THQ's Internal Studio Relic Entertainment Continues To Push Boundaries With Critically Acclaimed RTS Franchise
AGOURA HILLS, Calif. -- May. 31, 2007 THQ Inc. (NASDAQ:THQI) today released a patch adding Microsoft DirectX 10(TM) (DX10) support to Company of Heroes(TM), the award-winning real-time strategy (RTS) title from internal studio Relic Entertainment. Company of Heroes is the first commercially available DirectX 10 Windows PC game. The DirectX 10 patch adds numerous enhancements to the title's critically acclaimed game-play, including significant improvements to model and map details, lighting, shadows, and overall image quality.
"As one of the first Games for Windows branded titles, Company of Heroes took the RTS genre to an entirely new level," said Kevin Unangst, Global Director of Games for Windows at Microsoft. "By delivering full support of DirectX 10, THQ and Relic Entertainment continue their tradition of innovation and leadership in PC gaming."
"Company of Heroes features the most incredible visuals and game-play available on the PC," said Bob Aniello, senior vice president of worldwide marketing, THQ. "With the integration of DirectX 10, we've set the bar even higher as the first to take advantage of this great leap forward in gaming technology."
About the Company of Heroes DirectX 10 Patch
The DirectX 10 patch is available for systems running Microsoft Windows Vista(TM) with a DX10 compatible graphics card, and takes advantage of the many new features available on DX10 compatible hardware, such as geometry instancing, improved per-pixel lighting and shadow calculations, advanced alpha blending, and new anti-aliasing techniques.
About Microsoft DirectX 10
Microsoft DirectX 10, the latest version of the DirectX suite of multimedia application programming interfaces (APIs), puts gamers and multimedia buffs on the leading edge of PC graphics performance. DirectX 10 features heavily enhanced 3-D graphics-rendering capabilities that noticeably improve performance in games and high-end 3-D applications on computers running Microsoft Windows Vista. DirectX 10 empowers games to present a new generation of visual effects, and deliver more visual detail per frame than ever before.
About THQ
THQ Inc. (NASDAQ:THQI) is a leading worldwide developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software. The company develops its products for all popular game systems, personal computers and wireless devices. Headquartered in Los Angeles County, California, THQ sells product through its global network of offices located throughout North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. More information about THQ and its products may be found at http://www.thq.com and http://www.thqwireless.com . THQ, THQ Wireless, Relic Entertainment, Company of Heroes and their respective logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of THQ Inc.
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