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Contents

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• References

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Analysis - Games

Game	Developer	Engine	Year	Analysis
Monster Hunter Wilds	Capcom	RE Engine	2025	Expand • Is Rendering Still Evolving? • New Rendering Features Rundown
Alan Wake 2	Remedy	Northlight	2023	Expand • How Northlight makes Alan Wake 2 shine • Developing Northlight: OpenUSD content workflows • Northlight in 2023 • A Deep Dive into Path Tracing Technology • GPU driven Rendering with Mesh Shaders in Alan Wake 2
Starfield	Bethesda	Creation Engine 2	2023	Expand • DF Tech Review • Gaming Bolt Graphics Analysis • A Reddit user's tech analysis • Analyzing Starfield’s Performance on Nvidia’s 4090 and AMD’s 7900 XTX
Hifi Rush	Tango Gameworks	UE4	2023	Expand • 3D Toon Rendering in 'Hi-Fi RUSH'
Diablo 4	Blizzard Albany, Team 3	Internal	2023	Expand • Behind the Pretty Frames • Peeling Back The Varnish: The Graphics Of Diablo IV • Developers talk ray tracing
Ys X: Nordics	Nihon Falcom	Internal	2023	Expand • PC Optimization Journey
Final Fantasy 16	Square Enix	Internal	2023	Expand • Shadow Techniques from Final Fantasy XVI • Tech Evolution: Final Fantasy 13 CGI vs Final Fantasy 16 Real-Time Graphics • The DF Tech Review • GamingBolt Tech Analysis
F1 2023	Codemasters	EGO	2023	Expand • PS5 vs Xbox Series X/S vs PC – Ray Tracing
Company of Heroes 3	Relic Entertainment	Essence Engine 4.0	2023	Expand • Company of Heroes 3 - From PC to Consoles
Resident Evil 4 Re	Capcom	RE Engine	2023	Expand • DF Tech Review
Horizon: Call of the Mountain	Guerrilla	Decima	2023	Expand • Inside PSVR2 - Horizon: Call of the Mountain Gameplay + Tech Breakdown
Dead Space Remake	Motive Studios	Frostbite	2023	Expand • DF Tech Review
Hi-Fi Rush	Tango Gameworks	UE4	2023	Expand • DF Tech Review • CGWorldJP: Character, motion, and effects edition • CGWorldJP: Background/Lighting
Remnant2	Gunfire Games	UE5	2023	Expand • Remnant 2 review – a war across worlds
Baldur's Gate 3	Larian Studios, Elverils	Divinity 4.0	2023	Expand • DF Tech Review - Graphics Analysis + Optimised Settings
Immortals of Aveum	Ascendant Studios	UE5	2023	Expand • IMMORTALS OF AVEUM™: UE5.1, PC OPTIMIZATION, & MORE
Elden Ring	FromSoftware	Internal	2022	Expand • Behind the Pretty Frames • 狭間の地へようこそ！「ELDEN RING」における オープンフィールドおもてなし術 • DF Tech Analysis about Elden Ring's RT upgrade
Pokémon Scarlet/Violet	Game Freak	Internal	2022	Expand • 【アルセウス＋スカーレット・バイオレット】ポケモン2つを同時に作る、ポケモンモデル制作環境
Pokémon Arceus	Game Freak	Internal	2022	Expand • 【アルセウス＋スカーレット・バイオレット】ポケモン2つを同時に作る、ポケモンモデル制作環境
God of War Ragnarok	Santa Monica Studio	Internal	2022	Expand • 'God of War Ragnarok's' Visual Scripting Solution • Breaking Barriers: Combat Accessibility in 'God of War Ragnarök' • Rendering 'God of War Ragnarök' • Real-Time Neural Texture Upsampling in 'God of War Ragnarök' • A Deep Dive Into God of War Ragnarök's User Interface
Horizon Forbidden West	Guerrilla	Decima	2022	Expand • Architecting Jolt Physics For Horizon Forbidden West • Adventures With Deferred Texturing • Building Machines For A Better Future In Horizon • Space-Efficient Content Packaging • Scaling Tools For Millions of Assets • Creating The Many Faces of Horizon Forbidden West • CEDEC 2019 - Making Tools for Big Games • SIGGRAPH 2022 Real-Time Live • The Cinematics of 'Horizon Forbidden West' • Building Machines for a Better Future in 'Horizon' • Knocking on Death's Door: Designing a New Bunker for 'Horizon Forbidden West'
The Quarry	Supermassive Games	UE4	2022	Expand • Case Study: Creating Realistic Facial Motion for 'The Quarry'
Forspoken	Luminous Productions	Luminous Engine	2022	Expand • DF Tech Review
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide	Fatshark	Internal	2022	Expand • How FatShark constructed their central asset pipeline with Simplygon
Xenoblade Chronicles 3	Monolith Soft	Internal	2022	Expand • DF Tech Review • 「生と死」を物語る陰影表現とは――『Xenoblade3（ゼノブレイド3）』のキャラクターを魅せる2灯トゥーンシェーディング、世界を描くアップサンプリング【CEDEC+KYUSHU 2022】
Gran Turismo 7	Polyphony Digital	Internal	2022	Expand • Rendering Technologies behind Gran Turismo 7: VR, Ray Tracing and Sky Simulation
The Callisto Protocol	Striking Distance Studios	UE4	2022	Expand • SIGGRAPH2023-Advances-The-Rendering-of-The-Callisto-Protocol-JimenezPetersen.pptx
