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PhyreEngine
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<h2 id="features">Features</h2> <p>PhyreEngine is exclusively distributed to Sony licensees as an installable package that includes both full <a href="/facts/Source_code/o9J6Jv23">source code</a> and <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Microsoft Windows</a> tools, provided under its own flexible use license that allows any PlayStation 3 game developer, publisher or tools and <a href="/facts/Middleware/HobNosz9">middleware</a> company to create software based partly or fully on PhyreEngine on any platform. The engine uses sophisticated parallel processing techniques that are optimized for the <a href="/facts/Cell_(microprocessor)/p2MIQjMc">Synergistic Processor Unit (SPU)</a> of the <a href="/facts/Cell_(microprocessor)/p2MIQjMc">Cell Broadband Engine</a> of PS3, but can be easily ported to other multi-core architectures. </p><p>PhyreEngine supports <a href="/facts/OpenGL/xQoMWePr">OpenGL</a> and <a href="/facts/Direct3D/WHJ6DTcv">Direct3D</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> in addition to the low level <a href="/facts/PlayStation_3_system_software/KbbEPdXh">PS3 LibGCM</a> library.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> It provides fully functional “game templates” as source code, including support for <a href="/facts/Havok_(software)/RopFFkHl">Havok Complete XS</a>, <a href="/facts/Physx/FabGhdvx">NVIDIA PhysX</a> and <a href="/facts/Bullet_(software)/jPb2WxWy">Bullet</a> for physics. </p> <h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>The development of PhyreEngine was started in 2003 to create a graphics engine for PlayStation 3.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> The first public demonstration occurred in 2006.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p><p>PhyreEngine was launched during the 2008 <a href="/facts/Game_Developers_Conference/G8WBDbyW">Game Developers Conference</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> New features (including <a href="/facts/Deferred_shading/qq8LNRCc">deferred rendering</a>) were showcased during GDC 2009.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> Version 2.40, released in March 2009, included a new “foliage rendering” system that provides tools and technology to render ultra-realistic trees and plants to be easily integrated into games.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> </p><p>Version 3.0, released in 2011, has a new and powerful asset pipeline, combining enhanced versions of the already robust exporters, with a powerful processing tool to generate optimized assets for each platform. Also new is the rewritten level editor, which permits a far more data-driven approach to authoring games using PhyreEngine. Version 3.0 added support for the <a href="/facts/PlayStation_Vita/KEvRtFjD">PlayStation Vita</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> </p> List of games using PhyreEngine<table><tbody><tr><th>Title</th><th>Developer</th><th>Year</th></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Akiba%2527s_Trip%3a_Undead_%2526_Undressed/TqQgs9FC">Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed</a></i></td><td>Acquire</td><td>2013</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Malicious_(video_game)/slrD5rmL">Malicious</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Alvion/6rpVI3zj">Alvion</a></td><td>2010</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Rugby_League_Live/Kr9xkrYF">Rugby League Live</a></i></td><td rowspan="3"><a href="/facts/Big_Ant_Studios/l7SU04ok">Big Ant Studios</a></td><td>2010</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/AFL_Live/qjLf5YXt">AFL Live</a></i></td><td>2011</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/AFL_Live/qjLf5YXt">AFL Live: Game of the Year Edition</a></i></td><td>2012</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Critter_Crunch/7EhFfHGI">Critter Crunch</a></i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></td><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Capybara_Games/vUyKnFsn">Capybara Games</a></td><td>2009</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Below_(video_game)/4lo59N0X">Below</a></i></td><td>2018</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Colin_McRae%3a_Dirt/RUesNF45">Colin McRae: Dirt</a></i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a></td><td><a href="/facts/Codemasters/GM2owLEl">Codemasters</a></td><td>2007</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Race_Driver%3a_Grid/wr7bDfw8">Race Driver: Grid</a></i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a></td><td>Codemasters</td><td>2008</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Unravel_(video_game)/o2sFDDPn">Unravel</a></i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a></td><td rowspan="2">Coldwood Interactive, <a href="/facts/Electronic_Arts/fy7Ppdem">Electronic