What Drives your FPS

The game engine has been around as long as video games, spanning all forms of genera, such as adventure, FPS, and RPGs. The most cutting edge tend to be the FPS engine. Here are some of the popular FPS engines. Note: While the vids may exhibit the engines graphic and physic elements, it does not capture other aspects, such as AI, load times, etc.

Lithtech - Monolith - 5 Generations (1998-)
Notable games: FEAR 1&2, Condemned, NoLF, Tron 2.0
Companies dependent: Engine has been outsourced, but no notable titles.

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id Tech (Quake) -id - 5 Generations (1993-)
Notable games: Doom series, Quake series, Half-Life 1, Star Wars:Jedi Knight 1&2, Alice, Medal of Honor 1, Prey, all Wolfenstein released after Doom, Call of Duty 1
Companies dependent: Raven,Human Head


Source - Valve - (2004-)
Notable Games: HL2, Portal, TF2, L4D 1&2, Counter Strike


Unreal Engine - Epic - 4 Generations (1998-)
Notable Games: Unreal series, Gears of War series, Rainbow Six series, Americas Army, BioShock, Mirrors Edge, Batman: AA, Deus Ex, Splinter Cell, Mass Effect
Companies dependent: Red Storm


Refractor - DICE - 2 Generations (1999-2009)
Notable Games: Battlefield series

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Dunia - Ubisoft (2008-)
Notable Games: Far Cry 2



IW Engine - Infinity Ward - 4 Generations (2005-)
Notable Games: Call of Duty series after CoD 2.

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CryEngine - Crytek - 3 Generations (2004-)
Notable Games: Far Cry, Crysis 1&2


Dark Engine - Looking Glass Studios (1998-2000)
Notable Games: Thief series, System Shock 2

Additional graphic on all FPS Engines