Halo Infinite	343 Industries	Slipspace	2021	Expand • One Frame in 'Halo Infinite'
Diablo 2 Resurrected	Blizzard, Vicarious Visions	Internal	2021	Expand • DF Tech Analysis • An Overview of the 'Diablo II: Resurrected' Renderer
Knockout City	Velan Studios	Internal	2021	Expand • Knockout City's Parallel Play
Forza Horizon 5	Playground Games	ForzaTech	2021	Expand • How Parameters Drive the Particle Effects of 'Forza Horizon 5'
Returnal	Housemarque	UE4	2021	Expand • Can We Do It with Particles?: VFX Learnings from 'Returnal'
Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart	Insomniac Games	Internal	2021	Expand • Recalibrating Our Limits: Lighting on 'Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart' • DF Blog
Far Cry 6	Ubisoft Toronto	Dunia Engine	2021	Expand • Simulating Tropical Weather in 'Far Cry 6'
Dreamscaper	Afterburner Studios	UE4	2021	Expand • Dreamscaper: Killer Combat on an Indie Budget
FIFA 22	EA Vancouver, EA Romania	Frostbite 3	2021	Expand • 'FIFA 22's' Hypermotion: Full-Match Mocap Driving Machine Learning Technology
Dyson Sphere Program	Youthcat Studio	Unity	2021	Expand • birth-of-dyson-sphere • dyson-sphere-devlog-2 • dyson-sphere-devlog-3 • dyson-sphere-devlog-4
Cyberpunk 2077	CD Projekt Red	REDengine 4	2020	Expand • c0de517e • Hang Zhang's Blog • Shader Execution Reordering • Tech Focus: Cyberpunk 2077 RT Overdrive • Overdrive Technology Preview on RTX 4090
Doom Eternal	id Software	id Tech 7	2020	Expand • Simon Coenen's Blog
Mafia: Definitive Edition	Hangar 13	Mafia III engine	2020	Expand • The Code Corsair
Teardown	Tuxedo Labs	Internal	2020	Expand • Frame Teardown • Teardown Breakdown
Final Fantasy 7 Remake	Square Enix	UE4	2020	Expand • 機械学習によるリップシンクアニメーション自動生成技術と FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKEのアセットを訓練データとした実装実例 • 'Final Fantasy VII' Remake: Automating Quality Assurance and the Tools for the Future • How Square Enix leveraged Unreal Engine to modernize FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE
Ghost of Tsushima	Sucker Punch	Internal	2020	Expand • Blowing from the West: Simulating Wind in 'Ghost of Tsushima' • Exploration in 'Ghost of Tsushima': Letting the Island Guide You • Procedural Grass in 'Ghost of Tsushima' • Master of the Katana: Melee Combat in 'Ghost of Tsushima' • Honoring the Blade: Lethality and Combat Balance in 'Ghost of Tsushima' • Zen of Streaming: Building and Loading 'Ghost of Tsushima' • Samurai Shading in Ghost of Tsushima
Wild Rift	Riot Games	Internal	2020	Expand • The Art of Not Reinventing the Wheel in 'Wild Rift' Asset Pipeline
Spelunky 2	Mossmouth, BlitWorks	Internal	2020	Expand • Breaking the Ankh: Deterministic Propagation Netcode in 'Spelunky 2'
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales	Insomniac Games	Internal	2020	Expand • An Explosive New Spider-Man: Creating VFX for Miles Morales • Real-Time Cloth Solutions on 'Marvel's Spider-Man'
The Last of Us: Part II	Naughty Dog	Internal	2020	Expand • Crafting an Interactive Guitar • 80lv's Interview • The Museum Level Design • The Chalet Level Design • The Overlook Level Design • Dialogue Scripting Level Design • Finding Strings Level Design • Breathing Life Into 'The Last of Us': Part I and II
Noita	Nolla Games	Falling Everything	2020	Expand • 80lv's Interview
Dragon Ball Z Kakarot	Cyber Connect 2	UE4	2020	Expand • Thomas @ Stylized Station's Twitter thread
Death Stranding	Kojima Productions	Decima	2019	Expand • Behind the Pretty Frames • 'Death Stranding': An AI Postmortem • DF Tech Review(PC) • DF Performance Analysis
Resident-evil II Re	Capcom Division 1	RE Engine	2019	Expand • Behind the Pretty Frames • Anton Schreiner's Blog
Metro Exodus	4A Games	4A Engine	2019	Expand • Anton Schreiner's Blog • Balázs Török's Blog
Control	Remedy	Northlight Engine	2019	Expand • Frame Analysis • Destructible Environments in Control: Lessons in Procedural Destruction • Control PC's Stealth Upgrade
Mortal Kombat 11	NetherRealm Studios	UE3	2019	Expand • Frame Analysis
A Plague Tale: Innocence	Asobo Studio	Internal	2019	Expand • Dissecting A Plague Tale: Innocence • Gamingbolt Graphics Analysis
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order	Respawn	UE4	2019	Expand • Analysis of Water Effects • Physical Animation in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	Infinity Ward	IW engine	2019	Expand • Handling Network Latency Variation in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare • Handling Network Latency Variation in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Gears of War 5	The Coalition	UE5	2019	Expand • The making of Gears 5: how the Coalition hit 60fps - and improved visual quality
