March 26th, 2003
CRI Middleware, Co., Ltd
313 Minami Aoyama Bldg. 7F
3-13-18 Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 107-0062
Phone:+81-3-5414-3011
Fax: +81-3-5414-3012
URL http://www.cri-mw.com/
CRI Middleware, utilized by “Soul Calibur®IIE/font>
Supports multi-platform targeted game development!
 “CRI ADX™” and “CRI Sofdec™”, middleware for games developed by CRI Middleware Co., Ltd. (Head office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Director & COO: Takashi Nozawa) is used in “Soul Calibur® II,Ea game application that will be released on March 27th by NAMCO Limited (Head office: Ohta-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Kushiro Takagi).
 
 “Soul Calibur® IIEis the newest of a series combat game which achieved a sales record of 3 million copies in total, and will be released for the following 3 platforms:
“NINTENDO GAMECUBE,E”PlayStation(R)2,Eand “XboxE
 The middleware products that “Soul Calibur® IIE has selected for the title use are “CRI ADXEEachieving a multi-stream sound system, and “CRI SofdecEEa high video/audio quality movie system.  Utilized in the title simultaneously released for 3 platforms for the first time in the world, it has been proven that our middleware helps game development targeted for multi-platform.

 In the past, proceeding game development for multi-platforms caused problems to developers such as high cost due to long-term development or complicated management since they had to examine and select appropriate middleware and tools for each platform.  CRI has achieved developing middleware that provides universal APIs against such platforms as “NINTENDO GAMECUBE,E“PlayStation(R)2,Eand “Xbox,Especialized in "multi-stream playback of audio and sound effect", "encoding/playing back movies," and "file access scheme".  With this solution, problems mentioned above can be avoided.
 

We guarantee fruition of an environment that software publishers and developers dedicate themselves to creation and development of their application contents with our wide array of middleware products. 

Related URL
    - Namco Wonderpage   : http://www.namco.co.jp/
    - “Soul Calibur® IIENews Release : http://www.namco.co.jp/pr/48/48-042.pdf
    - “Soul Calibur® IIEnbsp;  : http://www.namco.co.jp/cs/lineup/soulcalibur2/
 

Soul Calibur® II GC
(C)1995 1998 2002 2003 NAMCO LTD.
The Legend of Zelda : (C)1986-2003 Nintendo
The Character named “Necrid ”is created and designed by NAMCO as the derivative work of the
Illustration drawn by Todd McFarlane Productions,Inc.
The Character:(C)2003 by Namco Limited.All rights reserved.
Illustration:(C)2003 by Todd McFarlane Productions,Inc.All rights reserved.

Soul Calibur® II PS2
 (C)1995 1998 2002 2003 NAMCO LTD.
The Character named “Necrid ”is created and designed by NAMCO as the derivative work of the
Illustration drawn by Todd McFarlane Productions,Inc.
The Character:(C)2003 by Namco Limited.All rights reserved.
Illustration:(C)2003 by Todd McFarlane Productions,Inc.All rights reserved.

Soul Calibur® II Xbox
 (C)1995 1998 2002 2003 NAMCO LTD.
Spawn(R),and its logo are registered trademarks of Todd McFarlane Productions,Inc.
The Spawn character is (C)1992 Todd McFarlane Productions,Inc.All rights reserved.
The Character named “Necrid ”is created and designed by NAMCO as the derivative work of the
Illustration drawn by Todd McFarlane Productions,Inc.
The Character:(C)2003 by Namco Limited.All rights reserved.
Illustration:(C)2003 by Todd McFarlane Productions,Inc.All rights reserved.


 
 
 

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313 Minami Aoyama Bldg. 7F
3-13-18 Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 107-0062
Phone: +81-3-5414-3011  Fax +81-3-5414-3012
E-mail
URL http://www.cri-mw.com/