- Scimitar (game engine)
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name = Scimitar
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developer =Ubisoft Montreal
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platform =PlayStation 3 ,Xbox 360 ,Microsoft Windows
genre =Game engine
license = Proprietary
website = [http://www.ubi.com/ Ubisoft Official Website]Scimitar (also known as Anvil [VE3D, [http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/38946/Prince-of-Persia-Prodigy-CG-Trailer-Information-Overload "Prince of Persia 2008 Information Ubidays 2008"] ] ) is a
game engine created by video game developerUbisoft for use onMicrosoft Windows ,PlayStation 3 andXbox 360 .List of games using Scimitar engine
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Assassin's Creed " (2007)
* "Prince of Persia" (2008)
* "Shaun White Snowboarding " (2008)Technology
Claude Langlais (Technical Director of Ubisoft Montreal) says that modeling is done in 3dsMax for environment and ZBrush for characters. [gamingexcellence.com, [http://www.gamingexcellence.com/ps3/features/13.shtml] ] The engine usesAutodesk 'sHumanIK middleware to correctly position the character's hands and feet in climbing and pushing animations at run-time. [Autodesk.com, [http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?siteID=123112&id=10316291&linkID=10225710 "Ubisoft Assassin’s Creed"] ]External links
* [http://www.gamingexcellence.com/ps3/features/13.shtml "Exclusive: "Assassin's Creed" Q&A - The Scimitar Engine"] , GamingExcellence, October 25, 2007
* [http://www.mobygames.com/game-group/3d-engine-scimitar/offset,0/so,4a/ Scimitar engine] atMoby Games References
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