Source (game engine)

Source
Developer(s)Valve
Initial releaseOctober 2004 (2004-10)
Written inC++
MiddlewareHavok
Engine
  • Ipion Virtual Physics
  • Miles Sound System
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PredecessorGoldSrc
SuccessorSource 2
LicenseProprietary

Source is a 3D game engine developed by Valve. It debuted as the successor to GoldSrc in 2004 with the releases of Half-Life: Source, Counter-Strike: Source, and Half-Life 2. Other notable third-party games using Source include Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines, Dear Esther, and The Stanley Parable. Valve released incremental updates to the engine during its lifetime. Source was succeeded in 2015 by the release of Source 2.


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