| Titan | |
|---|---|
 A screenshot from Caesar IV, a game using the Titan 2.0 engine | |
| Developer | Stainless Steel Studios |
| Stable release | 2.0 / May 11, 2004 |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Type | Game engine |
| Website | Tilted Mill Entertainment web site |
Titan is a game engine developed byStainless Steel Studios used in thereal-time strategy genre. It was mainly used as aPCgame engine in the early2000s. The engine was used in Stainless Steel Studio's early games, such asEmpire Earth andEmpires: Dawn of the Modern World.
Titan 2.0, an update of the original Titan Engine, was to be a comprehensivereal-time strategy engine, and was sold before Stainless Steel Studios was dissolved in 2005.[1]
SSSI described their engine on theirwebsite (before it shut down) at the day of its release. They said it would handle all objects in the gaming world, has an integratedscenario editor, a powerful multiplayer mode and communicator, built-inartificial intelligence and3D graphics.[2] The engine was announced in May 2004,[3] and was designed by SSSI, whose head designer isRick Goodman, the designer ofEmpire Earth andAge of Empires. SSSI's last game made using this engine wasRise and Fall: Civilizations at War.[4] 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[clarification needed], other than that it was used in some of theEmpire series, such asEmpire Earth.
After its press release, the engine was promptly purchased byTilted Mill Entertainment, a small production company inMassachusetts. The engine was also available for purchase to anyone forUS$250,000 at its release.[2]