Game Engines provide the physics and reality needed for a natural playing experience. So much so that a modern game is capable of immersing the player into life like environment provoking sadness, anger and a high notion of victory and achievement. I’ve played about a dozen in my little life and continue to do so. They give me great satisfaction and a means to engage in non-lethal rivalry. Hats off to these masterpieces that have brought worlds to me at mouse clicks and button presses.
Big list of Game Engines at Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_game_engines
Here are 6 of them …………
1. IW Engine
Makers site: http://www.infinityward.com/games
Used in: Call of Duty 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: World at War, Quantum of Solace, Modern Warfare 2
2. RAGE Engine
Makers site: http://www.rockstargames.com/
Used in: Rockstar Presents Table Tennis, GTA IV + Episodes, Midnight Club: Los Angeles, Red Dead Redemption, L.A. Noire (rumoured)
3. CryENGINE
Makers site: http://www.crytek.com/cryengine
Used in: Far Cry, Crysis, Crysis Warhead, Crysis 2, Aion: Tower of Eternity
4. Anvil Engine
Makers site: http://www.ubi.com/UK/
Used in: Assassin’s Creed, Prince of Persia, Shaun White Snowboarding, Assassin’s Creed II
5. Unreal Engine
Makers site: http://www.unrealengine.com/
Used in: Gears of War, Mass Effect, BioShock, Unreal Tournament, Deus Ex, GRAW, Red Steel, Borderlands, Brothers in Arms, Homefront, Mirror’s Edge, Singularity, Rainbow Six: Vegas and a gazillion more
6. Frostbite Engine
Makers site: http://www.frostbite.com/
Used in: Battlefield: Bad Company, Battlefield 1943, Battlefield: Bad Company 2. Need for Speed: The Run, Medal of Honor: Warfighter, Army of Two: The Devil’s Cartel, Battlefield 4