Ubisoft Montpellier built Jade for one game and named it after its heroine. It ended up carrying the Prince of Persia reboot. Here’s every game verified on it — and why the Beyond Good & Evil sequel isn’t one.
The IW Engine has powered nearly every Call of Duty for two decades. Here’s how it evolved from id Tech 3 into the technology behind the franchise.
Irrlicht is a small, open-source C++ 3D engine that still runs inside Luanti and SuperTuxKart. Here’s what it includes, a working example, and whether to use it in 2026.
Two of HPL’s three generations are on GitHub under GPLv3. The one powering SOMA and Amnesia: The Bunker is not. Here’s the split, the verified game list, and what you can actually build with it.
Horde3D is small, open Source and cross platform game engine. This 3D rendering engine is written in C++. It targets the platform of Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. Its C-style exposed API interface allows user to use it from any language possible with less effort. It thus, offers the bindings to C#, Java, Python, Lua, Go and many other languages.
The engine behind Half-Life and Counter-Strike: where the GoldSrc name came from, what Valve built on top of Quake, which games really used it, and its status in 2026.
From Pool of Radiance to Unlimited Adventures, SSI’s Gold Box engine defined computer D&D. Here’s how it worked, every game built on it, and where to play them now.
Godot is the free, open-source engine behind Slay the Spire 2. Here’s what’s new in Godot 4.7, how scenes, nodes and GDScript work, a tested example and how it compares.
Gameplay 3D is a Cross-platform game engine used to develop 2D and 3D games. Written in C++, this is used to develop games for Windows, Android, Linux, Blackberry, iOS and MacOSX. The game engine supports Visual Studio, Xcode, CMake, Qt Creator and Android NDK platforms to develop and build the platform.
Gamebryo powered Oblivion, Fallout 3 and Civilization IV. Here’s its history from NetImmerse to Gamebase, how its NIF files work, the games built on it, and its status today.
The Frostbite engine powers EA’s biggest games, from Battlefield to EA Sports FC. Here’s how DICE’s technology works, the games it drives, and why you can’t download it.
DX Studio was a Windows tool for interactive 3D games and simulations, with editors, JavaScript and DirectX 9. Here’s how it worked, what it cost, and what to use instead.
