These game engines are notable for the distinguishable features and characteristics they’ve brought to the gaming scene.
Thus, offering gamers a better experience and dev’s a better opportunity to enhance their games.
Frostbite
It’s a common understanding that EA game’s usually come unpolished with a bundle of bugs.
That’s due to the game engine Frostbite, which was a revolutionary engine Developed by DICE.
EA saw the true potential the Frostbite engine had to make games more immersive.
Like its debut game,Battlefield: Bad Company, revolutionized the industry with the incorporation of destructible environments.
On top of this, it was a stepping stone of graphic potential for games at the time.
Games never looked more realistic and the texture never showcased so much detail.
Source
Back in 2004, Valve developed a 3D game engine known as Source.
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One game that truly showcased its potential wasGarry’s Mod.
At the time, gaming engines were much too complicated to comprehend.
Source simplified this for developers and modders by being one of the first engines that supported user mods.
Without having to manual code every bit of content.
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Unity
Originally developed back in 2005, the Unity engine has seen a host of improvements over the years.
Resulting in its long-running stint.
And the engine isn’t stopping anytime soon.
It’s continuing to showcase its adaptivity by being the leading engine for VR games.
Havok
One of the longest-running careers amongst all game engines is Havok.
The original version was developed back in 2000 and is still used today.
It’s revolutionized video games for many reasons, but its defining aspect is thanks to its realistic physics.
There’s nothing sweeter than landing a headshot and seeing your enemy fold like a piece of paper.
Or hitting an enemy with a shotgun and seeing them fly across the room.
Games are more realistic due to this feature which is originally credited to the Havok game engine.
Unreal Engine
The most popular game engine in the world is the Unreal Engine and its later updated versions.
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It’s also the oldest engine on this list, originally developed in 1998.
The engine has become an industry standard, completely revolutionizing the way games look today.
Unreal engine is credited with all the great advancements made in video game graphics.
Single-handled it’s revolutionized the industry standard of graphics in games today.
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