Ignite (game engine)

Game engine by Electronic Arts

EA Sports Ignite

Developer(s)| EA Sports
Platform| Microsoft Windows
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Type| Game engine
License| Proprietary
Website| www.ea.com/games/fifa/fifa-19/news/fifa-ea-sports-ignite

The EA Sports Ignite game engine (styled as EA SPORTS IGNITE) is a collection of video game technologies built by Electronic Arts and designed to make video game sports "alive".[1] The technology was announced at Microsoft's Xbox One reveal event in May 2013 for three EA Sports franchise games for Xbox One and PlayStation 4: FIFA 14, Madden NFL 25 and NBA Live 14, all released in Fall 2013.

## Capabilities

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Electronic Arts announced several features within the engine. Its Human Intelligence framework lets in-game players "think like real athletes", with the ability to make snap judgments, prepare for impact, and perform as a team player.[1] For example, the new artificial intelligence creates a sense of urgency for computer players towards the end of an association football match to rush for more shots on goal.[2] The True Player Motion framework makes players' bodies, limbs, and clothing each move according to physics.[1] The Living Worlds framework models the stadium audience members and their behaviors individually.[1] The audience will have expectations about the in-game sports matches, and will react accordingly to the match's progress.[2] The Ignite artificial intelligence is able to use the next-gen hardware to handle four times as many calculations per second than older EA Sports titles.[2] Animation detail is expected to improve "ten-fold".[2]

Electronic Arts plans to use Ignite for future sports games and Frostbite for future action games (with the exception of Rory McIlroy PGA Tour, which also uses Frostbite, and current iterations of the Madden NFL, FIFA, UFC and NHL series, which use Frostbite instead of Ignite).[1] The company had previously shared technology internally before moving to develop all future sports games on the same engine.[1]

## History

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Ignite was publicly announced at Microsoft's May 2013 Xbox One reveal event.[1] Four upcoming EA Sports franchise games for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 were announced to be using the technology: FIFA 14, EA Sports UFC, Madden NFL 25, and NBA Live 14.[1] Electronic Arts showed pre-rendered sequences of the games at the reveal event instead of real-time gameplay.[3]

The engine was used for a number of EA Sports titles in the mid to late 2010s with two games using the engine in 2020. Though use of the ignite engine was later phased out in favor of EA Sports titles using the Frostbite engine instead.

## Games using the Ignite engine

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Title | Platform(s) | Release Date | Genre(s)

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FIFA 14 | PlayStation 4, Xbox One | November 2013 | Sports
Madden NFL 25 | PlayStation 4, Xbox One | November 2013 | Sports
NBA Live 14 | PlayStation 4, Xbox One | November 2013 | Sports
EA Sports UFC | PlayStation 4, Xbox One | June 2014 | Sports
Madden NFL 15 | PlayStation 4, Xbox One | August 2014 | Sports
NHL 15 | PlayStation 4, Xbox One | September 2014 | Sports
FIFA 15 | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | September 2014 | Sports
NBA Live 15 | PlayStation 4, Xbox One | October 2014 | Sports
Madden NFL 16 | PlayStation 4, Xbox One | August 2015 | Sports
NHL 16 | PlayStation 4, Xbox One | September 2015 | Sports
FIFA 16 | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | September 2015 | Sports
NBA Live 16 | PlayStation 4, Xbox One | September 2015 | Sports
EA Sports UFC 2 | PlayStation 4, Xbox One | March 2016 | Sports
Madden NFL 17 | PlayStation 4, Xbox One | August 2016 | Sports
NHL 17 | PlayStation 4, Xbox One | September 2016 | Sports
NHL 18 | PlayStation 4, Xbox One | September 2017 | Sports
NBA Live 18 | PlayStation 4, Xbox One | September 2017 | Sports
EA Sports UFC 3 | PlayStation 4, Xbox One | February 2018 | Sports
EA Sports FC Online[4] | Microsoft Windows | May 2018  | Sports
NHL 19 | PlayStation 4, Xbox One | September 2018 | Sports
NBA Live 19 | PlayStation 4, Xbox One | September 2018 | Sports
NHL 20 | PlayStation 4, Xbox One | September 2019 | Sports
EA Sports UFC 4 | PlayStation 4, Xbox One | August 2020 | Sports
NHL 21 | PlayStation 4, Xbox One | October 2020 | Sports

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h Sarkar, Samit (May 21, 2013). "Next-gen EA Sports titles running on Ignite engine at Xbox One reveal". Polygon. Vox Media. Archived from the original on June 8, 2013. Retrieved June 10, 2013.
2. ^ a b c d Purchase, Robert (May 22, 2013). "What EA Sports' new Ignite engine means for a game like FIFA 14". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
3. ^ McWhertor, Michael (May 21, 2013). "EA Sports Ignite trailer shown at Xbox One reveal 'pre-rendered using in-game assets'". Polygon. Vox Media. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
4. ^ "What Is EA Sports FC Online?". 3 Mar 2024. Retrieved 2024-05-12.

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