Aurora Engine

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This video game-related article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards or the Video Games project's guidelines.
Video game-related articles should adhere to the Manual of Style and should not contain unverifiable information nor should it have gameplay instructions.
This article has been tagged since May 2008.

Aurora Engine
A scene from Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide
Developed by	BioWare
OS	Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac
Genre	game engine
Website	http://www.bioware.com

The Aurora Engine is a game engine developed by BioWare for use in computer and console role-playing games. The Aurora Engine was the 3D successor to BioWare's earlier, 2D game engine, called the Infinity Engine.

The first game released using the Aurora Engine was Neverwinter Nights, and included a number of tools for users to create their own content. The engine has also been used for other games such as The Witcher, and utilised techniques such as pixel shading and hardware T&L. The sequel, Neverwinter Nights 2, developed by Obsidian Entertainment, features an updated version of BioWare's engine named the Electron engine.

Knights of the Old Republic, another BioWare game, and its sequel (from Obsidian Entertainment) use an updated version of the Aurora Engine called the Odyssey Engine.