Perforce Software Receives Game Developer's Front Line Award for Best Programming Tool

Business Wire, Jan 9, 2007

Award Recognizes Most Innovative, User-Friendly, and Useful Products in Game Development

ALAMEDA, Calif. -- Perforce Software was recently honored with CMP Game Developer magazine's ninth annual Front Line Award for best programming tool for game development. Perforce, the Fast Software Configuration Management (SCM) System, versions and manages all types of digital assets, including, source, art, audio, documents, and other binaries, during the development of wireless, console, PC, and MMORPG games.

"Game Developer heartily congratulates the winners of the 2006 Front Line Awards," said Simon Carless, editor-in-chief of Game Developer. "These tools represent the most innovative, user-friendly, and useful products from behind the scenes of the world's best video games, and we are proud to give them a bit of the glory they deserve."

The competition honors excellence and innovation in hardware and software for programming, art, audio and game components. Winners were chosen for their ability to advance the art of game creation by crafting more efficient and effective tools.

"We are pleased that so many game developers and designers rely on Perforce to manage their assets so they can focus on the task at hand, game innovation," said Nigel Chanter, chief operating officer of Perforce Software. "As of earlier this year, 18 companies on Game Developer's 'Top 20 Publishers' list use Perforce to manage their game assets."

The winners of the Front Line Awards will be profiled in the January 2007 issue of the magazine, which will be available on newsstands January 17.

About the Perforce SCM System

Perforce, the Fast Software Configuration Management System, is an award-winning tool that versions and manages source code and digital assets for enterprises large and small. Perforce is easy to install, learn and administer, seamlessly handles distributed development, and supports developers across a large number of operating systems. Perforce ensures development integrity by grouping multi-file updates into atomic changes, enables concurrent development, and intelligently manages multiple software releases using its Inter-File Branching system.

About Perforce Software

Founded in 1995, Perforce Software Inc. develops, markets, and supports Perforce, the Fast Software Configuration Management System. Perforce Software is headquartered in Alameda, Calif., and sells worldwide. The company has international operations in Europe, Japan, and India. In addition to application software companies, Perforce customers represent a broad range of industries, including game development, electronics, pharmaceutical and financial services.