Ego (game engine)

Ego Game Technology Engine is a video game engine developed by Codemasters.[2] While it is primarily used for racing games, it has also been used in a few first-person shooters.

Ego Engine
Developer(s)Codemasters, Sony Computer Entertainment
Initial releaseDecember 2007[1]
PlatformLinux
macOS
Microsoft Windows
PlayStation 3
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 5
Wii
Wii U
Xbox 360
Xbox One
Xbox Series X/S
Nintendo Switch
Stadia
iOS
Android
TypeGame engine
LicenseProprietary

Ego is a modified version of the Neon game engine that was used in Colin McRae: Dirt and was developed by Codemasters and Sony Computer Entertainment using Sony Computer Entertainment's PhyreEngine cross-platform graphics engine.[3] The Ego engine was developed to render more detailed damage and physics as well as render large-scale environments.[1][4]

Games using EGO
Game Released Refs
Colin McRae: Dirt 2007 [1]
Race Driver: Grid 2008 [1][5]
Colin McRae: Dirt 2 2009 [3][5]
F1 2009 [6]
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising [1]
F1 2010 2010 [7][8]
Operation Flashpoint: Red River 2011 [9]
Dirt 3 [9]
Bodycount [10]
F1 2011 [7][9]
Dirt: Showdown 2012
F1 2012 [7]
F1 Race Stars
Grid 2 2013 [11]
F1 2013 [7]
Grid Autosport 2014 [12]
F1 2014 [7]
Dirt Rally 2015 [13]
F1 2015 [7]
F1 2016 2016 [7]
Dirt 4 2017 [14]
F1 2017 [7]
F1 2018 2018 [7]
Dirt Rally 2.0 2019 [15]
F1 2019 [7]
Grid [16]
F1 2020 2020 [7]
F1 2021 2021 [7]
Grid Legends 2022
F1 22 [7]
F1 23 2023 [7]

References
  1. "Codemasters® revs in-house game engine, reveals new name: EGO™ Game Technology Engine". GamesIndustry.biz. 6 December 2007. Archived from the original on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  2. "Intel's Leigh Davies and Codemasters' Tom Hammersley" (Interview). Interviewed by Steve Waskul. March 2016.
  3. Leadbetter, Richard (28 August 2009). "DiRT 2 demo: PS3/Xbox 360 performance showdown". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on 30 November 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
  4. Leadbetter, Richard (12 December 2009). "DiRT 2: EGO Evolution - Digital Foundry talks McRae tech with Codemasters CTO Bryan Marshall". Eurogamer.
  5. Leadbetter, Richard (2 November 2009). "Xbox 360 vs. PS3 Face-Off: Round 22". Eurogamer. Colin McRae DiRT 2.
  6. Bagbey, Jordan (9 May 2008). "Codemasters Acquires F1 Racing License, "F1 09" to Be Released Next Year". Bleacher Report.
  7. Bigg, Martin (3 March 2023). "F1 23 might not be the fresh start we were hoping for". racinggames.gg.
  8. "F1 2010". Motor. December 2010. p. 141. ISSN 0027-1764.
  9. Papadopoulos, John (19 June 2011). "Operation Flashpoint: Red River PC Performance Analysis". DSOGaming. ...Red River is based on the 2.0 version of EGO engine, the same version that was used in Dirt 3 and will be used in F1 2011.
  10. Purchese, Robert (9 March 2010). "Codemasters unveils Bodycount FPS". Eurogamer.
  11. "Driving Games". Stuff. No. 164. November 2012. p. 25. ISSN 1364-9639.
  12. Morgan, Thomas (25 October 2019). "Grid Autosport: an excellent racer transitions beautifully to Switch". Eurogamer.
  13. Smith, Ryan (20 July 2016). "The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 & GTX 1070 Founders Editions Review: Kicking Off the FinFET Generation". AnandTech. DiRT Rally.
  14. Bierton, David (11 June 2017). "Dirt 4 impresses on consoles, but PC offers the complete package". Eurogamer.
  15. Morgan, Thomas (1 March 2019). "Dirt Rally 2.0 on Xbox One X races ahead of the pack". Eurogamer.
  16. Morgan, Tom; Leadbetter, Richard (22 September 2019). "GRID Tech Preview: PS4 Pro vs Xbox One X Graphics Comparison" (Video). Digital Foundry – via YouTube.
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