CODEWARRIOR TO EUROPE
July 14, 2000

Metrowerks today announced it has signed a deal with Criterion Software, makers of the RenderWare 3D graphics engine, to distribute CodeWarrior game development tools for PlayStation2 in Europe.

A subsidiary of Canon based in Guildford, UK, Criterion will provide technical support to European game developers and will distribute CodeWarrior for PlayStation2 both as a bundle with RenderWare and separately.

"This partnership makes our PlayStation2 game development tools much more accessible to our European customers, and also provides game developers with a local resource for technical support and assistance throughout Europe," said Brian Gildon, director of core technology and games platforms, Metrowerks. "Criterion is a leader in the 3D graphics rendering space and RenderWare technology is very complementary to the CodeWarrior Integrated Development Environment."

"To help smooth the game development process, our customers are asking us to provide them with more tightly integrated multi-platform middleware and tools," said Mike King, commercial director, Criterion. "CodeWarrior is a set of market leading multi-platform game development tools. Tightly integrating with and reselling these tools is a key part of our strategy to better meet our customers' needs."

This agreement comes on the heels of a recent move by Motorola (Metrowerks' parent company), who acquired HIWARE AG, a software development tools vendor based in Basel, Switzerland. HIWARE technology and staff will become part of Metrowerks, and the company's Basel offices now operate as the Metrowerks European headquarters.