Check out this FREE Virtual Reality Game Development Engine
Silicon Studio, today released the Xenko game engine, giving developers more options than ever before in creating projects of all sizes, from mobile games to realistic VR experiences and beyond.
Xenko is free for educational use, small studios, and individual users, with larger studios paying a nominal monthly fee.
To celebrate the launch, Silicon Studio is offering all users access to the engine’s unrestricted Pro plan at no cost and with no registration requirements through July 31, 2017.
“We worked with developers to create a tool that lets them explore their creativity without running into some of the limitations they may find with other game engines. By offering advantages like C# and photorealistic rendering, we’re positioning Xenko as the top choice for creators working in 3D, VR and everything in between.”
– Terada Takehiko, CEO of Silicon Studio.
Xenko was designed by an international team of developers, for developers. Using the latest version of C#, the open source engine features high-end realistic rendering, multithreading with support for the latest graphic APIs (Vulkan & DirectX 12), nested prefabs, particle effects, a built-in script editor and more.
Compared to the beta version, the commercial release boasts major improvements including VR support — with features such as binaural audio, single pass rendering, multi-sampling anti-aliasing (MSAA), one-click VR setup — scene streaming management, a pipeline rendering editor, and light probes (a first step to global illumination), along with greatly improved stability.
“I’ve been developing with the Xenko engine for over two years now. I’m really pleased with the performance and stability of the engine. The renderer is remarkable — both in terms of use and the visual results.”
– Filip Dusek, creator of Children of the Galaxy
Xenko represents a new option for developers that want more flexibility from game engines, and this release is just the first step. Silicon Studio will continue to offer new features and updates, including a much more advanced rendering pipeline editor, a visual scripting system, and more.