Arts</a></td><td>2016</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Unravel_Two/P53kaEIX">Unravel Two</a></i></td><td>2018</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Hyperdimension_Neptunia/6rkI1KpA">Hyperdimension Neptunia</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Compile_Heart/Hca9kIU2">Compile Heart</a>, <a href="/facts/Idea_Factory/2Kp7Mle0">Idea Factory</a>, <a href="/facts/Gust_Corporation/ItHGv2da">Gust Corporation</a>,<a href="/facts/Nippon_Ichi_Software/jXgSVqRv">Nippon Ichi Software</a>, <a href="/facts/Sega/f9TY2kyl">Sega</a></td><td>2010</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Hyperdimension_Neptunia_mk2/88eC49Va">Hyperdimension Neptunia mk2</a></i></td><td rowspan="3"><a href="/facts/Compile_Heart/Hca9kIU2">Compile Heart</a>, <a href="/facts/Idea_Factory/2Kp7Mle0">Idea Factory</a></td><td>2011</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Hyperdimension_Neptunia_Victory/6gEqvh0z">Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory</a></i></td><td>2012</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Megadimension_Neptunia_VII/4khNhoTH">Megadimension Neptunia VII</a></i></td><td>2015</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Mugen_Souls/d9wRSUSS">Mugen Souls</a></i></td><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Compile_Heart/Hca9kIU2">Compile Heart</a>, <a href="/facts/Idea_Factory/2Kp7Mle0">Idea Factory</a>, <a href="/facts/Nippon_Ichi_Software/jXgSVqRv">Nippon Ichi Software</a></td><td>2012</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Mugen_Souls_Z/d9wRSUSS">Mugen Souls Z</a></i></td><td>2013</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Hotline_Miami/GuVnNhW8">Hotline Miami</a></i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a></td><td><a href="/facts/Dennaton_Games/7rTzw5YJ">Dennaton Games</a>, Abstraction Games</td><td>2012</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Burn_Zombie_Burn/s7wnwx27">Burn Zombie Burn</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Doublesix/nGUmjlnW">Doublesix Games</a></td><td>2009</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Legend_of_Heroes%3a_Trails_of_Cold_Steel/jNdR5Iov">The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel</a></i></td><td rowspan="6"><a href="/facts/Falcom/hMIuNzmd">Falcom</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a></td><td>2013</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Legend_of_Heroes%3a_Trails_of_Cold_Steel_II/Sq5CqPSK">The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II</a></i></td><td>2014</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Tokyo_Xanadu/Ba8TWRoS">Tokyo Xanadu</a></i></td><td>2015</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Legend_of_Heroes%3a_Trails_of_Cold_Steel_III/HGLPs4RV">The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III</a></i></td><td>2017</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Legend_of_Heroes%3a_Trails_of_Cold_Steel_IV/IljVTuMR">The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV</a></i></td><td>2018</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Legend_of_Heroes%3a_Trails_into_Reverie/obzRKcLB">The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie</a></i></td><td>2020</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Savage_Moon/teJRalLq">Savage Moon</a></i></td><td>FluffyLogic</td><td>2008</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Catan_(2008_video_game)/fMhn6B6q">Catan</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Game_Republic/rTUrHYhF">Game Republic</a></td><td>2008</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Knytt_Underground/LTa4nR6T">Knytt Underground</a></i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a></td><td>Green Hill Studios</td><td>2012</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Atelier_Rorona%3a_The_Alchemist_of_Arland/2q9S916M">Atelier Rorona: The Alchemist of Arland</a></i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a></td><td rowspan="5"><a href="/facts/Gust_Corporation/ItHGv2da">Gust Corporation</a></td><td>2009</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Ar_tonelico_Qoga%3a_Knell_of_Ar_Ciel/Ah6DMV2q">Ar tonelico Qoga: Knell of Ar Ciel</a></i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a></td><td>2010</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Atelier_Totori%3a_The_Adventurer_of_Arland/3NlPPrTe">Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland</a></i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a></td><td>2010</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Atelier_Meruru%3a_The_Apprentice_of_Arland/BBojg4k7">Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland</a></i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a></td><td>2011</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Atelier_Ayesha%3a_The_Alchemist_of_Dusk/zuMt4IAo">Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk</a></i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a></td><td>2012</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Divekick/NPC5Srba">Divekick</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Iron_Galaxy_Studios/gEwrtL0z">Iron