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href="/wiki/File:Quake_-_family_tree_2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Quake_-_family_tree_2.svg/250px-Quake_-_family_tree_2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Quake_-_family_tree_2.svg/375px-Quake_-_family_tree_2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Quake_-_family_tree_2.svg/500px-Quake_-_family_tree_2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="5786" data-file-height="3390" /></a><figcaption><i>Quake</i> family tree, showing engines and a selection of games based on the <i>Quake</i> engine</figcaption></figure> <p><b>id Tech</b> is a series of separate <a href="/wiki/Game_engine" title="Game engine">game engines</a> designed and developed by <a href="/wiki/Id_Software" title="Id Software">id Software</a>. Prior to the presentation of the <a href="/wiki/Id_Tech_5" title="Id Tech 5">id Tech 5</a>-based game <i><a href="/wiki/Rage_(video_game)" title="Rage (video game)">Rage</a></i> in 2011, the engines lacked official designation and as such were simply referred to as the <i><a href="/wiki/Doom_(1993_video_game)" title="Doom (1993 video game)">Doom</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Quake_(video_game)" title="Quake (video game)">Quake</a></i> engines, from the name of the main game series the engines had been developed for. "id Tech" has been released as <a href="/wiki/Free_software" title="Free software">free software</a> under the <a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GNU General Public License</a>. id Tech versions 0 to 3 were released under GPL-2.0-or-later. id Tech versions 3.5 to 4.5 were released under GPL-3.0-or-later. id Tech 5 to 7 are proprietary, with id Tech 7 currently being the latest utilized engine. </p><p>According to <i>Eurogamer.net</i>, "id Software has been synonymous with PC game engines since the concept of a detached game engine was first popularised." However <a href="/wiki/Id_Tech_4" title="Id Tech 4">id Tech 4</a> had far fewer licensees than the <a href="/wiki/Unreal_Engine" title="Unreal Engine">Unreal Engine</a> from <a href="/wiki/Epic_Games" title="Epic Games">Epic Games</a>, and id planned to regain the momentum with <a href="/wiki/Id_Tech_5" title="Id Tech 5">id Tech 5</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-www.eurogamer.net_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-www.eurogamer.net-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> until they were bought by <a href="/wiki/ZeniMax_Media" title="ZeniMax Media">ZeniMax Media</a> which intended to keep the id Tech engines exclusively for id's sister studios. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Predecessors">Predecessors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Id_Tech&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Predecessors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>id Software had developed 3D engines for several games before <i>Wolfenstein 3D</i>. Each engine had progressively more advanced 3D technology. </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Hovertank_3D" class="mw-redirect" title="Hovertank 3D">Hovertank 3D</a></i> (1991) used solid-color drawn polygonal walls and scalable sprites. The source code was released by <a href="/wiki/Flat_Rock_Software" class="mw-redirect" title="Flat Rock Software">Flat Rock Software</a> in June 2014 under GPL-2.0-or-later.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Catacomb_3-D" title="Catacomb 3-D">Catacomb 3-D</a></i> (1991) added <a href="/wiki/Texture_mapping" title="Texture mapping">texture mapping</a> to the walls. The source code was released by Flat Rock Software in June 2014 under GPL-2.0-or-later.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wolfenstein_3D_engine">Wolfenstein 3D engine</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Id_Tech&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Wolfenstein 3D engine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Wolfenstein_3D_engine" class="mw-redirect" title="Wolfenstein 3D engine">Wolfenstein 3D engine</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Rise_of_the_Triad" title="Rise of the Triad">Rise of the Triad</a></div> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Wolfenstein_3D" title="Wolfenstein 3D">Wolfenstein 3D</a></i> (1992) increased the color palette from 16-color <a href="/wiki/Enhanced_Graphics_Adapter" title="Enhanced Graphics Adapter">EGA</a> to 256-color <a href="/wiki/VGA" class="mw-redirect" title="VGA">VGA</a> and also adopted <a href="/wiki/Raycasting" class="mw-redirect" title="Raycasting">raycasting</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Wolfenstein_3D_engine" class="mw-redirect" title="Wolfenstein 3D engine">game engine</a> was also licensed out to other companies. The source code to Wolfenstein 3D, along with its prequel <i>Spear of Destiny</i>, was released on 21 July 1995 under a proprietary license, and then later under GPL-2.0-or-later.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/ShadowCaster" title="ShadowCaster">ShadowCaster</a></i> (1993) was built upon the Wolfenstein 3D engine and was licensed out to <a href="/wiki/Raven_Software" title="Raven Software">Raven Software</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It features diminished lighting, texture mapped floors and ceilings, walls with variable heights, and sloped floors.