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Bink was inducted into the Front Line Awards Hall of Fame by the ''[[Game Developer (magazine)|Game Developer]]'' magazine in 2009. The winners for the award were published in the January 2010 issue of the magazine.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2010/01/07/game-developer-reveals-2009-front-line-awards-winners-bink-to-hall-of-fame |title=Game Developer Reveals 2009 Front Line Awards Winners, Bink To Hall Of Fame |date=January 8, 2010}}</ref>
 
Bink 2, a new version of the format, was released in 2013.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Interview: Bink 2 |url=http://www.develop-online.net/tools-and-tech/interview-bink-2/0117576 |first=Will |last=Freeman |date=2013-04-11 |workmagazine=Develop |publisher=NewBay Media}}</ref> This new format is available for Windows (standard, Windows 8 Store and Windows 8 Phone), [[Mac OS]], [[Linux]], major touchscreen smartphone platforms ([[Android (operating system)|Android]] and [[iOS]]), all three major seventh-generation consoles (PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360), all major [[eighth generation of video game consoles|eighth-generation]] platforms except the Nintendo 3DS ([[Nintendo Switch]], [[PlayStation 4]], [[PlayStation Vita]], [[Wii U]] and [[Xbox One]]) and the [[Ninth generation of video game consoles|ninth-generation]] [[PlayStation 5]] and [[Xbox Series X/S]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.radgametools.com/bnkmain.htm|title=Bink Video!|website=www.radgametools.com}}</ref> Bink 2 is faster than Bink 1, and supports higher resolutions as well.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bink Video! |url=http://www.radgametools.com/bnkmain.htm |website=RAD Game Tools |access-date=25 February 2019}}</ref>
 
[[Epic Games]] acquired the technology and business of RAD Game Tools including Bink on January 7, 2021, renaming it to Epic Games Tools. It was announced they planned to integrate RAD's technology directly into [[Unreal Engine]] and that licenses will continue to be available to those who do not use the Unreal Engine in their work.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.polygon.com/2021/1/7/22219284/epic-games-acquires-rad-game-tools-announcement |title=Epic Games announces new acquisition of RAD Game Tools |date=January 7, 2021 |publisher=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.yahoo.com/epic-acquires-rad-game-tools-230134304.html |title=Epic acquires Rad Game Tools, veteran of many gaming generations |date=January 7, 2021}}</ref>