Source Engine

Source is a 3D game engine developed by Valve Corporation. It debuted in June 2004 with Counter-Strike: Source and shortly thereafter Half-Life 2, and has been in active development ever since. Unusually for a game engine, Source has been designed to receive constant incremental updates and does not have a meaningful version numbering scheme. Source was created to power first-person shooters, but has also been used professionally to create role-p... More

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