''Titan'' is a game engine developed by

Stainless Steel Studios Stainless Steel Studios (SSSI) was a video game developer, started in 1997 by Rick Goodman and Dara-Lynn Pelechatz. The company was based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and focused on the development of real-time strategy games. History Stainless ...

used in the

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genre. It was mainly used as a PC

game engine A game engine is a software framework primarily designed for the development of video games and generally includes relevant libraries and support programs. The "engine" terminology is similar to the term " software engine" used in the softwar ...

in the early

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. The engine was used in Stainless Steel Studio's early games, such as ''

Empire Earth ''Empire Earth'' is a series of real-time strategy video games developed by Stainless Steel Studios and Mad Doc Software, and published by Sierra Entertainment. The games in the series are historical RTS games that are similar to ''Age of Empire ...

'' and '' Empires: Dawn of the Modern World''.

Titan 2.0

''Titan 2.0'', an update of the original Titan Engine, was to be a comprehensive

engine, and was sold before Stainless Steel Studios was dissolved in 2005.

Description

SSSI described their engine on their

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(before it shut down) at the day of its release. They said it would handle all objects in the gaming world, has an integrated

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, a powerful multiplayer mode and communicator, built-in

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and

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. The engine was announced in May 2004, and was designed by SSSI, whose head designer is

Rick Goodman Rick Goodman is a video game designer and the founder and owner of the now-defunct Stainless Steel Studios. He is best known for the RTS games he designed, such as Age of Empires and Empire Earth. Career In 1995 Goodman co-founded Ensemble Stu ...

, the designer of ''

'' and ''

Age of Empires ''Age of Empires'' is a series of historical real-time strategy video games, originally developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Xbox Game Studios. The first game was '' Age of Empires'', released in 1997. Nine total games within the se ...

''. SSSI's last game made using this engine was '' Rise and Fall: Civilizations at War''.Contactmusic.com Review July 7, 2006
Retrieved August 6, 2006. Since SSSI has closed, its website, the original Titan website, and any information about Titan 2.0 has for the most part disappeared. Little more is known about the original game processor, other than that it was used in some of the ''Empire'' series, such as ''

''.

Price and purchasing

After its press release, the engine was promptly purchased by

Tilted Mill Entertainment Tilted Mill Entertainment is a video game developer located in Winchester, Massachusetts. It was founded in 2001 by former Impressions Games lead designer and general manager Chris Beatrice, business manager Peter Haffenreffer, and designer Jeff ...

, a small production company in

Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

. The engine was also available for purchase to anyone for US$250,000 at its release.Empires: Heaven News Archive May 11, 2004
Retrieved September 2, 2006

Games Using Titan 2.0

*'' Immortal Cities: Children of the Nile'' (November 2004)

. *'' Rise and Fall: Civilizations at War'' (June 2006) Midway. *''

Caesar IV ''Caesar IV ''is a city-building game set in ancient Rome, developed by Tilted Mill Entertainment and published by Sierra Entertainment (Vivendi Universal Games). The game was released on September 26, 2006 in North America. The game feature ...

'' (September 2006) Tilted Mill Entertainment.

Titan 2.0

Description

Price and purchasing

Games Using Titan 2.0

References

See also