Days Gone	Bend Studio	UE4	2019	Expand • Squad Coordination in Days Gone • Screen Space Shadows​
Sea of Solitude	Jo-Mei Games	Unity	2019	Expand • Paint It Black: The Art of 'Sea of Solitude'
Untitled Goose Game	House House	Unity	2019	Expand • Google Maps, Not Greyboxes: Digital Location Scouting for 'Untitled Goose Game'
Tom Clancy's The Division 2	Massive Entertainment	Snowdrop	2019	Expand • Game Server Performance on Tom Clancy's The Division 2
Super Mario Maker 2	Nintendo	Internal	2019	Expand • What Cause Lag in Super Mario Maker 2's Online
Epitasis	Epitasis Games	UE4	2019	Expand • 80lv's Interview
God of War 4	Santa Monica Studio	Internal	2018	Expand • Raising Atreus for Battle in God of War • Behind the Pretty Frames
Red Dead Redemption 2	Rockstar San Diego	RAGE	2018	Expand • imgeself's Blog • SIG 2019: Creating the Atmospheric World
Jurassic World: Evolution	Frontier	Cobra	2018	Expand • The Code Corsair
Ni no Kuni II	Level-5	Internal	2018	Expand • Thomas' Blog
Shadows of the Tomb Raider	Eidos-Montréal	Foundation engine	2018	Expand • Shadows of the Tomb Raider
Kingdom Come: Deliverance	Warhorse Studios	CryEngine	2018	Expand • Adaptive Clothing System in Kingdom Come: Deliverance
The Walking Dead: Our World	Next Games	Unity	2018	Expand • Social Depth of Location-Based Play in 'The Walking Dead: Our World'
Just Cause 4	Avalanche Studios	Apex	2018	Expand • Building a Mixing Sandbox for 'Just Cause 4' • Vehicle Physics and Tire Dynamics in Just Cause 4
Sea of Thieves	Rare	UE4	2018	Expand • Automated Testing of Gameplay Features in 'Sea of Thieves'
Tetris Effect	Monstars Inc. and Resonair	UE4	2018	Expand • Making 'Tetris Effect'-ive
Battlefield V	DICE	Frostbite	2018	Expand • AI for Testing: The Development of Bots that Play Battlefield V • It Just Works: Ray-Traced Reflections in Battlefield V
Marvel's Spider-Man	Insomniac Games	Internal	2018	Expand • Marvel's Spider-Man: Procedural Lighting Tools • Marvel's Spider-Man AI Postmortem • Marvel's Spider-Man: A Technical Postmortem
Frostpunk	11 bit studios	Liquid Engine	2018	Expand • Content Fueled Gameplay Programming in Frostpunk
Astro Bot Rescue Mission	SIE Japan Studio	Internal	2018	Expand • Taming Technologies Behind Astro Bot Rescue Mission
Assassin's Creed Odyssey	Ubisoft Quebec	AnvilNext 2.0	2018	Expand • Procedural Generation of Cinematic Dialogues in Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Detroit: Become Human	Quantic Dream	Internal	2018	Expand • The Lighting Technology of Detroit: Become Human
Far Cry 5	Ubisoft Montreal	Dunia Engine	2018	Expand • Water Rendering in Far Cry 5
Prismata	Lunarch Studios	Internal	2018	Expand • Playing Your Cards Right: The Hierarchical Portfolio Search AI of Prismata
Below	Capybara Games	Internal	2018	Expand • The Rendering of Below
Shadow of the Colossus Remake	Bluepoint	Internal	2018	Expand • DF Tech Complete Analysis • DF Tech Interview • DF's Article • Beyond the Remake of 'Shadow of the Colossus': A Technical Perspective
Octopath Traveler	Square Enix, Acquire	UE4	2018	Expand • DF Tech Analysis • DF PC vs Switch • Unreal Fest Europe 2019
Destiny 2	Bungie	Tiger Engine	2017	Expand • GDC 2018: Physically Inspired Shading in 'Destiny 2' • Destiny's Multithreaded Rendering Architecture • GDC 17: Destiny Shader Pipeline
Minecraft (Bedrock)	Mojang Studios	RenderDragon	2017	Expand • Frame Analysis - RTX • Microsoft Game Dev • DF's Minecraft RTX Deep Dive • GTC 2020
Slime Rancher	Monomi Park	Unity	2017	Expand • A frame of Slime Rancher
Divinity: Original Sin 2	Larian Studios	Divinity Engine	2017	Expand • Divine Fire: A deep dive into the VFX
Star Wars Battlefront II	EA DICE, Criterion Games, Motive Studios	Frostbite	2017	Expand • Battlefront II Layered Explosion • Precomputed Global Illumination in Frostbite
Zelda: Breath of the Wild	Nintendo	Internal	2017	Expand • The Bling-Bling Offset
RIME	Tequila Works	UE4	2017	Expand • Stylized VFX in RIME
Middle-earth: Shadow of War	Monolith	Lithtech	2017	Expand • Middle-earth: Shadow of War
FAITH	Airdorf Games	Unity	2017	Expand • MORTIS 101: 'FAITH's' Horror Design Toolkit
