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This experience demanded exceptional performance, reliable simulation, and tools that were both powerful and easy to adopt.
Find out more about how Havok Physics for Unreal delivered high-impact destruction and fast robust simulation with minimal integration overhead.

When Stubby Games set out to build @voidbreakergame.bsky.social , they envisioned a truly “chaotic destruction spectacle”.
So they turned to Havok Physics for Unreal.
www.havok.com/blog/deliver...

Havok for Unreal support for Unreal 5.7.3 was released on Tuesday 17th Feb, following the release of the Unreal hotfix on 10th Feb.
This update is fully supported and ready for customers to upgrade.

Best Practices for Character Navigation: Architecting for AAA Performance and Robustness | Agenda | GDC Festival of Gaming We will comprehensively describe best-practice technologies and techniques for navigation and related character behavior tasks. After touching briefly on the basic algorithms and data structures, such...

On top of peers, parties, and presentations, Havok principal engineer, and GDC veteran Ben Sunshine-Hill will be speaking on Architecting for AAA Performance and Robustness.
Make sure to add it to your calendars
schedule.gdconf.com/session/best...

We’re excited to be attending GDC 2026 and getting to connect with studios and partners from across the industry.
If you're interested in finding out how Havok can help you push the boundaries of what is possible in your game, reach out to schedule a meeting.

Including:
New Data Layer Workflows
Improved Customizability
Experimental features
Improved stability and visual quality
Expanded runtime collision LOD features

And for the first time, Havok for Unreal customers get access to the Beta version of the new Havok Visual Debugger.

Havok for Unreal brings industry-leading physics, navigation, and cloth simulation to Unreal Engine through close, well maintained, integrations.
Find more about the standout improvements and features delivered in the last development period on our site: www.havok.com/blog/havok-f...

YouTube video by Havok Introduction to the Havok Cloth Remote Preview Tool

The Havok Cloth Remote Preview Tool makes real‑time cloth simulation effortless:
- Preview instantly
- Test forces + tweak settings
- Sandbox rapid iteration
- Save custom setups
Check out our new tutorial:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF-7...

Dice Summit logo for 2026, with event dates Feb 10-12 in Las Vegas Nevada, accompanies by yellow Havok logo.

We will be attending the DICE Summit 2026.

We're setting up meetings over the event and aiming to sync with developers from across the industry.

To find out how Havok can super-power your game with proven physics, navigation and cloth simulation, reach out through our website.

YouTube video by Havok Havok Balloons Tech Showcase - Behind the Particles

See just how easy it is to go from no collisions, to physically accurate simulation in a particle system:

youtu.be/FA9RogDVmKI

The Havok Balloons Tech Showcase lets you experience the thousands of interactions that Havok Physics Particles can bring to your game.
As a feature of Havok Physics for Unreal, Physics Particles are integrated directly into the Niagara particles system and are quick and easy to set up.

Havok 2025.2 is here!
This release brings new features and improvements across all products, available to both SDK and Unreal customers.

To learn more, check out our website, or get in touch.
www.havok.com/blog/havok-s...

Havok Balloons Tech Showcase on Steam Havok usually works behind the scenes helping to power your favourite AAA games, but this tech showcase proved too popular to keep to industry only meetings.

The Havok Balloons Tech Showcase is live! Showing the power of Havok Physics Particles in Unreal Engine.

This free level will give you a taste of the kind of immersive interactive experiences this feature can bring to your game.

Check it out on Steam:
store.steampowered.com/app/4031820/...

Best of luck to all the nominees at The Game Awards today!
It's great to see so many Havok-powered games being recognised for their achievements.

Find out more about Havok Physics Particles in Unreal on our website: www.havok.com/blog/havok-p...

Featuring:
💥Full 6DOF simulation
💥Convex collision geometry
💥Continuous collision detection against the environment

Our soon-to-be-released Balloons Tech Showcase was created with Havok Physics for Unreal resulting in a particles spectacular!

Havok Physics Particles are brought to Unreal through a seamless integration into Niagara.

Choose from 3 Havok-powered update modules to enable physics simulation within a Niagara particle system and bring lightweight rigid bodies to your game.

Make sure to wish list this free demo so it arrives the moment it's released!

Havok Balloons Tech Showcase on Steam Havok usually works behind the scenes helping to power your favourite AAA games, but this tech showcase proved too popular to keep to industry only meetings.

The Havok Balloons Tech Showcase is available for wish list on Steam!
Wishlist it now and prepare to experience what Havok Physics for Unreal can bring to a game.
store.steampowered.com/app/4031820/...

To finish out a big year of innovative new features and fantastic Havok powered games we decided this demo was too good to keep to industry-only meetings.

Or more accurately, it was thousands of simultaneous real time collisions across Havok Physics Particles systems integrated into the Niagara system in Unreal.

This year at GDC we celebrated our 25-year anniversary, and by harnessing the power of Havok Physics for Unreal we made a fun new interactive demo.
It was a hit!

Havok usually exists behind the scenes powering your favorite AAA games. And Havok demos are a closed door, industry only event.

However...

Learn more about the technical details of this feature in the Havok Physics SDK
(details on the implementation in Unreal coming soon!)
www.havok.com/blog/havok-p...

Whether you want the environment to react to characters, bulk up destruction to a truly intense spectacle or flesh out a fully interactive game world, make Havok Physics Particles a tool in your arsenal.

Ready to make your interactive immersive game worlds a reality?

Havok Physics Particles bring you lightweight, low cost rigid bodies with minimal performance hit.
💥Thousands of simulating physics bodies
💥Versatile and customizable
💥Cross platform deterministic

This release brings all three Havok products to the latest version of Unreal along with new features, improvements and fixes empowering you to push the boundaries of what your game can achieve.

Congratulations to Epic on the release of UE 5.7.0. The Havok for Unreal release UE 5.7.0-R1(2025.1.1) is now available!

Want to learn about our games middleware straight from the source?

We're collecting Havok presentations and sessions on our website, bringing knowledge of how we work and what our products can do to one easy to find place!

www.havok.com/presentation...

CEDEC+KYUSHU is back on 29th November and we're happy to support the event for another year.
Drop by the Havok booth to learn more about the different Havok products and how they can unlock new capabilities for your game.