Brink (video game)

Brink
DeveloperSplash Damage
PublisherBethesda Softworks
Directors
  • Paul Wedgwood
  • Richard Ham
Producers
  • Stephen Gaffney
  • Griff Jenkins
  • Chris Dawson
Designers
  • Neil Alphonso
  • Paul Saunders
ProgrammerArnout van Meer
ArtistOlivier Leonardi
WriterEd Stern
Engineid Tech 4
Platforms
Release
  • NA: 10 May 2011
  • AU: 12 May 2011
  • EU: 13 May 2011
GenreFirst-person shooter
Modes

Brink (stylised as BRINK) is a 2011 first-person shooter video game developed by Splash Damage and published by Bethesda Softworks for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in May 2011. In Brink, two factions, Resistance and Security, battle in a once-utopian city called The Ark, a floating city above the waters of a flooded Earth.

Brink has Steamworks integration, including Valve Anti-Cheat. It runs on id Tech 4 and has an updated rendering framework with improved support for multiple CPU cores. Brink is a first-person shooter with a strong focus on parkour-style movement. Online multiplayer servers hold up to 16 players; players can play cooperatively or competitively, or against artificially-intelligent bots.

The game received mixed reviews but was commercially successful. As of 2012, Brink had sold over 2.5 million units and generated around $120–140 million in revenue. The PC version of Brink became free-to-play on 22 August 2017.