Blade unveils new Hydro engine

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Source: Gamesindustry
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Blade Interactive has unveiled its new Hydro game engine - technology that the developer claims has never been seen in videogames before.

The real-time fluid dynamics engine will debut in Blade's upcoming Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 action title Hydrophobia.

"Our Hydro engine is the result of nearly three years intensive development work," commented Dr Huw Lloyd, R&D director at Blade.

"Water in games has so far been merely a flat plane with ripple effects and other graphical smoke and mirrors applied to it. The Hydro engine is different in one key respect – the water flows."