Game Engine as Design Tool

     There are quite a few game engines used in today's gaming industry. Familiar ones includes Crytek's CryEngine and Unreal Engine. These are downloaded and used primarily for the creation of games. Links below takes you to examples of such programs.

Unreal Development Kit http://www.udk.com/

Crytek CryENGINE2 http://www.cryengine2.com/

      However, game engines could be realized as more than just tools to create games. Unreal Engine 3 has been developed and further programmed to create cinematic scenes equivalent to that of animation programs. An example can be seen through this link

http://digitaldomain.wiredrive.com/l/p/?presentation=6c0eb3f6b1664428acf6fc5acffbb489