Web Technology, the Japan-based development tools provider, has announced the release of its Optix Image Studio graphics tools for Sony’s upcoming console PlayStation 3.



The kit will be available starting 2/1 at $3,062. Developers using v5 of the PS 2 version of the toolkit can upgrade at $1,250.



The Optix Image Studio for PS3 adds support for PS3 format 32-bit RGBA8888 images, direct editing and conversion for S3TC compressed textures (DXT1 - 5) and support for PS3 DDS files.



Via: IGN