Assassin's Creed: Origins	Ubisoft Montreal	AnvilNext 2.0	2017	Expand • Virtual Insanity: Meta AI on Assassin's Creed: Origins
Battlefield 1	DICE	Frostbite 3	2017	Expand • 4K Checkerboard in Battlefield 1 and Mass Effect Andromeda
Mass Effect Andromeda	BioWare	Frostbite 3	2017	Expand • 4K Checkerboard in Battlefield 1 and Mass Effect Andromeda
Horizon: Zero Dawn	Guerrilla Games	Decima	2017	Expand • 80lv's Interview • GPU-Based Run-Time Procedural Placement in Horizon: Zero Dawn • Horizon Zero Dawn: A QA Open World Case Study • Creating a Tools Pipeline for Horizon: Zero Dawn • Streaming the World of Horizon Zero Dawn • Nubis: RealTime Volumetric Cloudscapes In A Nutshell • Horizon Zero Dawn: A Game Design Postmortem • Creating New AI Systems • Decima Engine: Visibility
For Honor	Ubisoft Montreal	AnvilNext 2.0	2017	Expand • Deterministic vs. Replicated AI: Building the Battlefield of For Honor • Data-Driven Dynamic Gameplay Effects on For Honor
Injustice 2	NetherRealm Studios	UE3	2017	Expand • 8 Frames in 16ms: Rollback Networking in Mortal Kombat and Injustice 2
Night in the Woods	Infinite Fall	Unity	2017	Expand • Making Night in the Woods Better with Open Source
Resident Evil 7	Capcom	RE Engine	2017	Expand • RE Engine Analysis
Splatoon 2	Nintendo	Internal	2017	Expand • Datamining New Splatoon 2 Maps • Ranking System Analysis • Netcode and Matchmaking • How Does the Region Lock Work • The Mechanics of Clam Blitz
Escape From Tarkov	Battlestate	Unity	2017	Expand • Game Tech Overview
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice	Ninja Theory	UE4	2017	Expand • Digital Humans: Crossing the Uncanny Valley in UE4
Doom	id Software	id Tech 6	2016	Expand • The Devil is in the details • Graphics Study • DF Interview • Bringing Hell to Life: AI and Full Body Animation in DOOM • GamesBeat Interview • DSOGaming Interview • QuakeCon P1 • QuakeCon P2
Overwatch	Blizzard, Iron Galaxy	Internal	2016	Expand • Alain Galvan's Blog • Replay Technology in Overwatch: Kill Cam, Gameplay, and Highlights • Overwatch Gameplay Architecture and Netcode • Playtesting Overwatch • Networking Scripted Weapons and Abilities in Overwatch • Overwatch - The Elusive Goal: Play by Sound
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun	Mimimi Productions	Unity	2016	Expand • Kosmonaut's Blog
The Witness	Thekla	Internal	2016	Expand • The Witness Frame Part 1
Dark Maus	Daniel Wright	Internal	2016	Expand • Dark Maus: Topdown Trees
Gears of War 4	The Coalition	UE4	2016	Expand • GDC Vault Gears of War 4
Battleborn	Gearbox Software	UE3	2016	Expand • The VFX Process Behind 'Battleborn'
Mafia III	Hangar 13	Illusion	2016	Expand • Triage on the Front Line: Improving Mafia III AI in a Live Product
Final Fantasy 15	Square Enix Business Division 2	Luminous Studio	2016	Expand • Eos is Alive: The AI Systems of Final Fantasy XV • Prompto's Facebook: How a Buddy-AI Auto-Snapshots Your Adventure in FFXV • 障害物を乗り越えるアニメーションの制御手法とその応用 • FINAL FANTASY XVにおけるキャラクターナビゲーションパイプライン ～パス検索とステアリングとアニメーションの連携～ • Rendering Techniques of Final Fantasy XV • Physics Simulation R&D at Square Enix • FINAL FANTASY XV -EPISODE DUSCAE-のエフェクトはこうして作られた～Luminous VFX Editorの紹介～ • FINAL FANTASY XV -EPISODE DUSCAE-におけるキャラクターAIの意思決定システム (P1) • FINAL FANTASY XV -EPISODE DUSCAE-におけるキャラクターAIの意思決定システム (P2) • FINAL FANTASY XV -EPISODE DUSCAE- のアニメーション ～接地感向上のためのとりくみ～
Far Cry Primal	Ubisoft Toronto	Dunia Engine	2016	Expand • Character Pipeline and Customization System for Far Cry Primal
Watch Dogs 2	Ubisoft Montreal	Disrupt	2016	Expand • Replicating Chaos: Vehicle Replication in Watch Dogs 2 • Hacking into the Combat AI of Watch Dogs 2 • Helping It All Emerge: Managing Crowd AI in Watch Dogs 2
Titanfall 2	Respawn Entertainment	Source	2016	Expand • Efficient Texture Streaming in Titanfall 2
Uncharted 4	Naughty Dog	Naughty Dog Engine	2016	Expand • The Science of Off-Roading: Uncharted 4's 4x4
Dishonored 2	Arkane Studios	Void Engine	2016	Expand • Taking Back What's Ours: The AI of Dishonored 2
Tom Clancy's The Division	Massive Entertainment	Snowdrop	2016	Expand • Global Illumination in Tom Clancy's The Division • Blending Autonomy and Control: Creating NPCs for Tom Clancy's The Division • Tom Clancy's The Division: AI Behavior Editing and Debugging
The Flame in The Flood	The Molasses Flood	UE4	2016	Expand • Forging The River in The Flame in The Flood