Galaxy Studios</a></td><td>2013</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/PachiPara_DL_Hyper_Sea_Story_In_Karibu/olYhBh3g">PachiPara DL Hyper Sea Story In Karibu</a></i></td><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Irem/IcuaHWHE">Irem</a></td><td>2008</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Zettai_Zetsumei_Toshi_4%3a_Summer_Memories/hyWSU8C3">Zettai Zetsumei Toshi 4: Summer Memories</a></i></td><td>2011</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Strength_of_the_Sword_3/oADTf1uA">Strength of the Sword 3</a></i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a></td><td>Ivent</td><td>2013</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Super_Mega_Baseball/vIm8Yhgr">Super Mega Baseball</a></i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a></td><td>Metalhead Software</td><td>2014</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Trinity_Universe_(video_game)/RGT7LdrS">Trinity Universe</a></i></td><td rowspan="4"><a href="/facts/Nippon_Ichi_Software/jXgSVqRv">Nippon Ichi Software</a></td><td>2009</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Last_Rebellion/MU8j9Syp">Last Rebellion</a></i></td><td>2010</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Disgaea_4/PdMwWWN0">Disgaea 4</a></i></td><td>2011</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Witch_and_the_Hundred_Knight/19b0Gp0r">The Witch and the Hundred Knight</a></i></td><td>2013</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Rocketbirds%3a_Hardboiled_Chicken/y1p3l9gv">Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken</a></i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a></td><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Ratloop/FFUHn3IA">Ratloop</a></td><td>2011</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Rocketbirds_2%3a_Evolution/FFUHn3IA">Rocketbirds 2: Evolution</a></i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29"><sup>29</sup></a></td><td>2016</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/OlliOlli2%3a_Welcome_to_Olliwood/YoJsUtrM">OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood</a></i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30"><sup>30</sup></a></td><td><a href="/facts/Roll7/ok96B5IX">Roll7</a></td><td>2015</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Gravity_Rush/zqcDhNXf">Gravity Rush</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Japan_Studio/JWGuNFV3">Japan Studio</a></td><td>2011</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Under_Siege_(2011_video_game)/9lqNLzFM">Under Siege</a></i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31"><sup>31</sup></a></td><td>Seed Studios</td><td>2011</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/GripShift/acIDmydB">GripShift</a></i></td><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Sidhe_Interactive/AI6XhF3s">Sidhe Interactive</a></td><td>2007</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Shatter_(video_game)/WQzWoB71">Shatter</a></i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:32" href="#fn:32"><sup>32</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:33" href="#fn:33"><sup>33</sup></a></td><td>2009</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Mars%3a_War_Logs/sv4UMLla">Mars: War Logs</a></i></td><td rowspan="3"><a href="/facts/Spiders_(company)/wJNqtsaS">Spiders</a></td><td>2013</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Bound_by_Flame/cjGtD1VG">Bound by Flame</a></i></td><td>2014</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Technomancer/NnzxN3Ed">The Technomancer</a></i></td><td>2016</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Final_Fantasy_X%2fX-2_HD_Remaster/tX8u4mn2">Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster</a></i></td><td rowspan="3"><a href="/facts/Square_Enix/nvsm6oJv">Square Enix</a></td><td>2014</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Final_Fantasy_XII_the_Zodiac_Age/HLNEqyqv">Final Fantasy XII Zodiac Age</a></i></td><td>2016</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Dragon_Quest_Builders/VQbYU3wk">Dragon Quest Builders</a></i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:34" href="#fn:34"><sup>34</sup></a></td><td>2016</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Flower_(video_game)/xPnYRcn8">Flower</a></i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:35" href="#fn:35"><sup>35</sup></a></td><td rowspan="3"><a