Source (game engine)

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Source is a 3D game engine developed by Valve. It debuted as the successor to GoldSrc in 2004 with the release of Counter-Strike: Source and Half-Life 2. Updates to Source were released in incremental versions, with the engine being succeeded by Source 2 by the late 2010s.

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Source
Developer(s)Valve
Initial releaseJune 2004; 18 years ago (2004-06)
Written inC++
MiddlewareHavok
PredecessorGoldSrc
SuccessorSource 2
LicenseProprietary
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