Pocket-lint: ''Need for Speed: Rivals, a next and current-generation driving game from Electronic Arts, is unique in that it uses a modified version of the much-acclaimed Frostbite 3 engine. The game development technology is best known for powering the Battlefield series of first person shooters, but its latest iteration has been customised to be the engine behind the new racer from start-up development studio Ghost Games.''
That's a pity, because they could make a whole lotta money if they allowed other's to lease it.
Why keep it all to yourself, when the engine gets obsolete anyway every few years when DICE upgrades it. At least let smaller companies lease the older versions. Even the older Frostbite engine from bad Company 2 is still an impressive engine today.
They're like the Lannisters of video games!
Always imagined what Assassins Creed would look like with the Frostbite Engine, Ubisoft could really use it because the graphics on Black Flag do NOT look "next gen", sadly.
I'd rather have companies work on their own engines. The result of the Unreal Engine being handed out to other companies led to a gazillion games looking extremely similar.
Now, don't get me wrong, the Unreal Engine 3 looks very good, but after seeing the umpteenth title with that engine things start to get... stale.
We will see more engines which is a good thing.