Havok (company)

Telekinesys Research Limited
Trade name	Havok Group
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Software
Founded	9 July 1998
Founders	Hugh Reynolds; Steven Collins;
Headquarters	Dublin, Ireland
Number of locations	4 (2024)
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	David Coghlan; (general manager); Andrew Bond; (VP of technology); Dave Gargan; (VP of engineering);
Products	Havok; Vision;
Owner	Intel (2007–2015); Microsoft (2015–present);
Parent	Microsoft Research (2015–present)
Subsidiaries	Trinigy (defunct)
Website	havok.com

Telekinesys Research Limited (TR), doing business as Havok Group,^[1] is an Irish software company founded on 9 July 1998^[2] by Hugh Reynolds and Steven Collins, based in Dublin, Ireland,^[3] and owned by Microsoft's Ireland Research subsidiary.^[2] They have partnerships with Activision, Electronic Arts, Nintendo, Xbox Game Studios, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Bethesda Softworks and Ubisoft.

Its cross-platform technology is available for PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PlayStation Portable, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Series S, Wii, Wii U, GameCube, Nintendo Switch, MacOS, IOS 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, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Age of Empires III, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Starfield (video game), The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, the Assassin's Creed series, the Call of Duty series, and Final Fantasy XVI . 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.^[4] On 2 October 2015, Intel sold Havok to Microsoft for an undisclosed amount.^[5]

^ "Legal information about Havok". Havok. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Havok Group information about foundation and ownership by Microsoft". Global Database. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
^ "Students surprised to find top computer games are made on their doorstep". The Irish Times. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
^ "Intel To Acquire Havok". Intel Corporation. 14 September 2007. Archived from the original on 2 May 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2007.
^ Foley, Mary Jo (2 October 2015). "Microsoft acquires Havok from Intel, Microsoft has acquired game-technology vendor Havok from Intel for an undisclosed amount". ZDNet.

[1] "Legal information about Havok". Havok. Retrieved 30 October 2021.

[globaldatabase-2] "Havok Group information about foundation and ownership by Microsoft". Global Database. Retrieved 3 November 2021.

[IrishTimes2019-3] "Students surprised to find top computer games are made on their doorstep". The Irish Times. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2021.

[4] "Intel To Acquire Havok". Intel Corporation. 14 September 2007. Archived from the original on 2 May 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2007.

[ZDNet-the-Microsoft-Corporation-acquires-Havok-from-Intel-5] Foley, Mary Jo (2 October 2015). "Microsoft acquires Havok from Intel, Microsoft has acquired game-technology vendor Havok from Intel for an undisclosed amount". ZDNet.

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