Big Huge Games, which is best known for developing Rise of Nations, today announced that it has licensed SpeedTreeRT for an unannounced game it's working on. SpeedTreeRT, which was first released by Interactive Data Visualization in December 2002, is a software product that delivers low-polygon, highly realistic trees with adjustable wind effects. The software includes a library of more than 80 different species of tree and also includes a Windows application named SpeedTreeCAD that allows users to create and edit animated trees in real time.

　　"We chose SpeedTree for the phenomenal CAD abilities of the program, which we've used to create believable and compelling environments for our next game," said Tim Train, Big Huge Games founder and vice president. "This software package has saved us invaluable time. Once we had tried the free evaluation version, we knew we had to upgrade to the full product."

　　Big Huge Games has not revealed any information on its upcoming game whatsoever, but we'll bring you more as soon as it becomes available. The company is also currently working on a Rise of Nations expansion pack, scheduled for release later this year.