<sup id="cite_ref-ravensoft.com_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ravensoft.com-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This Raven engine was later also used by <i><a href="/wiki/CyClones" title="CyClones">CyClones</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/In_Pursuit_of_Greed" title="In Pursuit of Greed">In Pursuit of Greed</a></i>. </p><p><i>Rise of the Triad</i> uses an enhanced engine of <i>Wolfenstein 3D</i> and was meant to serve as the sequel to it. The source code was released on 20 December 2002 under GPL-2.0-or-later. </p><p>Other games using this engine are: <i><a href="/wiki/Blake_Stone:_Aliens_of_Gold" title="Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold">Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Blake_Stone:_Planet_Strike" title="Blake Stone: Planet Strike">Blake Stone: Planet Strike</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Corridor_7:_Alien_Invasion" title="Corridor 7: Alien Invasion">Corridor 7: Alien Invasion</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Operation_Body_Count" title="Operation Body Count">Operation Body Count</a></i>, and, with several modifications, <i><a href="/wiki/Rise_of_the_Triad" title="Rise of the Triad">Rise of the Triad</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Development">Development</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Id_Tech&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1212047051">.mw-parser-output .release-timeline{padding:.75em 1em;font-size:85%;line-height:.9;border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0 1px;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .release-timeline>caption{padding:.4em .4em .2em;font-size:112.5%}.mw-parser-output .release-timeline .rt-subtitle{padding-top:.3em;font-size:90%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .release-timeline td,.mw-parser-output .release-timeline th{border:none;padding:.4em;background:none;font:inherit;color:inherit}.mw-parser-output .release-timeline td{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .release-timeline th{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .release-timeline .rt-first{padding:.4em .4em .2em}.mw-parser-output .release-timeline .rt-next,.mw-parser-output .release-timeline .rt-last{padding:.2em .4em}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .release-timeline{float:right;clear:right;margin:.5em 0 .5em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .rt-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:.5em 1.4em .5em 0}.mw-parser-output .release-timeline caption{white-space:nowrap}}</style><table class="release-timeline wikitable"><caption>Release timeline</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="row" style="border-right:1.4em solid #0BDA51">1993</th><td><a href="/wiki/Doom_engine" title="Doom engine">Doom engine</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="border-right:1.4em solid #228B22">1994–1995</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="border-right:1.4em solid #0BDA51">1996</th><td><a href="/wiki/Quake_engine" title="Quake engine">Quake engine</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="border-right:1.4em solid #0BDA51">1997</th><td><a href="/wiki/Quake_II_engine" title="Quake II engine">Quake II engine</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="border-right:1.4em solid #228B22">1998</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="border-right:1.4em solid #0BDA51">1999</th><td><a href="/wiki/Id_Tech_3" title="Id Tech 3">id Tech 3</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="border-right:1.4em solid #228B22">2000–2003</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="border-right:1.4em solid #0BDA51">2004</th><td><a href="/wiki/Id_Tech_4" title="Id Tech 4">id Tech 4</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="border-right:1.4em solid #228B22">2005–2010</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="border-right:1.4em solid #0BDA51">2011</th><td><a href="/wiki/Id_Tech_5" title="Id Tech 5">id Tech 5</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="border-right:1.4em solid #228B22">2012–2015</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="border-right:1.4em solid #0BDA51">2016</th><td><a href="/wiki/Id_Tech_6" title="Id Tech 6">id Tech 6</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="border-right:1.4em solid #228B22">2017–2019</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" style="border-right:1.4em solid #0BDA51">2020</th><td><a href="/wiki/Id_Tech_7" title="Id Tech 7">id Tech 7</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="id_Tech_1">id Tech 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Id_Tech&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: id Tech 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Doom_engine" title="Doom engine">Doom engine</a> and <a href="/wiki/Doom_(1993_video_game)" title="Doom (1993 video game)">Doom (1993 video game)</a></div> <p>Originally known as the "<i>Doom</i> engine", this engine powers the id Software games <i><a href="/wiki/Doom_(1993_video_game)" title="Doom (1993 video game)">Doom</a></i> (1993), <i><a href="/wiki/Doom_II:_Hell_on_Earth" class="mw-redirect" title="Doom II: Hell on Earth">Doom II: Hell on Earth</a></i> (1994) and <i><a href="/wiki/Doom_64" title="Doom 64">Doom 64</a></i> (1997). It was created by <a href="/wiki/John_D._Carmack" class="mw-redirect" title="John D. Carmack">John Carmack</a>, with auxiliary functions written by <a href="/wiki/John_Romero" title="John Romero">John Romero</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dave_D._Taylor" class="mw-redirect" title="Dave D. Taylor">Dave Taylor</a>, and Paul Radek. Initially developed on <a href="/wiki/NeXT" title="NeXT">NeXT</a> computers, it was <a href="/wiki/Porting" title="Porting">ported</a> to <a href="/wiki/MS-DOS" title="MS-DOS">MS-DOS</a> for <i>Doom</i>'s release and was later ported to several <a href="/wiki/Game_console" class="mw-redirect" title="Game console">game consoles</a> and <a href="/wiki/Operating_system" title="Operating system">operating systems</a>. The source code was released on 23 December 1997 under a proprietary license, and then later on 3 October 1999 under GPL-2.0-or-later.