INSIDE	Playdead	Unity	2016	Expand • Temporal Reprojection Anti-Aliasing in INSIDE • Low Complexity, High Fidelity: The Rendering of INSIDE
Stellaris	Paradox Development Studio	Clausewitz Engine	2016	Expand • Creating Complex AI Behavior in Stellaris Through Data-Driven Design
Total War: Warhammer	Creative Assembly	Warscape	2016	Expand • Siege Battle AI in Total War: Warhammer
No Man's Sky	Hello Games	Internal	2016	Expand • Continuous World Generation in No Man's Sky • Building Worlds in No Man's Sky Using Math(s)
The Witcher 3	CD Projekt Red	RED Engine 3	2015	Expand • Mateusz's Blog • 'Witcher 3' on the Nintendo Switch
Metal Gear Solid V	Kojima Productions	Fox Engine	2015	Expand • Graphics Study • GDC 13 • DigitalFoundry Tech Analysis • NVIDIA Performance Guide
Rise of the Tomb Raider	Crystal Dynamics	Foundation Engine	2015	Expand • The Code Corsair
Yakuza 0	Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio	Dragon Engine	2015	Expand • Fixing attempts for Yakuza 0
Waves 2: Notorious	Rob "Squid" Hale	UE4	2015	Expand • A Frame of Waves 2
Batman: Arkham Knight	Rocksteady	UE3	2015	Expand • Unmasking Arkham Knight
Fallout 4	Bethesda Game Studios	Creation Engine	2015	Expand • Game Art Tricks • Game Art Tricks
Assassin's Creed Syndicate	Ubisoft Quebec	AnvilNext 2	2015	Expand • Assassin's Creed Syndicate: London Wasn't Built in a Day • Assassin's Creed Syndicate: A Technical Postmortem • What Are You Driving At? Vehicle AI in Assassin's Creed Syndicate
Caves of Qud	Freehold Games	Unity	2015	Expand • Tile-Based Map Generation using Wave Function Collapse in 'Caves of Qud' • End-to-End Procedural Generation in Caves of Qud
Halo 5: Guardians	343 Industries	Halo engine	2015	Expand • Geometry Caching Optimizations in Halo 5: Guardians
Just Cause 3	Avalanche Studios	Avalanche Engine	2015	Expand • Tree's Company: Systemic AI Design in Just Cause 3
Rocket League	Psyonix	UE3	2015	Expand • Rocket League: Language Ban System Postmortem • It IS Rocket Science! The Physics of Rocket League Detailed • 'Rocket League': Scaling for Free to Play
Rainbow Six Siege	Ubisoft Montreal	AnvilNext 2.0	2015	Expand • Rendering Rainbow Six Siege • The Art of Destruction in Rainbow Six: Siege
Call of Duty: Black Ops III	Treyarch	IW engine	2015	Expand • Fighting Latency on Call of Duty: Black Ops III
The Order: 1886	Ready at Dawn	Ready at Dawn Engine 4.0	2015	Expand • Rendering The Alternate History of The Order: 1886 (SIGGRAPH 2015) • The Order: 1886 Retrospective + PS5 60fps Gameplay - Made in 2015, Still Stunning Today • RAD_SIGGRAPH_2015_Character_embed.pptx
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor	Monolith Productions	LithTech Jupiter EX	2014	Expand • The Code Corsair
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2	MercurySteam	Mercury	2014	Expand • The Code Corsair
COD: Advanced Warfare	Sledgehammer Games	Internal	2014	Expand • Next Generation Post Processing
Alien Isolation	Creative Assembly	Custom	2014	Expand • Alien vs Wolfenstein: Cutting Torch • Inside Alien Isolation Graphics • High Tech Fear: Alien Isolation
Wolfenstein: The New Order	MachineGames	id Tech 5	2014	Expand • Alien vs Wolfenstein: Cutting Torch
Adventure Capitalist	Hyper Hippo	Unity	2014	Expand • Adventure Capitalist Postmortem or
Far Cry 4	Ubisoft Montreal	Dunia Engine 2	2014	Expand • Adaptive Virtual Texture Rendering • Rendering the World of Far Cry 4 • Fast Iteration for Far Cry 4 - Optimizing Key Parts of the Dunia Pipeline
The Jackbox Party Pack	Jackbox Games	Internal	2014	Expand • The Jackbox Party Pack Unboxed: How and Why We Make a Pack of 5 Games Every Year
Assassin's Creed Unity	Ubisoft Montreal	AnvilNext 2.0	2014	Expand • Massive Crowd on Assassin's Creed Unity: AI Recycling • Developing Systemic Crowd Events in Assassin's Creed Unity • SIGGRAPH 2015
Titanfall	Respawn Entertainment	Source	2014	Expand • Extreme SIMD: Optimized Collision Detection in Titanfall
Destiny	Bungie	Tiger Engine	2014	Expand • Tools-Based Rigging in Bungie's Destiny • Shared World Shooter: Destiny's Networked Mission Architecture
Metal Gear Solid Ground Zeroes	Kojima Productions	Fox Engine	2014	Expand • Photorealism Through the Eyes of a FOX: The Core of Metal Gear Solid Ground Zeroes (Sponsored)
The Elder Scrolls Online	ZeniMax Online Studios	Havok	2014	Expand • Tech Art in Tamriel: The Elder Scrolls Online's Character Tools and Pipeline
Dragon Age Inquisition	BioWare	Frostbite 3	2014	Expand • Getting Inquisitive About the AI of Dragon Age Inquisition
