Epic Games announced today that it has acquired Rad Game Tools.
The Kirkland, Washington-based outfit offers a variety of programs for game developers, including the Bink video codec, Oodle data compression, and telemetry performance visualization.
“Members of the Rad team will work closely with Epic’s rendering, animation, insights and audio teams, integrating important technology and enhancements across Unreal Engine and beyond,” said Epic.
“The joining of forces of Rad and Epic will give even more developers access to tools that load and download their games faster and provide their players with a better, higher quality video and game experience.”
Despite the acquisition, Rad continues to work with companies outside of Epic, whether they use Unreal Engine or not.
Rad was founded in 1988 and also has a Japanese office, founded in 2008. The products have been used in nearly 25,000 games.
Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
The Rad deal continues a busy trajectory for Epic in the field of acquisition. Since early 2019, Epic has included 3Lateral, Agog Labs, Psyonix, Twinmotion, Houseparty, Quixel, Cubic Motion, Hyprsense and SuperAwesome in its ranks.
Earlier this week, it also acquired a North Carolina shopping center to serve as its future headquarters.