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Heretic</i> and <i>Hexen: Beyond Heretic</i> were developed by <a href="/wiki/Raven_Software" title="Raven Software">Raven Software</a> and published by id Software. Their sources were released on 4 September 2008 under GPL-2.0-only. Other games using this engine include <i><a href="/wiki/Strife:_Quest_for_the_Sigil" class="mw-redirect" title="Strife: Quest for the Sigil">Strife: Quest for the Sigil</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Chex_Quest" title="Chex Quest">Chex Quest</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="id_Tech_2">id Tech 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Id_Tech&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: id Tech 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Quake_engine" title="Quake engine">Quake engine</a> and <a href="/wiki/Quake_(video_game)" title="Quake (video game)">Quake (video game)</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Quake_II_engine" title="Quake II engine">Quake II engine</a> and <a href="/wiki/Quake_II" title="Quake II">Quake II</a></div> <p>Originally known as the "<b><i>Quake</i> engine</b>", it was originally written to power 1996's <i><a href="/wiki/Quake_(video_game)" title="Quake (video game)">Quake</a></i>. It featured <a href="/wiki/3D_computer_graphics" title="3D computer graphics">true 3D</a> <a href="/wiki/Real-time_rendering" class="mw-redirect" title="Real-time rendering">real-time rendering</a> and is the first id Tech engine to use the <a href="/wiki/Client%E2%80%93server_model" title="Client–server model">client–server model</a>. The source code was released on 21 December 1999 under GPL-2.0-or-later. </p><p>The <i>Quake</i> engine was updated with a new executable titled <i><a href="/wiki/QuakeWorld" class="mw-redirect" title="QuakeWorld">QuakeWorld</a></i> that contained code to enhance the networking capabilities of <i>Quake</i> in response to the demand for across-internet network games that arose as a result of <i>Quake</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s usage of <a href="/wiki/User_Datagram_Protocol" title="User Datagram Protocol">UDP</a> for networking. </p><p>id Tech 2 was later updated for the release of <i><a href="/wiki/Quake_II" title="Quake II">Quake II</a></i> in 1997, with enhancements such as colored lighting and a new MD2 model format.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> id Tech 2.5 is the last to include a <a href="/wiki/Software_rendering" title="Software rendering">software renderer</a>. The source code was released on 22 December 2001 under GPL-2.0-or-later. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="id_Tech_3">id Tech 3</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Id_Tech&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: id Tech 3"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Id_Tech_3" title="Id Tech 3">id Tech 3</a> and <a href="/wiki/Quake_III_Arena" title="Quake III Arena">Quake III Arena</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Return_to_Castle_Wolfenstein" title="Return to Castle Wolfenstein">Return to Castle Wolfenstein</a></div> <p>Originally known as the "<b><i>Quake III Arena</i> engine</b>", it was used to power id Software's <i><a href="/wiki/Quake_III_Arena" title="Quake III Arena">Quake III Arena</a></i> in 1999. The <i>Quake III Arena</i> engine was updated to patch 1.26 and later versions are called "<b>Quake III Team Arena engine</b>" with a new MD4 skeletal model format and huge outdoor areas. id Tech 3 is the first in this series to require an <a href="/wiki/OpenGL" title="OpenGL">OpenGL</a>-compliant <a href="/wiki/Graphics_processing_unit" title="Graphics processing unit">graphics accelerator</a> to run. The source code was released on 19 August 2005 under GPL-2.0-or-later. </p><p>id Tech 3 was updated with the 2001 release of <a href="/wiki/Return_to_Castle_Wolfenstein" title="Return to Castle Wolfenstein"><i>Return To Castle Wolfenstein</i></a> which included a single-player scripting system, and was eventually used to power the first <a href="/wiki/Call_of_Duty_(video_game)" title="Call of Duty (video game)"><i>Call of Duty</i></a> title in 2003, ultimately spawning the <a href="/wiki/IW_engine" class="mw-redirect" title="IW engine">IW engine</a>. It was also used for <i><a href="/wiki/Wolfenstein:_Enemy_Territory" title="Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory">Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory</a></i>. The source code was released on 12 August 2010 under GPL-3.0-or-later. