Havok (company)
Telekinesys Research Limited (TR), doing business as Havok Group, is an Irish software company founded on 9 July 1998 by Hugh Reynolds and Steven Collins, based in Dublin, Ireland, and owned by Microsoft's Ireland Research subsidiary. They have partnerships with Activision, Electronic Arts, Nintendo, Xbox Game Studios, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Bethesda Softworks and Ubisoft.
Trade name | Havok Group |
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Software |
| Founded | 9 July 1998 |
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| Headquarters | , Ireland |
Number of locations | 5 (2020) |
Area served | Worldwide |
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| Parent | Microsoft Research (2015–present) |
| Subsidiaries | Trinigy (defunct) |
| Website | havok |
Its cross-platform technology is available for PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Portable, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Wii, Wii U, GameCube, Nintendo Switch, and PCs. Havok's technology has been used in more than 150 game titles, including World of Tanks, Half-Life 2, Halo 2, Dark Souls, Mafia III, Tony Hawk's Project 8, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Age of Empires III, Vanquish, Lost Planet 2, Fallout 3 and Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Havok products have also been used to drive special effects in movies such as Poseidon, The Matrix, Troy, Kingdom of Heaven and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Havok provides the dynamics driving for Autodesk 3ds Max.
Intel announced the acquisition of Havok in a press release on 14 September 2007. On 2 October 2015, Intel sold Havok to Microsoft for an undisclosed amount.