Yandere Simulator	Alex Mahan (YandereDev)	Unity	2014	Expand • Yandere Simulator Complete Source Code Analysis - Code Review
GTA 5	Rockstar North	RAGE	2013	Expand • Game Art Tricks: Underestimated Glow • Game Art Tricks: The Wormy Fountain • Graphics Study • NVIDIA Performance Guide
Pokémon X/Y	Game Freak	Internal	2013	Expand • Game Art Tricks
Assassin's Creed: Black Flag	Ubisoft Montreal	AnvilNext	2013	Expand • Black Flag Waterplane • SSAO with temporal supersampling • GameDev's Tech Talk • FxGuide's Article • Gamer Nexus's Graphics Analysis • Tech Demo • GDC 2014: Road to next-gen graphics • NVIDIA's Graphics & Performance Guide
Don't Starve	Klei Entertainment	Custom	2013	Expand • Don't Starve & Diablo Parallax
Tomb Raider 9	Crystal Dynamics	Crystal	2013	Expand • Tomb Raider Lara's Hot Secrets • Hair in Tomb Raider
Bioshock Infinite	Irrational Games	UE3	2013	Expand • BioShock Infinite Lighting
Dead Space 3	Visceral Games	Frostbite 3	2013	Expand • Dead Space 3 Diffuse Reflections
Metal Gear Rising	Platinum qGames	Internal	2013	Expand • Metal Gear Rising Slicing
The Last of Us	Naughty Dog	Internal	2013	Expand • Lighting Technology of The Last Of Us • GDC 14: A Context-Aware Character Dialog System • The Motion Capture Pipeline of The Last of Us • Parallelizing the Naughty Dog Engine Using Fibers
Battlefield 4	DICE	Frostbite	2013	Expand • Rendering Battlefield 4 with Mantle by Yuriy ODonnell
Crysis 3	Crytek	CryEngine	2013	Expand • Crafting the world of Crysis • Shining the Light on Crysis 3
Splinter Cell: Blacklist	Ubisoft Toronto	UE2.5	2013	Expand • Modeling AI Perception and Awareness in Splinter Cell: Blacklist
Forza Motorsport 5	Turn 10 Studios	ForzaTech	2013	Expand • Capturing Reality: Gathering Reference for Forza Motorsport 5
Killer Instinct	Rare, Double Helix Games, Iron Galaxy Studios, Dlala Studios	HexEngine	2013	Expand • Designing AI for Killer Instinct
Path of Exile	Grinding Gear Games	Internal	2013	Expand • Procedural World Generation in Path of Exile • ExileCon Dev Talk - Creating Game Effects in Path of Exile
Diablo 3	Blizzard Albany, Team 3	Internal	2012	Expand • Game Art Tricks • Game Art Tricks • Game Art Tricks • Game Art Tricks
007 Legends : Moonraker	Eurocom	UE3	2012	Expand • 007 Legends The World
Assassins Creed 3	Ubisoft Montreal	AnvilNext	2012	Expand • Assassins Creed 3 Bouncing Light • Assassins Creed 3 LOD Blending • Rendering Assassin's Creed III
Hitman: Absolution	IO Interactive	Glacier 2	2012	Expand • Creating the AI for the Characters of Hitman: Absolution
Ghost Recon Future Soldier	Ubisoft Paris	Internal	2012	Expand • A Different Approach for Continuous Physics in Ghost Recon Future Soldier
Blade & Soul	NCSOFT	UE3	2012	Expand • Reinforcement Learning in Action: Creating Arena Battle AI for 'Blade & Soul'
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	Valve Corporation, Hidden Path Entertainment	Source	2012	Expand • Robocalypse Now: Using Deep Learning to Combat Cheating in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive • Building the Content that Drives the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Economy
Final Fantasy Agni's Philosophy (Tech Demo)	Square Enix	Luminous Studio	2012	Expand • Web Page • Practical Applications of Compute for Simulation in Agni's Philosophy
Journey	Thatgamecompany	PhyreEngine	2012	Expand • Sand Rendering in Journey
Batman : Arkham City	Rocksteady Studios	UE3	2011	Expand • Froyok's Blog
Deus Ex: Human Revolution	Eidos-Montréal	Crystal	2011	Expand • Graphics Study • GDC 2012 • Reimagining a Classic: The Design • Building the Story-driven Experience • Game Art Tricks: Alpha Terrain
Binding of Isaac	Edmund McMillen, Florian Himsl	Flash	2011	Expand • Binding of Isaac Composition
Battlefield 3	DICE	Frostbite	2011	Expand • Culling the Battlefield: Data Oriented Design in Practice • DirectX 11 Rendering in Battlefield 3
Crysis 2	Crytek	CryEngine 3	2011	Expand • Crysis 2 Multiplayer: A Programmer's Postmortem
Mortal Kombat	NetherRealm Studios	UE3	2011	Expand • 8 Frames in 16ms: Rollback Networking in Mortal Kombat and Injustice 2
Skylanders	Toys for Bob	Internal	2011	Expand • Supercharged! Vehicle Physics in Skylanders
Portal 2	Valve	Source	2011	Expand • Making and Using Non-Standard Textures: Manipulating UVs through Color Data in Portal 2. • Water Flow in Portal 2.
