First-person shooters

Game Equals Life

"Game Equals Life is an independent video game design studio. Our development model consists of a creative leadership team which manages a network of contract developers. Our goal is to create new intellectual properties with innovative gameplay systems and inventive original content. At Game Equals Life we seek to immerse players in unforgettable experiences which utilize the language of play as the primary tool for delivering impact. Game Equals Life is owned and operated by a team of multimedia and game development professionals with decades of combined industry experience."

Game genre:
Action/Adventure
Educational

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First-person shooters
Game design
Mod
Technology
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Game platform:
Computer

Organization expertise:
Edutainment/eLearning
eHealth
Interactive Entertainment

Services:
Game Design and Development

Target Population:
General Audience

URL:
http://www.gameequalslife.com

Calais Document Category:
Technology

Location:
United States

Organization type:
Video Game Company


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Half-Life

Half-Life is a first-person shooter game set in an underground research facility. Players solve puzzles and tasks to find their way out of the facility. This game has been used as therapy for individuals with phobias. It can be played on the Sega Dreamcast, PC, and PlayStation2.

Game genre:
Shooter

Health topic:
Mental Health

How to Obtain (Games, Resources):
Purchase

Target Population:
Adults
Teens
Young Adults

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Dreamcast
Entertainment
First-person shooters
Games
Half-Life
Multiplayer online games
Technology
Unreal
Valve Corporation
Windows games

Game platform:
Computer
Game Console

URL:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-Life_

Operating System:
Sega Dreamcast


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Unreal Tournament

Unreal Tournament is an interactive game published in 1999 in which players fight in arena matches against bots. Players can build a team and use bots as their teammates to help win matches. This game has been found to be a successful treatment for individuals with different types of phobias.

Game genre:
Shooter

Health topic:
Mental Health

How to Obtain (Games, Resources):
Purchase

Target Population:
Adults
Young Adults

Game platform:
Computer
Game Console

Social Tags:
Digital Extremes
Entertainment
Epic Games
First-person shooters
Games
GT Interactive
Multiplayer online games
Technology
Unreal
Unreal Tournament
Video game developers
Windows games

URL:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unreal_Tournament
http://www.halflife2.net/wiki/index.php/Unreal

Programming Language:
php


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id Tech 4 (Doom 3 Engine)

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Description: 

“Previously referred to as the "DOOM 3 Engine", id Tech 4 is our current technology licensing platform. Used by such titles as DOOM 3, QUAKE 4, Prey and Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars, as well as the next Wolfenstein title, id Tech 4 revolutionized the use of real-time dynamic lighting, while the new MegaTexture code offers previously unprecedented terrain detail. Each license includes full source and tools for DOOM 3, QUAKE 4 and Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars (beta).”

Organization: 
Social Tags:
Business
Doom
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
Entertainment
First-person shooters
Games
Id Software
Id Tech
Id Tech 4
John D. Carmack
Linux games
MegaTexture
Multiplayer online games
Quake
Technology
Wolfenstein

Calais Document Category:
Business
Technology

Game platform:
Computer
Game Console

Resource type:
Game Engine

Target Population:
General Audience

Technical Expertise Required:
Medium


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Crymod

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Description: 

Crymod is a platform for users to share and exchange modification tools, techniques, and game source code to help make mods to the game engine that supports Warhead and Crysis War.

Organization: 
Health topic:
Social Issues and Skills

How to Obtain (Games, Resources):
Free

Social Tags:
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Crysis
Crytek
Entertainment
First-person shooters
Games
Mod
Multiplayer online games
Technology
Video game developers
Windows games

Game platform:
Computer

Resource type:
Game Engine

Target Population:
General Audience

URL:
http://www.crymod.com

Technical Expertise Required:
Low

Calais Document Category:
Technology


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Unreal Tournament 3 Mod Community

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Description: 

“Welcome to the UT3 Mod Community section of UDN, with all the details you need to become an expert with the award-winning Unreal Technology for UT3.”

