Audiokinetic

{{Infobox company

| name = Audiokinetic, Inc.

| logo = Audiokinetic logo.png

| foundation = Montreal, Quebec, {{start date and age|2000}}

| location_country = Canada

| parent = Sony Interactive Entertainment (2019–present)

| subsid = Audiokinetic Montreal{{Cite web|last=Fogel|first=Stefanie|date=8 January 2019|title=Sony Interactive to Acquire Audio Production Company Audiokinetic|url=https://variety.com/2019/gaming/news/sony-interactive-acquires-audiokinetic-1203102614/|access-date=16 December 2020|website=variety}}

Audiokinetic Tokyo{{cite web|url=https://www.audiokinetic.com/about/news/234-audiokinetic-launches-new-japan-office/|title=Audiokinetic Launches New Japan Office|publisher=Audiokinetic|date=2013-02-28|access-date=2015-07-08}}

| industry = Software

| products = Wwise

| homepage = {{URL|https://audiokinetic.com}}

}}

Audiokinetic Inc. is a Canadian software company based in Quebec City, Quebec{{cite web | url=https://www.audiokinetic.com/en/contacts/?processed= | title=Contacts | Audiokinetic }} that develops audio software for the video game industry. Its main product is Wwise audio authoring software. On January 8, 2019, Sony Interactive Entertainment announced that they had acquired the company.{{Cite web|title=Audiokinetic to be acquired by Sony Interactive Entertainment|url=https://www.shacknews.com/article/109271/audiokinetic-to-be-acquired-by-sony-interactive-entertainment|access-date=2020-07-27|website=Shacknews|date=8 January 2019 |language=en}}

History

Audiokinetic was founded in 2000 by Martin H. Klein, a veteran of the music, film, and gaming industries.{{Cite web|last=Fogel|first=Stefanie|date=8 January 2019|title=Sony Interactive to Acquire Audio Production Company Audiokinetic|url=https://variety.com/2019/gaming/news/sony-interactive-acquires-audiokinetic-1203102614/|access-date=16 December 2020|website=variety}}

In 2003, Audiokinetic was granted funding by the Alliance numériQC, the Quebec digital industry network.{{cite news|url=http://www.numeriqc.ca/quoideneuf/detail.asp?id=390 |title=Le FEM ça rapporte! Audiokinetic en témoigne... |trans-title=Audiokinetic Sees the Benefits of FEM's Investment |publisher=Alliance numériQC |date=2006-12-06 |access-date=2007-02-22 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927230622/http://www.numeriqc.ca/quoideneuf/detail.asp?id=390 |archive-date=September 27, 2007 }}

In 2006, Microsoft Game Studios (MGS) signed a long-term licensing agreement with Audiokinetic. The first game to use Audiokinetic's software was FASA Interactive's Shadowrun.{{cite news |last=Henein |first=Michel |url=http://mixonline.com/products/new/audio_audiokinetic_wwise/ |title=Technology Spotlight: Audiokinetic Wwise |publisher=Mix Magazine Online |date=2006-10-01 |access-date=2008-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080131102722/http://mixonline.com/products/new/audio_audiokinetic_wwise/ |archive-date=2008-01-31 |url-status=dead}}

In January 2007, Audiokinetic entered into an educational partnership with the Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences.{{cite news |url=http://www.audiorecordingschool.com/press/prosoundfeb2007.html |title=Audiokinetic Partners with CRAS |publisher=NewBay Media |date=2007-02-02 |access-date=2015-07-08}} The Conservatory will teach Audiokinetic's Wwise software platform in its Audio for Games curriculum and will further develop an authorized Manufacturer Certification for the product.{{cite news |url=http://www.audiorecordingschoolblog.com/?p=76 |title=Educational Alliance Announced |publisher=Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences |date=2007-01-31 |access-date=2007-02-22}}

In November 2007, Audiokinetic joined the Emergent Game Technologies Premier Partners Program. As part of this exclusive agreement, Audiokinetic became Emergent's only audio premier partner, and Wwise was integrated with Gamebryo, Emergent's game development framework.{{cite news|url=http://www.emergent.net/en/News/Press-Release-Archives/Emergents-New-Partner-Program-to-Offer-Complete-Single-Source-Development-Framework-on-Gamebryo/ |title=Emergent's New Partner Program to Offer Complete, Single Source Development Framework on Gamebryo |publisher=Emergent |date=2007-11-26 |access-date=2008-12-12 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100621091004/http://www.emergent.net/en/News/Press-Release-Archives/Emergents-New-Partner-Program-to-Offer-Complete-Single-Source-Development-Framework-on-Gamebryo/ |archive-date=2010-06-21 }}

In November 2008, Audiokinetic released SoundSeed, a family of sound generators for game audio that uses digital sound processing (DSP) technology.{{cite news |url=http://www.developmag.com/news/30708/Special |title=Audiokinetic unveils SoundSeed |publisher=Develop |date=2008-10-22 |access-date=2008-12-12}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}

In February 2011, Sony announced that the PlayStation Vita will be the first portable device to support Audiokinetic.

In February 2013, Audiokinetic opened a Japanese office in Tokyo.{{cite web|url=https://www.audiokinetic.com/about/news/234-audiokinetic-launches-new-japan-office/|title=Audiokinetic Launches New Japan Office|publisher=Audiokinetic|date=2013-02-28|access-date=2015-07-08}}

In January 2015, Audiokinetic and CRAS announced the creation of an Online Certification Program for Wwise.{{cite web|url=https://www.audiokinetic.com/about/news/audiokinetic-and-cras-partner-to-create-online-certification-program-for-wwise/|title=Audiokinetic and CRAS Partner to Create Online Certification Program for Wwise|publisher=Audiokinetic|date=2015-01-07|access-date=2015-07-08}}

In March 2015, Audiokinetic and Steinberg announced a partnership to integrate Wwise with a new DAW, Nuendo 7.{{cite web|url=http://www.develop-online.net/news/audiokinetic-teams-up-with-steinberg-for-nuendo-7/0203781|title=Audiokinetic teams up with Steinberg for Nuendo 7|website=MCV |publisher=Audiokinetic|date=2015-03-02|access-date=2015-08-12}}

On 8 January 2019, Sony announced that the company had entered into a definitive agreement for Sony Interactive Entertainment to acquire Audiokinetic.{{cite web |title=Sony acquires Audiokinetic and its popular Wwise sound tool |url=https://venturebeat.com/2019/01/08/sony-acquires-audiokinetic-and-its-popular-wwise-sound-tool/|website=Venture Beat |date=2019-01-08 |access-date=2020-01-29}}