God of War 3	Santa Monica Studio	Internal	2010	Expand • Morphological Antialiasing • More on God of War III Antialiasing • DF article • Sig 2019: Interactive Wind and Vegetation • Playtesting 'God of War' • Evolving Combat in 'God of War' for a New Perspective • Keyframes and Cardboard Props: The Cinematic Process Behind 'God of War' • Disintegrating Meshes with Particles in 'God of War' • Wind Simulation in God of War
Mafia II	2K Czech	Internal	2010	Expand • Hat vs Hair
Starcraft 2	Blizzard Entertainment	SC2 Engine	2010	Expand • Starcraft 2 Localization
Battlefield Bad Company 2	DICE	Frostbite 1.5	2010	Expand • Battlefield Bad Company 2 Smoke Column
CityVille	Zynga	Flash	2010	Expand • CityVille: Lessons Learned & Tools Used
Dead Rising 2	Capcom Vancouver	MT Framework	2010	Expand • 1000s of Zombies, 1000s of Problems, 1000s of Dollars
Two Worlds II	Reality Pump	GRACE 2	2010	Expand • Advanced Material
Skate 3	EA Black Box	RenderWare	2010	Expand • Building Game UI with Scaleform
World of Tanks: Mercenaries	Wargaming	BigWorld	2010	Expand • Bringing Replays to World of Tanks: Mercenaries
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood	Ubisoft Montreal	Anvil	2010	Expand • AI & Animation in Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
Halo: Reach	Bungie	Halo Engine	2010	Expand • I Shot You First: Networking the Gameplay of Halo: Reach
ALAN WAKE	Remedy	Northlight	2010	Expand • ALAN WAKE: The Writer Who Made Us Rewrite Our Engine
Assassin's Creed II	Ubisoft Montréal	Anvil Engine	2009	Expand • Froyok's Blog
Left 4 Dead 2	Valve	Source	2009	Expand • Left 4 Dead 2 Puke • Rendering Wounds in Left 4 Dead 2 • Shading a Bigger, Better Sequel: Techniques in Left 4 Dead 2
League of Legends	Riot Games	Internal	2009	Expand • Building the Chat Service for League of Legends • League of Legends: Scaling to Millions of Summoners • A Trip Down The LoL Graphics Pipeline • Performance analysis in esports part 1
Forza Motorsport 3	Turn 10 Studios	ForzaTech	2009	Expand • Forza Motorsport 3 Audio Design
Velvet Assassin	Replay Studios	UE3	2009	Expand • Building a Dynamic Lighting Engine
Dragon Age	BioWare	Frostbite 3	2009	Expand • Connecting Players and Franchise Across Console Generations in the Dragon Age Keep
Halo Wars	Ensemble Studios, 343 Industries, Creative Assembly	Havok	2009	Expand • The Terrain of Halo Wars
Final Fantasy 13	Square Enix	Crystal Tools	2009	Expand • Tech Evolution: Final Fantasy 13 CGI vs Final Fantasy 16 Real-Time Graphics
Fallout 3	Bethesda Game Studios	Gamebryo	2008	Expand • Game Art Tricks
Digital Combat Simulator	Eagle Dynamics	Internal	2008	Expand • DCS Frame Analysis
Mirror's Edge	DICE	UE3	2008	Expand • Henrikgdc09 Compat • The Unique Lighting of Mirror's Edge
Sacred 2	Ascaron	Internal	2008	Expand • Burning Map Effect in Sacred 2 • Pulse Shader in Sacred 2 • Crystal Reflection in Sacred 2 • Sacred 2 Fake Mirror
Battlefield Bad Company	DICE	Frostbite 1.0	2008	Expand • Audio for Multiplayer & Beyond - Mixing Case Studies From Battlefield: Bad Company & Frostbite
Left 4 Dead	Valve	Source	2008	Expand • The AI Systems of Left 4 Dead • Replayable Cooperative Game Design: Left 4 Dead
NARUTO: Ultimate Ninja STORM	Cyber Connect 2	Internal	2008	Expand • GDC: Cinematic Next-Generation Action NARUTO
Halo 3	Bungie	Internal	2007	Expand • Lighting Research at Bungie
Supreme Commander	Gas Powered Games	Internal	2007	Expand • Supreme Commander Graphics Study • Wiki of Height Map • GameSpot's article
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars	Splash Damage	id Tech 4	2007	Expand • Oblivion Territory Tree vs Palm
Bioshock	2K Boston, 2K Australia	UE2.5	2007	Expand • Bioshock Glossiness • The Cutting Room Floor
Crysis	Crytek	CryEngine	2007	Expand • Crysis Next Gen Effects • Crysis and DX10 • The Crysis of Audio
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.	GSC Game World	X-Ray Engine	2007	Expand • GPU Gems2: Chapter 9
Team Fortress 2	Valve	Source	2007	Expand • Lessons learned porting Team Fortress 2 to Virtual Reality. • TF2 - From The Orange Box to Free to Play in 'Just' Four Years! • Stylization With a Purpose: The Illustrative World of Team Fortress 2 • Illustrative Rendering in Team Fortress 2
Portal	Valve	Source	2007	Expand • Integrating Narrative and Design: A Portal Post-Mortem
TES: Oblivion	Bethesda Game Studios	Gamebryo	2006	Expand • Oblivion Territory Tree vs Palm
Company of Heroes	Relic Entertainment	Essence Engine	2006	Expand • Company of Heroes Flamethrower • Company of Heroes Shaded Smoke
Lost Planet	Spark Unlimited, Capcom, HexaDrive	MT Framework	2006	Expand • CEDEC 2007: Capcom on Lost Planet Part I • CEDEC 2007: Capcom on Lost Planet Part II • カプコン次世代ゲームエンジンの真実！　早くも「ロストプラネット2」のハイテクビジュアルの秘密を公開!!
