lair Studios
Secret Lair

"We have found BigWorld Technology to be extremely flexible and robust. Our artists and world builders have found BigWorld's content creation tools intuitive and very powerful ...and the technical support is excellent."

Michael Tong
Chief Operations Officer
Net Ease
NetEase

"Having worked in the online entertainment segment of the interactive entertainment industry, I have a broad perspective on the various technologies and middleware solutions that have been offered over the past five years. The Bigworld™ Technology is simply the most advanced and comprehensive solution that has ever been offered for massively multiplayer game development. It features an end-to-end package of client, server, and tools technology that cannot be matched by any competitor.

There are many solutions available for the client-side of game development including the Unreal Engine, LithTech, and Renderware. However, these solutions do not offer online capabilities and, therefore, provide only 30%-50% of the technology required to implement a massively multiplayer product. There are solutions that provide massively multiplayer capabilities, but none of these have sufficiently robust and advanced client technology required to implement cutting-edge entertainment products.

In addition to offering a comprehensive package, Bigworld™ offers unique, industry leading features. For example, the load balancing technology, which is required to maintain a proper distribution of work across multiple server machines, is based on a proprietary algorithm for segmenting the world and assigning it to the server machine with the lowest load. In addition, the technology is based on a uniquely clean and flexible architecture. The process of porting the client to Xbox and the server to Windows took only a few weeks. Normally, this process would take about 3 months. All of the technical people at Microsoft who have worked with the technology, including the Xbox advanced technology team which has exposure to a diverse set of technologies and companies, have commented on the elegance and excellent design of the Bigworld™ architecture.

BigWorld employs software engineers who have a rigorous academic background and have demonstrated a high aptitude for mathematics, problem solving, and engineering. As a result, the company applies a level of scientific excellence and innovation to its solutions that many other companies cannot match.

In the 18 months that we have worked with the technology, it has been remarkably stable. We have seen only a handful of software crashes that are due to programmer error. This is in contrast to other products where dozens or hundreds of programmer errors would be seen over the course of product development. In addition, the team has put in software that simulates the high latencies of Internet connections. The product performs better under those conditions than nearly every other competing product."

Ravi Mehta
Program Manager
Microsoft
Microsoft

“BigWorld has been quite clearly architected from the start for rapid development of world-class massively-multiplayer persistent worlds with extraordinary performance and scalability.”

Rick Lambright
Lead Server Engineer
Secret Lair Studios

Secret Lair