Topic: Source Engine Games
What is the Source Engine?
The Source engine is a 3D game engine developed by Valve Corporation. Its unique features include a large degree of modularity and flexibility, an artist-driven, shader-based renderer, accurate lip sync and facial expression technology, and a powerful, efficient and completely network-enabled physics system.
Source supports both 32-bit and 64-bit environments and the Microsoft Windows, Xbox, Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 platform (launched with The Orange Box). It debuted in October 2004 with Counter-Strike: Source.
What games use the Source engine?
There are currently 15 games (excluding mods) that use the Source engine. These games, and information on them, are found in the table below:
SP = Singleplayer | MP = Multiplayer - Prices from the Valve Store as of 29 November 2007
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[th]Game[/th]
[th]Release Date[/th]
[th]Developer[/th]
[th]Price[/th]
[th]Metascore[/th]
[th]Information[/th]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Counter-Strike: Source[/td]
[td]Oct 7 2004[/td]
[td]Valve[/td]
[td]$19.95[/td]
[td]88[/td]
[td]SP/MP - team-based tactical first-person shooter[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Day of Defeat: Source[/td]
[td]Sep 26 2005[/td]
[td]Valve[/td]
[td]$9.95[/td]
[td]80[/td]
[td]MP - team-based WWII first-person shooter[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Half-Life Deathmatch: Source[/td]
[td]May 1 2006[/td]
[td]Valve[/td]
[td]--[/td]
[td]--[/td]
[td]MP - source version of the original Half-Life: Deathmatch[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Half-Life: Source[/td]
[td]Nov 16 2004[/td]
[td]Valve[/td]
[td]$9.95[/td]
[td]--[/td]
[td]SP - source version of the original Half-Life[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Half-Life 2: Deathmatch[/td]
[td]Nov 30 2004[/td]
[td]Valve[/td]
[td]$9.95[/td]
[td]--[/td]
[td]MP - online play using Half-Life 2 weaponry[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Half-Life 2[/td]
[td]Nov 16 2004[/td]
[td]Valve[/td]
[td]$29.95[/td]
[td]96[/td]
[td]SP - enter City 17 and fight the resistance[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Half-Life 2: Episode One[/td]
[td]Jun 1 2006[/td]
[td]Valve[/td]
[td]$19.95[/td]
[td]87[/td]
[td]SP - escape City 17[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Half-Life 2: Episode Two[/td]
[td]Oct 10 2007[/td]
[td]Valve[/td]
[td]$29.95[/td]
[td]90[/td]
[td]SP - reach White Forest before the resistance[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Half-Life 2: Episode Three[/td]
[td]--[/td]
[td]Valve[/td]
[td]--[/td]
[td]--[/td]
[td]SP - the final of the episodic trilogy[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Half-Life 2: Lost Coast[/td]
[td]Oct 27 2005[/td]
[td]Valve[/td]
[td]--[/td]
[td]--[/td]
[td]SP - game developed to boast the source engine[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Team Fortress 2[/td]
[td]Oct 10 2007[/td]
[td]Valve[/td]
[td]$29.95[/td]
[td]93[/td]
[td]MP - source recreation of Team Fortress Classic[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Portal[/td]
[td]Oct 10 2007[/td]
[td]Valve[/td]
[td]$19.95[/td]
[td]90[/td]
[td]SP - solve a series of puzzles using a specialized portal gun[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Garry's Mod[/td]
[td]Nov 29 2006[/td]
[td]Team Garry[/td]
[td]$9.95[/td]
[td]--[/td]
[td]SP/MP - Manipulate objects and experiment with physics through the Source engine[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]The Ship[/td]
[td]Jul 11 2006[/td]
[td]Outerlight[/td]
[td]$14.95[/td]
[td]76[/td]
[td]MP - Hunt down your enemy...while you're being hunted[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]The Ship Single Player[/td]
[td]Nov 20 2006[/td]
[td]Outerlight[/td]
[td]$9.95[/td]
[td]76[/td]
[td]SP - A singleplayer version of The Ship (see above)[/td]
[/tr]
[/table]
Original content by kylef. Credit to Wikipedia.
