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Source

Game engine developed by Valve Corporation

Also known as Source Engine · VMPI

Instance of: game engine
Website: developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/SDK2013_GettingStarted
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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. Valve used Source in many of their games in the following years, including Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2, and the Portal and Left 4 Dead franchises. Other notable third-party games using Source include most games in the Titanfall franchise, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines, Dear Esther, The Stanley Parable and Garry’s Mod. Valve continues to support several Source games into the present day, and would incrementally release new branches of the engine until it was succeeded by Source 2 in 2015.

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Platforms: Microsoft Windows released: 2004
macOS released: 2010
PlayStation 3 released: 2007
Xbox released: 2005
Xbox 360 released: 2007
Xbox One released: 2014
Linux released: 2012
Android
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Nintendo Switch
Follows: GoldSrc
Written in: C++
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Developer: Valve Corporation
Name in kana: ソースエンジン
License: proprietary license
Has list: list of games using Source engine
Latest version: Source Engine 24 / 2013
Copyright status: copyrighted
Followed by: Source 2
Uses: VPhysics
Havok
Used by: Half-Life 2
Counter-Strike: Source
Half-Life: Source
Team Fortress 2
Portal
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch
Half-Life 2: Lost Coast
Half-Life 2: Episode One
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Half-Life 2: Episode Two
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines
Garry's Mod
Portal 2
Left 4 Dead
Left 4 Dead 2
Titanfall
Titanfall 2
Apex Legends
Black Mesa
Insurgency

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