Acclaimed independent console game developer Ready At Dawn Studios has named Perforce as a software technology partner for the Ready At Dawn Engine, the company's upcoming comprehensive and fully integrated console game development platform designed for the creation of cutting-edge AAA interactive entertainment. The studio will fully integrate Ready At Dawn Engine's asset management system with Perforce's proven SCM solution. The integration complements Ready At Dawn's proprietary code-base plus its integrations with 3D content editing, audio and user interface systems from the industry's top providers, all of which will make the Ready At Dawn Engine a single ready-to-use game development platform.

By leveraging Perforce's SCM server technology, the Ready At Dawn Engine is able to take advantage of unlimited scalability, fast SCM operations and versioning of an entire game project, both code and data, all in one place allowing for flexible, fast and intuitive branch and merge capability. Furthermore, all art related asset management functionality is integrated into the platform's toolset allowing for a completely transparent and intuitive workflow.

"Having your entire project at your finger tips is an incredibly powerful thing." Didier Malenfant, president, Ready At Dawn Studios, said. "Using Perforce's proven server technology as a back end for both our code and data asset management systems allows you to work in a complete sandbox environment while easily keeping track of every single change of their entire game project."

Perforce's speed, advanced branching and support for collaborative distributed development has always made it appealing to game developers. Its open architecture integrates with best of breed development tools and requires minimal administration for any team regardless of its size. The competency with which Perforce manages large binary assets has also made it the SCM of choice of digital artists as well.

"Supporting developers, artists and designers in the collaborative manner they require is why Perforce is the SCM of choice at 17 of the top 20 game publishers," said John Walker, Senior Marketing Manager at Perforce Software. "This integration again demonstrates that Perforce's flexible architecture readily supports best of breed solutions like Ready At Dawn Engine's game editing environment."

Ready At Dawn Engine offers a flexible data-driven tool pipeline and a high performance true console engine. The studio will offer tailored evaluations of each project's needs, simple licensing models, world-class support, and the studio's core value of a no-nonsense approach. For more information, please visit http://engine.readyatdawn.com.