Paris, France – December 21, 2005 – Kynogon, the leading supplier of A.I. middleware solutions, is pleased to announce that Pyro Studios, developer of the Commandos series among other titles, has selected Kynapse to develop its next generation game A.I.

“We have embarked on an ambitious project and are very pleased to be able to make use of Kynapse’s features as a springboard for putting us months ahead in development of our AI and game-play. Rather than spending months developing a foundation for all our AI requirements, we find ourselves with a powerful base upon which we can now develop low level unique behaviors for our specific game. The success of this first integration means we are strongly considering the continued use of Kynapse in our future next-gen products”, said Francois Coulon, Pyro Studios development director.

In the words of Sergio Garcés, lead AI programmer: “Kynogon's advanced terrain analysis techniques have enabled us to develop high-level, complex behaviors with ease. We believe that their automatic generation process, together with the upcoming hierarchical pathfinding algorithm will greatly simplify the integration of technologies like streaming and will help us achieve a smoother production process”.

Pyro Studios was founded in 1996 and is today the leading studio for digital entertainment in Spain. The Commandos saga published by Eidos sold over 3 millions copies worldwide.

Pierre Pontevia, Kynogon CEO explains, "Working with Pyro Studios, the creators of Commandos, is gratifying to me. Pyro Studios gives us the chance to work on titles with very high quality standards. We are committed on supporting Pyro Studios throughout a long term relationship”.