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="id_Tech_4">id Tech 4</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Id_Tech&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: id Tech 4"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Id_Tech_4" title="Id Tech 4">id Tech 4</a> and <a href="/wiki/Doom_3" title="Doom 3">Doom 3</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Doom_3:_BFG_Edition" title="Doom 3: BFG Edition">Doom 3: BFG Edition</a></div> <p>Commonly known as the "<b><i><a href="/wiki/Doom_3" title="Doom 3">Doom 3</a></i> engine</b>" which was used to power <i>Doom 3</i> as it released in 2004, id Tech 4 began as an enhancement to <a href="/wiki/Id_Tech_3" title="Id Tech 3">id Tech 3</a>. During development, it was initially just a complete rewrite of the engine's <a href="/wiki/Rendering_(computer_graphics)" title="Rendering (computer graphics)">renderer</a>, while still retaining other subsystems, such as file access, and memory management. The decision to switch from <a href="/wiki/C_Programming_Language" class="mw-redirect" title="C Programming Language">C</a> to the <a href="/wiki/C%2B%2B" title="C++">C++</a> <a href="/wiki/Programming_language" title="Programming language">programming language</a> necessitated a restructuring and rewrite of the rest of the engine; today, while id Tech 4 contains code from id Tech 3, much of it has been rewritten.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The source code was released on 22 November 2011 under GPL-3.0-or-later. </p><p>Other games using this engine are: <a href="/wiki/Raven_Software" title="Raven Software">Raven Software</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Quake_4" title="Quake 4">Quake 4</a></i> (2005) and <i><a href="/wiki/Wolfenstein_(2009_video_game)" title="Wolfenstein (2009 video game)">Wolfenstein</a></i> (2009), <a href="/wiki/Human_Head_Studios" title="Human Head Studios">Human Head Studios</a>' <i><a href="/wiki/Prey_(2006_video_game)" title="Prey (2006 video game)">Prey</a></i> (2006), <a href="/wiki/Splash_Damage" title="Splash Damage">Splash Damage</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Enemy_Territory:_Quake_Wars" title="Enemy Territory: Quake Wars">Enemy Territory: Quake Wars</a></i> (2007) and <a href="/wiki/Brink_(video_game)" title="Brink (video game)"><i>Brink</i></a> (2011). </p><p>id Tech 4 was updated with the 2012 release of <i><a href="/wiki/Doom_3:_BFG_Edition" title="Doom 3: BFG Edition">Doom 3: BFG Edition</a></i> with some features from id Tech 5. The source code was released on 26 November 2012 under GPL-3.0-or-later. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="id_Tech_5">id Tech 5</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Id_Tech&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: id Tech 5"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Id_Tech_5" title="Id Tech 5">id Tech 5</a></div> <p>Used for id Software's <i><a href="/wiki/Rage_(video_game)" title="Rage (video game)">Rage</a>,</i> the engine is based on the file system frameworks. Some technologies included are the GUI system from <a href="/wiki/Id_Tech_4" title="Id Tech 4">id Tech 4</a>, including a new renderer, <a href="/wiki/MegaTexture" class="mw-redirect" title="MegaTexture">MegaTexture</a> 2.0 technology, soft shadows and more. id is requiring companies that use the engine to publish their games through id's sister company, <a href="/wiki/Bethesda_Softworks" title="Bethesda Softworks">Bethesda Softworks</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The engine has since been used to power <a href="/wiki/MachineGames" title="MachineGames">MachineGames</a>' first two <i>Wolfenstein</i> titles; <a href="/wiki/Wolfenstein:_The_New_Order" title="Wolfenstein: The New Order"><i>The New Order</i></a> in 2014 with its standalone expansion <i><a href="/wiki/Wolfenstein:_The_Old_Blood" title="Wolfenstein: The Old Blood">The Old Blood</a>,</i> which released in 2015. It was also used for <a href="/wiki/Tango_Gameworks" title="Tango Gameworks">Tango Gameworks</a>' <i><a href="/wiki/The_Evil_Within" title="The Evil Within">The Evil Within</a></i> (2014). </p><p>id Tech 5 was the first id Software engine not to be released under the <a href="/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GNU GPL license</a>. As of 2024, the engine remains <a href="/wiki/Proprietary_software" title="Proprietary software">closed-source</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="id_Tech_6">id Tech 6</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Id_Tech&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: id Tech 6"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Id_Tech_6" title="Id Tech 6">id Tech 6</a></div> <p>Used for <a href="/wiki/Doom_(2016_video_game)" title="Doom (2016 video game)"><i>Doom</i></a> released on May 13, 2016. While the engine uses some of the features from id Tech 5, id has also added support for <a href="/wiki/Vulkan_(API)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vulkan (API)">Vulkan</a> rendering. Development of the renderer is led by Tiago Sousa, who had previously worked on <a href="/wiki/CryEngine" title="CryEngine">CryEngine</a>, following previous <a href="/wiki/Technical_director" title="Technical director">technical director</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Carmack" title="John Carmack">John Carmack</a>'s resignation in 2013. id Tech 6 was also used in <i><a