href="/facts/Thatgamecompany/GGxsn1aM">thatgamecompany</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:36" href="#fn:36"><sup>36</sup></a></td><td>2009</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Flow_(video_game)/0I5oz1oM">Flow</a></i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:37" href="#fn:37"><sup>37</sup></a></td><td>2007</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Journey_(2012_video_game)/seDaCqII">Journey</a></i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:38" href="#fn:38"><sup>38</sup></a></td><td>2012</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Amy_(video_game)/3DFKt0xB">Amy</a></i></td><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/VectorCell/dDbLK6cw">VectorCell</a></td><td>2012</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Flashback_(2013_video_game)/BHjRRR89">Flashback</a></i></td><td>2013</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Ibb_%2526_Obb/UdPbzysk">ibb & obb</a></i></td><td>Sparpweed & Codeglue</td><td>2013</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Super_Motherload/3P38N60P">Super Motherload</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/XGen_Studios/QE2Y8CHG">XGen Studios</a></td><td>2013</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="derived-game-engines">Derived game engines</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/EGO_(game_engine)/aXDzMBhE">EGO</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:39" href="#fn:39"><sup>39</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Spiders_(company)/wJNqtsaS">Silk Engine</a></li></ul> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://develop.scee.net/research-technology/phyreengine/">Official website</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"The Switch Now Supports Sony's Multiformat PhyreEngine". Shacknews. January 17, 2018. Retrieved 2022-11-07. <a href="https://www.shacknews.com/article/102850/the-switch-now-supports-sonys-multiformat-phyreengine" target="_blank">https://www.shacknews.com/article/102850/the-switch-now-supports-sonys-multiformat-phyreengine</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"PhyreEngine - official website". Sony Computer Entertainment Europe R&D. Archived from the original on 4 January 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2016. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170104100843/http://develop.scee.net/research-technology/phyreengine/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20170104100843/http://develop.scee.net/research-technology/phyreengine/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"PhyreEngine - official website". Sony Computer Entertainment Europe R&D. Archived from the original on 4 January 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2016. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170104100843/http://develop.scee.net/research-technology/phyreengine/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20170104100843/http://develop.scee.net/research-technology/phyreengine/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"GDC08: PhyreEngine, Sony's new (free!) cross-platform engine". ps3fanboy. Feb 21, 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-21. <a href="http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2008/02/21/gdc08-phyreengine-sonys-new-free-cross-platform-engine/" target="_blank">http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2008/02/21/gdc08-phyreengine-sonys-new-free-cross-platform-engine/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Questions about the Phyre Engine". thatgamecompany.com. Mar 27, 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-08. <a href="http://thatgamecompany.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=906&sid=4142757dbc0d4565dd58575a40697651" target="_blank">http://thatgamecompany.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=906&sid=4142757dbc0d4565dd58575a40697651</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"10 Years of PhyreEngine™". 13 November 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2016. <a href="https://dickyjim.wordpress.com/2013/11/13/10-years-of-phyreenginetm/" target="_blank">https://dickyjim.wordpress.com/2013/11/13/10-years-of-phyreenginetm/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"10 Years of PhyreEngine™". 13 November 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2016. <a href="https://dickyjim.wordpress.com/2013/11/13/10-years-of-phyreenginetm/" target="_blank">https://dickyjim.wordpress.com/2013/11/13/10-years-of-phyreenginetm/</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"GDC08: PhyreEngine, Sony's new (free!) cross-platform engine". ps3fanboy. Feb 21, 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-21. <a href="http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2008/02/21/gdc08-phyreengine-sonys-new-free-cross-platform-engine/" target="_blank">http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2008/02/21/gdc08-phyreengine-sonys-new-free-cross-platform-engine/</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"GDC09: PhyreEngine game template demo showing post processing techniques". gametrailers.com. Mar 26, 2009. 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