Private company

Havok

Logo: Havok, PD, via Wikipedia³

Irish software company

Telekinesys Research Limited (TR), doing business as Havok Group, is an Irish software company founded on 9 July 1998 by Hugh Reynolds and Steven Collins, based in Dublin, Ireland, and owned by Microsoft's Ireland Research subsidiary. They have partnerships with Activision, Electronic Arts, Nintendo, Xbox Game Studios, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Bethesda Softworks and Ubisoft.² Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1998Founded¹

Industrysoftware industry, video game industry¹
HeadquartersDublin¹
Founded inDublin¹
Websitewww.havok.com
Legal formprivately held company¹

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Corporate structure

Havok is part of a group headed by Microsoft. 191 entities, 29 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Microsoft Redmond, Washington, United States
- Activision Blizzard Santa Monica, California, United States
  - Beenox Quebec, Quebec, Canada
  - Radical Entertainment Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  - Activision Subsidiary · Santa Monica, California, United States
    - 7 Studios Subsidiary · Los Angeles
    - Budcat Creations Subsidiary · Iowa City
    - High Moon Studios Subsidiary · San Diego
    - Infinity Ward Subsidiary · Woodland Hills
    - Luxoflux Subsidiary · Santa Monica
    - Neversoft Subsidiary · Woodland Hills
    - Raven Software Subsidiary · Madison
    - Sierra Entertainment Subsidiary · Bellevue
      - 2 more
    - Sledgehammer Games Subsidiary · Foster City
    - Treyarch Subsidiary · Santa Monica
    - Gamestar Subsidiary
  - Bizarre Creations Subsidiary · Liverpool
  - Blizzard Entertainment Subsidiary · Irvine
    - Blizzard Albany Subsidiary · Albany
    - Blizzard North Subsidiary · San Mateo
    - Proletariat Subsidiary
  - Actibliz México Subsidiary · Mexico
  - ACTIVISION CANADA, INC. Subsidiary · Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
  - DEMONWARE INC. Subsidiary · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- GitHub San Francisco, California, United States
- Havok Dublin
  - Trinigy Subsidiary · Eningen unter Achalm
- King St. Julian'S, Malta
- LinkedIn Corporation Wilmington, Delaware, United States
  - Connectifier Subsidiary
  - LinkedIn Learning Subsidiary · Carpinteria
  - SlideShare Subsidiary
- Metaswitch Enfield, United Kingdom
- Microsoft Ireland Operations Dublin, Ireland
- Microsoft Research India New Delhi, India
- Aces Studio Subsidiary
- Adallom Subsidiary · Menlo Park
- AltspaceVR Subsidiary · Redwood City
- aQuantive Subsidiary · Seattle
- Bethesda Softworks Subsidiary · Rockville
  - Arkane Studios Subsidiary · Lyon
  - Bethesda Game Studios Subsidiary · Rockville
    - Bethesda Game Studios Dallas Subsidiary · Dallas
  - Sparkypants Studios Subsidiary · Baltimore, United States
- Canesta Subsidiary · Sunnyvale
- Clipchamp Pty Ltd Subsidiary · TC Beirne Department Store, Australia
- CyberX Subsidiary · Boston, Israel
- Danger, Inc. Subsidiary · Palo Alto
- Digital Anvil Subsidiary · Austin
- Ensemble Studios Subsidiary · Dallas
- Fast Search & Transfer Subsidiary · Oslo
- GameBank Corp. Subsidiary
- Good Science Studio Subsidiary · Redmond
- GreenButton Subsidiary · Wellington
- id Software Subsidiary · Richardson
- Intentional Software Subsidiary
- and 159 more

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

History

Havok was founded in 1998 by Hugh Reynolds and Steven Collins of the computer science department in Trinity College, Dublin. Research and development is carried out in offices in Dublin, San Francisco and Tokyo.

Technology

Havok (software)

Vision (game engine)

Awards

US National Academy of Television, Arts & Sciences Award, 2008 - (Technical Emmy)

Red Herring 100 - 2006 Winner

Best Choice of Computex - 2006 Winner

OnHollywood - 2006 Winner

Develop Industry Excellence Awards - 2006 Nominee - Best Tools Provider, 2005 Winner - Best Tools Provider, 2004 Nominee - Best Tools Provider

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Game Developer Frontline Award - 2006 Finalist - Middleware, 2003 Winner - Best Game Component, 2002 Winner - Best Game Component

FileFront - "Most Advanced Technology" of 2004

Computer Graphics World - CGW 2003 Innovation Award

From Wikipedia’s article on Havok (company), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.⁴

Products and brands

Havok

Listed on Wikidata.¹

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

Microsoft

Subsidiaries

Trinigy

From Wikidata.¹

Timeline

1998Founded Founded in Dublin¹

Sources

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WikidataHavok on Wikidata
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WikipediaHavok on Wikipedia
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Wikimedia CommonsHavok logo by Havok, PD
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WikipediaHavok on Wikipedia (revision used)