Shadow of the Colossus	Japan Studio, Team Ico	Internal	2005	Expand • Froyok's Blog • DF Retro
Battlefield 2	DICE	Frostbite 2	2005	Expand • Battlefield 2 Flag Sound
Doom 3	id Software	id Tech 4	2004	Expand • Game Art Tricks • Game Art Tricks • Source code review • Vulkan Port • The DOOM III Network Architecture
World of Warcraft	Blizzard	Internal	2004	Expand • World of Warcraft Balloon
Far Cry	Crytek	Cry Engine	2004	Expand • Far Cry and DX9
Half-Life 2	Valve	Source	2004	Expand • Valve's Design Process for Creating Half-Life 2. • Physical Gameplay in Half-Life 2 • Half-Life 2 / Valve Source Shading
EVE Online	CCP Games	Trinity	2003	Expand • Quasar, Brightest in the Galaxy: Expanding 'EVE Online's' Server Potential with gRPC
Call of Duty	Infinity Ward, Treyarch, Sledgehammer Games, Raven Software	IW engine, Treyarch NGL	2003	Expand • Automated Testing and Profiling for Call of Duty
Eve Online	CCP Games	Trinity	2003	Expand • The Benefits and Challenges of Supporting Third-Party Developers in Eve Online
Zelda - Wind Waker	Nintendo EAD	Internal	2002	Expand • Nathan Gordon's Blog • Soenke Seidel's Blog • Game Art Tricks • Zelda Windwaker Textures Yay or Nay ?! • Zelda: Wind waker Tech and Texture Analysis picture heavy
Divine Divinity	Larian Studios	Internal	2002	Expand • Divine Divinity 2D Reflexion
Warcraft 3	Blizzard	Internal	2002	Expand • Warcraft 3 Billboards
Halo	Bungie, 343 Industries	Slipspace Engine	2001	Expand • Running the Halo Multiplayer Experience at 60fps: A Technical Art Perspective
Diablo 2	Blizzard North	Internal	2000	Expand • Don't Starve & Diablo Parallax
1nsane	Invictus Games	Internal	2000	Expand • 1nsane Carpet 2 Repetitive Worlds
Deus Ex	Ion Storm	UE1	2000	Expand • Deus Ex Scanlines • Deus Ex Occlusion
Dungeon Keeper 2	Bullfrog	Internal	1999	Expand • Wonky walls • Grid-based lighting
Age of EmpiresI&II	Ensemble Studios	Genie	1999	Expand • GDC 2001: 1500 Archers on a 28.8: Network Programming in Age of Empires and Beyond
MiMaze	Christophe DIOT and Laurent GAUTIER	Internal	1999	Expand • Bucket Synchonization
Half-Life	Valve	GoldSrc	1998	Expand • The Cabal: Valve’s Design Process For Creating Half-Life • A Full RT/Path-Traced Upgrade For The OG PC Classic Tested!
GoldenEye 007	Rare	Internal	1997	Expand • DF Retro EX
Panzer Dragoon Series	Team Andromeda	Internal	1995	Expand • Classic Game Postmortem
Super Mario Bros. 3	Nintendo	Source	1988	Expand • Super Mario Bros. 3 - The Cutting Room Floor
Kid Icarus	Nintendo R&D1	Internal	1986	Expand • Kid Icarus Tricks
FIFA	EA Vancouver	Frostbite	N/A	Expand • How FIFA Delivers Live Content to Users Fast
Path of Exile 2	Grinding Gear Games	Internal	N/A	Expand • The rendering techniques of Path of Exile (Alexander Sannikov)

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References

• Behind the Pretty Frames
• imgself's Blog
• Froyok's Blog
• Anton Schreiner's Blog
• Frame Analysis
• The Code Corsair
• Graphics Studies
• Silent's Blog
• Nathan Gordon's Blog
• Thomas' Blog
• IRYOKU's Blog
• Game Art Tricks
• The Cutting Room Floor
• Crytek Presentations
• r/TheMakingOfGames
• r/videogamescience
• GDC Vault
• GDC's Programming Talks
• SIGGRAPH courses
• Guerrilla's News feed
• Digital Foundry
• Anything about game
• CGWorld.jp
• Gaming Bolt
• 80lv
• Evan Hill's Blog
• SQUARE ENIX Library
• ExileCon 2019
• Open Source Game Clones
• Open source games list (OSGL)
• Vegard Wiki
• EA/Dice Slideshare
• AMD Developer Central Slideshare
• AMD Gpu Open
• Poly Count
• Bart Wronski's Blog
• Game Opedia
• CEDEC
• B3D Forum
• Naughty Dog's Presentations from GDC08
• Valve's Publications
• Game Watch
• MrElusive
• fabiensanglard
• Activision Tech Reports
• Activision Publications
• Capcom R&D (docswell)

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