AMD has announced that it has teamed up with Havok, a subsidiary of AMD competitor Intel, to optimize the performance of Havok technology on AMD-powered machines.

“The success of Havok as a cross platform software company is predicated on our willingness to listen to the needs of our customers,” said Havok director David O’Meara.

The companies hope to investigate CPU “game play simulation” and the “capabilities of massively parallel products.” The Havok platform is used in quite a few games, with notables including BioShock, Stranglehold and Age of Empires 3.

AMD has recently anted up its gaming outlook, creating the “AMD GAME!” label as well as launching new graphics cards later this month.