Havok (company)

{{short description|Irish software company}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Telekinesys Research Limited

| trade_name = Havok Group

| logo = Havok logo.svg

| type = Subsidiary

| founders = {{unbulleted list|Hugh Reynolds|Steven Collins}}

| hq_location_city = Dublin

| hq_location_country = Ireland

| area_served = Worldwide

| key_people = {{Ubl|David Coghlan
(general manager)|Andrew Bond
(VP of technology)|Dave Gargan
(VP of engineering)}}

| locations = 4 (2024)

| industry = Software

| products = {{unbulleted list|Havok|Vision}}

| owner = {{unbulleted list|Intel (2007–2015)|Microsoft (2015–present)}}

| parent = Microsoft Research (2015–present)

| num_employees =

| num_employees_year =

| subsid = Trinigy (defunct)

| logo_alt = The Havok logo, showing the word "havok" in lower-case letters with the "o" resembling a sawblade.

| foundation = {{Start date and age|1998|7|9|df=y}}

| homepage = {{URL|havok.com}}

}}

Telekinesys Research Limited (TR), doing business as Havok Group,{{cite web|url=http://havok.com/terms-of-use/|title=Legal information about Havok|access-date=30 October 2021|website=Havok}} is an Irish software company founded on 9 July 1998 by Hugh Reynolds and Steven Collins, based in Dublin, Ireland,{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/science/students-surprised-to-find-top-computer-games-are-made-on-their-doorstep-1.3753929|title=Students surprised to find top computer games are made on their doorstep|date=10 January 2019|access-date=19 April 2021|website=The Irish Times}} and owned by Microsoft's Ireland Research subsidiary.{{cite web|url=https://ie.globaldatabase.com/company/telekinesys-research-limited|title=Havok Group information about foundation and ownership by Microsoft|website=Global Database|accessdate=3 November 2021}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/20070914corp.htm?cid=rss-90004-c1-183235|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090502051203/http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/20070914corp.htm?cid=rss-90004-c1-183235|archive-date=2 May 2009|title=Intel To Acquire Havok|publisher=Intel Corporation|date=14 September 2007|access-date=15 September 2007}} On 2 October 2015, Intel sold Havok to Microsoft for an undisclosed amount.{{cite news|last=Foley|first=Mary Jo|title=Microsoft acquires Havok from Intel, Microsoft has acquired game-technology vendor Havok from Intel for an undisclosed amount.|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-acquires-havok-from-intel/|newspaper=ZDNet|date=2 October 2015}}