Free and commercial game engines
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Unigine
Another engine with a similar name that also delivers professional graphics and runs on Linux is Unigine [5]. Unlike Unity, its licensing costs are considerably higher, and only a few games are yet available [6]. Among the more well-known is Oil Rush (Figure 2), which can be purchased through Software Center. A number of other games are in development.
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Source Engine
The step Valve took to extend the Steam game distribution platform to Linux has electrified the player community. Valve also wants to rewrite [7] many of its games under its own Source Engine – such as Half-Life, Counter-Strike, Portal 2, and Left 4 Dead – for the Linux platform. Valve is certainly not the largest game producer on earth, but it has already created some interesting titles and continues to develop its Source Engine.
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