Winking Entertainment Licenses Emergent's Gamebryo

Winking Entertainment, which provides design and localization services for virtual worlds, announced that it had licensed Emergent Game Technologies' Gamebryo 3D engine. Both companies went through rounds of funding in July, with Winking securing $8 million and Emergent securing $12 million. Gamebryo underlies Oblivion and the upcoming Warhammer MMO, and will allow Winking to develop more outsourcing work across multiple platforms and systems. Emergent said that as developers turn to China for less expensive development work, companies must look for new technologies to differentiate themselves. It says it has capitalized on that trend for close to 900% revenue growth in China over the last 18 months.