Perforce Software Chosen By Rocksteady Studios To Manage Development Of Next Generation Console Games

June 20, 2006

Perforce Software Chosen By Rocksteady Studios
To Manage Development Of Next Generation Console Games

SCM System plays key role in development of
‘Urban Chaos: Riot Response’

Perforce Software today announced that UK-based
Rocksteady Studios is using Perforce, the Fast Software Configuration Management
(SCM) System, to manage its digital assets during the development of video games
for current and next generation game consoles. Rocksteady has most recently used
Perforce to manage development of the much anticipated PlayStation2 and Xbox
title, ‘Urban Chaos: Riot Response’, which was released in Europe in May.

Sefton Hill, Director of Rocksteady Studios, said
"The games industry is ruthless. Games have to be delivered to market on time
without any compromise in quality or performance. Perforce’s high performance
and no-nonsense approach to source code and asset management plays an important
role in helping us to achieve that." He added: "Perforce’s reliability, speed
and ability to support sudden changes in our development process helps ensure
the timely delivery of properly developed and thoroughly tested products."

Rocksteady developers chose Perforce because of
its strong reputation within the games community as a proven solution for
digital asset management. From their experience at previous companies, they knew
Perforce was unmatched for performance, efficiency and reliability. The SCM
system’s rich feature set, functionality and gentle learning curve has further
contributed to its popularity company-wide.

Rocksteady developers rely on Perforce’s
branching capabilities to manage parallel development. Branches are created from
the main codeline when new features or fixes are undertaken. Perforce enables
developers to selectively propagate individual changes between code branches,
ensuring that unstable features or fixes are not propagated, and that stable
builds can be produced early and often.

In addition, Perforce provides easy access to
project and file history, enabling Rocksteady managers to quickly view and
report on a project’s progress.

Dave Robertson, Director of European Operations
for Perforce Software, said "The story of Rocksteady is common amongst
developers who know that structure and flexibility around source code management
is key to delivering quality software consistently within tight timeframes.
These developers often champion the use of Perforce as they move from one
company to another, because of its ability to give them the control they need
without compromising their productivity."