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Audiokinetic offers a variety of licensing options for Wwise that are designed to suit all of your audio pipeline needs.

Wwise for non-commercial projects

 There is no license fee to use Wwise for non-commercial projects.

If you’re prototyping, developing freeware, working on academic projects, or preparing a student assignment, etc, you can use Wwise, for free.

Source code to the Sound Engine is not included.

Click here to download your free copy of Wwise, including the authoring application and the sound engine.

Wwise for consoles

For a specific game/title, you can purchase a run-time license for outlined platforms. Wwise currently supports Windows®XP, Vista™, Xbox 360™, PLAYSTATION®3, and the Wii™.

Our pricing per title includes unlimited languages and no royalties. The license price includes a 24-month complete technical support and software updates.

• Wwise – initial platform: $ 15,000 US
• Wwise – additional platform: $7,500 US
• Additional maintenance – 12 months: $ 2,500 US

Source code to the Sound Engine is included as part of our price offering.

Note: Special conditions may apply to MMO titles.

If you are interested in a long-term agreement, Audiokinetic also offers volume pricing and site license agreements.

Wwise for EDG (Electronically Distributed Games)

Developers of titles for Xbox LIVE®Arcade, “PLAYSTATION®Network” and WiiWare™ (Nintendo’s program announced for early 2008) and Casual games can take advantage of this new Wwise licensing program.

You can purchase a run-time license for outlined platforms and for a specified game/title.

The license price only includes product upgrades and technical support via the public forum only. In addition, you can purchase an annual support pass that will give you access to full support, including access to the private wiki and direct access to our technical support team.

We offer two pricing options:

• Pricing per SKU:
• Wwise for EDG – initial platform: $ 5,000 US
• Wwise for EDG – additional platform: $ 2,500 US
• Maintenance for EDG – 12 months: $ 500 US

OR

• Royalty-based pricing:
• Wwise $ 0.10 US per payable download

Source code to the Sound Engine is not included.