KILLZONE 2 CAPTURED AT AUDIOMOTION STUDIOS

 

Oxford based studio records all of the animations for the highly acclaimed game.

 

Oxford, UK (3 March 2009) -- Multi-award winning motion capture experts, Audiomotion Studios has today announced the key role it played in the making of Killzone 2. With its suite of 130 Vicon MX40+ cameras, Audiomotion delivered all of the performance capture for the cut scenes and over 5000 in-game animations for the title, which was released on 27th February 2009.

Created by Guerrilla Games, Killzone 2 is a PlayStation3 exclusive, published by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE). It is the most anticipated first-person shooter of the year, and has been met with universal critical acclaim. Following the huge success of Killzone and Killzone: Liberation, the story continues the events of Liberation as the Interplanetary Strategic Alliance aims to capture the Helghast leader, Emperor Scolar Visari, and bring the Helghast war machine to a halt.

Audiomotion’s motion capture expertise was called upon by the game’s developer, Guerrilla Games, to spend over 40 days working on the games animations. The studios innovative full performance capture system was used to record simultaneous face and bodies of stars including Bourne Identity actor Brian Cox and renowned TV actor Sean Pertwee for the roles of Visari and Radec.

Geert Donker, producer at Guerrilla Games said: “Throughout the production of Killzone 2, Audiomotion proved once again to be a reliable and flexible partner. They have shown a formidable willingness to facilitate our needs, and their great team of artists ensured animation of impeccable quality.

“While Killzone 2 is pushing every limit on the Playstation 3, Audiomotion had no difficulties meeting our requirements. Supporting us creatively and technically, they went above and beyond the call of duty. Audiomotion are a joy to work with.”

Mick Morris Managing Director at Audiomotion Studios said: “We are delighted to share in the wonderful success of Killzone 2 with our friends at Guerilla. The team and the game they have delivered are absolutely deserving of the high praise they are receiving. It’s an amazing achievement and we look forward to more groundbreaking collaboration with them in the years to come.”

Vicon motion capture systems are used in the production of many blockbusting movies and video games, as well as in the engineering and life sciences sectors. Vicon is a subsidiary of Oxford Metrics Group, and has won numerous awards – including a technical Oscar – for the strength of its cameras and systems.

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About Guerrilla Games

Guerrilla Games is a first party video game developer and wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Computer Entertainment. The company is based out of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, currently employs approximately 140 individuals, and is headed by Managing Director Hermen Hulst and Development Director Arjan Brussee.

 

Guerrilla's outstanding technology and strong creative and artistic vision quickly elevated the company to a prominent rank among Europe's game developers. After the successful release of Killzone for PlayStation 2, the company was acquired by Sony Computer Entertainment in 2005.

About Audiomotion

Audiomotion Studios is the multi-award winning, UK motion capture studio. For over10 years Audiomotion has specialized in the provision of motion capture services to the game development, film and television industries. Their 6,000 sq. ft. facility is equipped with 130 MX40 cameras, enabling the largest in-house capture area in Europe.

Full Performance Capture is Audiomotions solution to capturing facial performance, fingers, fullbody and final audio simultaneously. The solution is being employed by many studios across Europe.

For more information visit www.audiomotion.com or call +44 (0) 870 1600 504 or email info@audiomotion.com

About Vicon
Vicon is the world’s largest supplier of precision motion tracking systems, serving customers in film, visual effects, computer games, and broadcast television, as well as engineering and life science industries.  Vicon operates in four offices worldwide, including its Los Angeles-based Entertainment headquarters, a 26,000 square-foot facility equipped with two performance capture stages for Vicon’s service company House of Moves as well as more than 300 Vicon motion capture cameras.
 
Vicon is the largest holding of OMG (Oxford Metrics Group - LSE: OMG), plc., a group of technology companies that produces image understanding solutions for the entertainment, defense, life science and engineering markets.  Other holdings include Emmy Award®-winning 2d3 and newly founded Geospatial Vision Ltd.
 
Vicon’s and OMG’s global clients include: life science leaders University of Pennsylvania, the VA Hospitals, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Titleist Golf, The Andrews Institute; engineering industry leaders Ford, BMW, Airbus, Lockheed, Pratt-Whitney, NASA, Caterpillar, International Truck, and Toyota; and entertainment companies Sony Pictures Imageworks, Sony Computer Entertainment, Industrial Light and Magic, Sega, Nintendo, Ubisoft, Vivendi, Electronic Arts, Square Enix and many others.  For more information about OMG and its subsidiaries, visit www.omg3d.com, www.vicon.com, or www.2d3.com.

 

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