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created by

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. It was used first in the game '' Battlezone II: Combat Commander'' and later used in several ''

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'' games including the popular ''Battlefront'' series. ''Battlezone II: Combat Commander'' and ''

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'' both feature an in-engine editor accessible via commands. It was given additional 3D functionality with ''Dark Reign 2'', which was further improved upon for '' Army Men: RTS''. The engine was revamped for '' Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' to accommodate consoles and third person gameplay. The engine was again retooled for '' Star Wars: Battlefront'' and the level editor was made a separate entity from the game engine. A set of modding tools including ZeroEdit, the new level creation tool, were released for use with ''Star Wars: Battlefront'' on December 23, 2004. An updated version of the tools were released on February 2, 2006 for '' Star Wars: Battlefront II''. Pandemic used Zero as their primary engine for several of their games developed in their

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studio. Havok physics engine capabilities were integrated with ''Zero'' for '' Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction''. A new engine was built for 2008's ''Mercenaries 2: World in Flames''.

Games using Zero

*'' Battlezone II: Combat Commander'' (1999) *''

'' (2000) *'' Army Men: RTS'' (2002) *'' Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' (2002) *'' Star Wars: Battlefront'' (2004) *'' Star Wars: Battlefront II'' (2005) *'' Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction'' (2005)

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