IDV has announced that more game developers and publishers have chosen SpeedTree to ensure that their products will meet the new environmental standard SpeedTree is driving worldwide: CD Projekt Red (The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings) and Epic Games (Gears of War 3). SpeedTreeRT, winner of the 2005 Front Line Award for middleware, delivers highly realistic trees and plants, with seamless LOD transitions, an array of lighting, physics & wind effects, and an SDK programmed to support any level of engine integration. SpeedTree includes SpeedTree Modeler, a Windows application that offers a unique hybrid of hand and procedural modeling options.