href="/wiki/Wolfenstein_II:_The_New_Colossus" title="Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus">Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus</a></i> (2017), and <i><a href="/wiki/Wolfenstein:_Youngblood" title="Wolfenstein: Youngblood">Wolfenstein: Youngblood</a></i> (2019) again by <a href="/wiki/MachineGames" title="MachineGames">MachineGames</a>. It was not used for <i><a href="/wiki/Quake_Champions" title="Quake Champions">Quake Champions</a></i> however, which combined id Tech features with the <a href="/wiki/Saber3D_Engine" class="mw-redirect" title="Saber3D Engine">Saber3D Engine</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="id_Tech_7">id Tech 7</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Id_Tech&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: id Tech 7"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Id_Tech_7" title="Id Tech 7">id Tech 7</a></div> <p>At <a href="/wiki/QuakeCon" title="QuakeCon">QuakeCon</a> 2018, id Software announced the release of a new game in the Doom franchise called <i>Doom Eternal</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Powered by the id Tech 7 engine, <i><a href="/wiki/Doom_Eternal" title="Doom Eternal">Doom Eternal</a></i> was released on March 20, 2020. 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cobra_(game_engine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cobra (game engine)">Cobra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filmation_(game_engine)" title="Filmation (game engine)">Filmation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freescape" title="Freescape">Freescape</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gold_Box" title="Gold Box">Gold Box</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SCUMM" title="SCUMM">SCUMM</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/3D_GameStudio" title="3D GameStudio">3D GameStudio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clickteam" title="Clickteam">Clickteam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dark_Engine" title="Dark Engine">Dark Engine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GameMaker" title="GameMaker">GameMaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genie_Engine" title="Genie Engine">Genie Engine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GoldSrc" title="GoldSrc">GoldSrc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jedi_(game_engine)" title="Jedi (game engine)">Jedi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LithTech" title="LithTech">LithTech</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mugen_(game_engine)" title="Mugen (game engine)">Mugen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pie_in_the_Sky_(game_engine)" title="Pie in the Sky (game engine)">Pie in the Sky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reality_Lab" title="Reality Lab">Reality Lab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RenderWare" title="RenderWare">RenderWare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RPG_Maker" title="RPG Maker">RPG Maker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sim_RPG_Maker" title="Sim RPG Maker">Sim RPG Maker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unreal_Engine_1" title="Unreal Engine 1">Unreal Engine 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virtual_Theatre" title="Virtual Theatre">Virtual Theatre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Voxel_Space" title="Voxel Space">Voxel Space</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zero_(game_engine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Zero (game engine)">Zero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zillions_of_Games" title="Zillions of Games">Zillions of Games</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ubisoft_Anvil" title="Ubisoft Anvil">Anvil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C4_Engine" title="C4 Engine">C4 Engine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chrome_Engine" title="Chrome Engine">Chrome Engine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CryEngine" title="CryEngine">CryEngine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crystal_Tools" title="Crystal Tools">Crystal Tools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diesel_(game_engine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Diesel (game engine)">Diesel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ego_(game_engine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ego (game engine)">Ego</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Essence_Engine" class="mw-redirect" title="Essence Engine">Essence Engine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euphoria_(software)" title="Euphoria (software)">Euphoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flare3D" title="Flare3D">Flare3D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frostbite_(game_engine)" title="Frostbite (game engine)">Frostbite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gamebryo" title="Gamebryo">Gamebryo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GameSalad" title="GameSalad">GameSalad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HeroEngine" title="HeroEngine">HeroEngine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IW_(game_engine)" title="IW (game engine)">IW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leadwerks" title="Leadwerks">Leadwerks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marmalade_(software)" title="Marmalade (software)">Marmalade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MT_Framework" title="MT Framework">MT Framework</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PhyreEngine" title="PhyreEngine">PhyreEngine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Q_(game_engine)" title="Q (game engine)">Q</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockstar_Advanced_Game_Engine" title="Rockstar Advanced Game Engine">RAGE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Retro_Engine" title="Retro Engine">Retro Engine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SAGE_(game_engine)" class="mw-redirect" title="SAGE (game engine)">SAGE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shark_3D" title="Shark 3D">Shark 3D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silent_Storm_engine" title="Silent Storm engine"><i>Silent Storm</i> engine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Source_(game_engine)" title="Source (game engine)">Source</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titan_(game_engine)" title="Titan (game engine)">Titan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unigine" title="Unigine">Unigine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unity_(game_engine)" title="Unity (game engine)">Unity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unreal_Engine_2" title="Unreal Engine 2">Unreal Engine 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unreal_Engine_3" title="Unreal Engine 3">Unreal Engine 3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vicious_Engine" class="mw-redirect" title="Vicious Engine">Vicious Engine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vision_(game_engine)" title="Vision (game engine)">Vision</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visual3D_Game_Engine" title="Visual3D Game Engine">Visual3D Game Engine</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/4A_Engine" title="4A Engine">4A Engine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amazon_Lumberyard" title="Amazon Lumberyard">Amazon Lumberyard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bitsquid" title="Bitsquid">Bitsquid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buildbox" title="Buildbox">Buildbox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Construct_(game_engine)" title="Construct (game engine)">Construct</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Creation_Engine" title="Creation Engine">Creation Engine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Decima_(game_engine)" title="Decima (game engine)">Decima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defold" title="Defold">Defold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Felgo" title="Felgo">Felgo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fox_Engine" title="Fox Engine">Fox Engine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Id_Tech_5" title="Id Tech 5">id Tech 5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Id_Tech_6" title="Id Tech 6">id Tech 6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ignite_(game_engine)" title="Ignite (game engine)">Ignite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kynapse" title="Kynapse">Kynapse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luminous_Engine" title="Luminous Engine">Luminous Engine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nvidia_GameWorks" title="Nvidia GameWorks">Nvidia GameWorks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panta_Rhei_(game_engine)" title="Panta Rhei (game engine)">Panta Rhei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pixel_Game_Maker_MV" title="Pixel Game Maker MV">Pixel Game Maker MV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RE_Engine" title="RE Engine">RE Engine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snowdrop_(game_engine)" title="Snowdrop (game engine)">Snowdrop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stencyl" title="Stencyl">Stencyl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Source_2" title="Source 2">Source 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UbiArt_Framework" title="UbiArt Framework">UbiArt Framework</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unreal_Engine_4" title="Unreal Engine 4">Unreal Engine 4</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Id_Tech_7" title="Id Tech 7">id Tech 7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unreal_Engine_5" title="Unreal Engine 5">Unreal Engine 5</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software" title="Free and open-source software">Free and<br />open-source</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="1970s" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Z-machine" title="Z-machine">Z-machine</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adventure_Game_Studio" title="Adventure Game Studio">Adventure Game Studio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Build_(game_engine)" title="Build (game engine)">Build</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crystal_Space" title="Crystal Space">Crystal Space</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doom_engine" title="Doom engine"><i>Doom</i> engine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Game-Maker" title="Game-Maker">Game-Maker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OHRRPGCE" class="mw-redirect" 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