InstantAction Closing Shop, Torque Looking for Buyers
According to the website, Torque is "the most licensed engine middleware in the games industry." Some of it's bigger licensees include Bioware, Ubisoft, EA, and Capcom. Originally called GarageGames, the company developed the Torque Game Engine, the original tech powering the Tribes series.
The announcement, in-full, is as follows:
Today, InstantAction informed employees that it will be winding down operations. While we are shutting down the InstantAction.com website and Instant Jam game, Torquepowered.com will continue to operate while InstantAction explores opportunities with potential buyers for Torque. We thank all of our past and current customers for their support.Shacknews has reached out to InstantAction for further comment about the developments.- Torque Management
From The Chatty
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Thats sad. I wonder what happens to engine updates and T2D. The website says torquepowered.com will stay up for now, but that doesn't sound good.