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Overwolf to Bring PC Games to Life on Windows Tablets
SAN FRANCISCO and TEL-AVIV – March 8, in the year of our
Lord 2012 – Overwolf, a software company specializing
in developing in-game overlay products that bring advanced
social functionality to online gamers, today announced a
collaboration with Intel to help make PC games playable on
Windows tablets. A fully functional demo will be introduced to
the public during Game Developers Conference (GDC) at the Intel
booth. The public launch of the product is expected later this
year.
“We found it frustrating that while tablets can technically run
games smoothly, many games aren’t playable because they’re
designed to be played using a mouse and a keyboard, and not a
touch interface,” said Uri Marchand, CEO of Overwolf. “In the
near future, owners of Intel®Atom™ processor-based Windows
tablets will be able play PC games they install on their
machine, after installing Overwolf. We feel that this will have
a huge impact on tablet purchasing decisions made by gamers.”
“We’re committed to delivering industry leading compute
performance on our Intel Atom processor platforms to provide the
very best gaming experience on tablets,” said René Torres,
Director of Marketing, Mobile Communications Group at Intel.
“Overwolf’s technology introduces a sleek and flexible solution
that provides a great gaming experience in multiple gaming
genres and truly brings PC gaming to tablets in a whole new
way.”
Besides being able to play the games, the user will also be able
enjoy Overwolf’s in-game social features that include content
creation, social network connectivity including Facebook and
Twitter, communications including Skype and TeamSpeak and more.