Organization: 
How to Obtain (Games, Resources):
Free
Online

Social Tags:
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Entertainment
Epic Games
First-person shooters
Games
Linux games
Mod
Multiplayer online games
Technology
Unreal
Unreal Engine
Unreal Tournament 3
Windows games

Target Population:
General Audience

URL:
http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/UT3ModHome.html

Game platform:
Internet

Resource type:
Online Community

Calais Document Category:
Technology


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id Tech 2 (Quake 2 Engine)

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Description: 

“Formerly the "QUAKE 2 Engine", with pioneering innovation in 3D environments, a few of id Tech 2's most notable features were out-of-the-box support for OpenGL hardware-accelerated graphics (in addition to the traditional software renderer), and colored lighting effects. Games created on this engine technology include QUAKE II, Hexen II, Heretic II, Sin, Soldier Of Fortune, Half-Life, Kingpin and Anachronox.”

Organization: 
Social Tags:
Amiga games
Anachronox
Electronic games
Entertainment
First-person shooters
Games
Heretic II
Hexen II
Id Software
Id Tech
Linux games
Quake
Quake engine
Quake II
Technology
Windows games

Game platform:
Computer

Resource type:
Game Engine

Target Population:
General Audience

Technical Expertise Required:
Medium

Published Medium:
Soldier Of Fortune

Calais Document Category:
Technology


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id Tech 3 (Quake 3 Engine)

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“Previously called the "QUAKE 3 Engine" and one of the most successful licensed engines in history, id Tech 3 includes QUAKE III Arena and QUAKE III: Team Arena source bases, and was the engine used to create Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix and Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force, among others. id Tech 3 introduced shaders, curved surfaces, 32-bit color, special effects, bleeding-edge networking and super-smooth speedy hardware rendering.”

Organization: 
Social Tags:
Business
Electronic games
Entertainment
First-person shooters
Games
Id Software
Id Tech
Id Tech 4
Linux games
Multiplayer online games
Quake
Quake engine
Quake III Arena
Technology
Windows games

Calais Document Category:
Business
Technology

Facility:
Castle Wolfenstein
QUAKE III Arena
Team Arena

Game platform:
Computer

Resource type:
Game Engine

Target Population:
General Audience

Technical Expertise Required:
Medium

Product:
Voyager


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Valve Technology

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Description: 

“Valve's Source engine technology--the same used to power Half-Life 2, Team Fortress 2, and Portal--is available for license to any game developer. Source is widely recognized as the most flexible, comprehensive, and powerful game development environment available. Source combines leading-edge character animation, advanced AI, real-world physics, shader-based rendering, and a highly extensible development environment to produce some of the most popular computer and console games.”

Organization: 
How to Obtain (Games, Resources):
Purchase

Social Tags:
Business
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Entertainment
First-person shooters
Games
Half-Life
Half-Life 2
Mass media
PlayStation 3 games
Portal
Source
Source engine games
Team Fortress 2
Technology
Valve
Valve Corporation
Windows games

Calais Document Category:
Business
Technology

Game platform:
Computer

Resource type:
Game Development Tool
Game Engine

Target Population:
General Audience

Technical Expertise Required:
Medium

Facility:
Team Fortress


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Unreal Engine 3

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Description: 

“Unreal Engine 3 is a complete development framework for DirectX 10-equipped PCs, Xbox 360® and PLAYSTATION®3, providing the vast array of core technologies, content creation tools, and support infrastructure required by top game studios, advanced visualization and simulation developers and creators of linear 3D animated content.”

Organization: 
How to Obtain (Games, Resources):
Purchase

Social Tags:
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Computing
DirectX
Entertainment
Epic Games
First-person shooters
Game engine
Games
Technology
Unreal
Unreal Engine
Video game developers
Virtual reality
Windows games
Xbox

Game platform:
Computer
Game Console

Resource type:
Game Engine

Target Population:
General Audience

Technical Expertise Required:
Medium

Technology:
simulation

Calais Document Category:
Technology


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