Back when Intel’s project Larrabee was going to revolutionize the computer graphics space and crush all of their competition with a single blow, Intel made the not-so-surprising move of acquiring a game development company (Offset Software) to create a secret game to demonstrate the hardware. Called “Project Offset”, a few videos leaked out but nothing more. With the death of the Larrabee hardware it’s not that surprising, but today Intel has just issued a statement saying that the division has been shut down.
Intel purchased Offset Software to improve our game development knowledge-base and to further Intel’s visual computing technology development expertise, helping the company offer robust products, support, and tools to customers. With the recent changes in our product roadmap, some of the resources and technologies from the acquisition are being re-applied to help support new graphics related projects. Additionally, other Offset Software team members have moved onto other external projects outside the company.
The founders have moved on and created ‘Fractiv’, and presumably will finish the project there.
