List of games with EAX support

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This is a list of video games that support Environmental Audio Extensions (EAX) technology.

Games

Game[1][2][3] EAX 1 EAX 2 EAX HD 3 EAX HD 4 EAX HD 5 Notes
25 to Life
Abomination: The Nemesis Project X
Age of Empires III * Supported by ALchemy
Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures
Alias
Aliens versus Predator X
Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare
Alpha Centauri X
Alpha Prime X
America's Army X
American McGee's Alice X
Anachronox X
Aquanox X X EAX 1.0, EAX 2.0, A3D 1.0, A3D 2.0[4]
Aquanox 2
ArmA: Armed Assault
Arx Fatalis
Assassin's Creed X * Supported by ALchemy
Baldur's Gate X
Baldur's Gate 2 X X EAX 2[5] * Supported by ALchemy
Battle Isle: The Andosia War
Battle for Middle-earth X
Battle for Middle Earth 2 X * Supported by ALchemy
Battle for Middle-earth 2: The Rise of the Witch-king. X
Battlezone X
Battlezone II: Combat Commander X
Battlefield 2 X X X X X * Supported by ALchemy
Battlefield 2142 X X X X X * Supported by ALchemy
Battlefield Vietnam X X * Supported by ALchemy
Battlezone II X
Beyond Good & Evil X X X EAX 1.0, EAX 2.0 and EAX 3.0 via EAX Unified[6]
BioShock X X EAX4[7] and EAX5 (via OpenAL) * Supported by ALchemy
Black & White
Blade of Darkness X
The Blair Witch Project Volume I-III X
Blood II: The Chosen & The Nightmare Levels X
Bloodrayne X
Brian Lara International Cricket 2007 * Supported by ALchemy
Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood
Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 X
Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway
Call of Duty X X X Patch 1.3 * Supported by ALchemy
Call of Duty 2 X X X * Supported by ALchemy
Call of Juarez X EAX 3.0[8]
Carmageddon: The Death Race 2000 X
Carnivores: Cityscape X
Carnivores: Ice Age X
Carnivores 2 X
Catwoman
Cellfactor: Revolution
Chaser
Chrome
Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay X EAX 4.0[9] * Supported by ALchemy
Civilization IV X X X * Supported by ALchemy
Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword X X X
Civilization IV: Warlords X X X
Civilization IV: Colonization X X X
City of Heroes
City of Villains
Clive Barker's Undying X EAX 1.0[10]
Cold War X * Supported by ALchemy
Colin McRae Rally 3
Colin McRae Rally 04 X
Colin McRae Rally 2005 X
Colin McRae: Dirt X EAX 5 (via OpenAL) * Supported by ALchemy
Combat: Task Force 121
Command & Conquer: Generals * Supported by ALchemy
Command & Conquer: Renegade X
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
Commandos Strike Force
Condemned: Criminal Origins X
Conflict: Global Storm
Conflict: Vietnam
Counter-Strike X
Crime Cities X
Croc 2 X
Crusaders of Might and Magic X
Cryostasis: Sleep of Reason
Crysis * Supported by ALchemy; not all the sounds are reverbed, dialog plays fine.
Crysis Warhead
Daikatana
Dark and Light
Darkness Within: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder
Dark Vengeance X
Day of Defeat X
Demolition Racer X
Descent 3 X
Descent 4 X
Descent Freespace X
Deus Ex X
Diablo II X X * Supported by ALchemy
Die Hard Trilogy 2: Viva Las Vegas X
Divine Divinity
Dogs of War: Battle on Primus IV X
Doom 3 X Patch 1.3 * Supported by ALchemy
Doom 3: BFG Edition EAX support removed.
Dragon's Lair 3D: Return to the Lair X
Drakan X
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey X X
Driver X
Driver 3 X * Supported by ALchemy
Driver: Parallel Lines X
Drome Racers
Dronez X
Dungeon Keeper II X
Dungeon Lords
Dungeon Siege X * Supported by ALchemy
Dungeon Siege 2
Dungeons & Dragons: Dragonshard
East Front
E-racer
El Matador X * Supported by ALchemy
Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind * Supported by ALchemy
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion X Use Side's EAX Control mod. * Supported by ALchemy
Elite Warriors: Vietnam X X X
Enter the Matrix X EAX 3.0[11]* Supported by ALchemy
Eurofighter Typhoon X
Euro League Football X
EverQuest X
EverQuest 2 * Supported by ALchemy
Evil Dead: Hail to the King X
Evolva X
Expendable X
F.E.A.R. X X X * Supported by ALchemy
F.E.A.R. Extraction Point X X X
F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate X X X
F1 Grand Prix 4 X
Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel X
Fallout 3 May require DirectSound3D restoration software or ALchemy to restore proper audio functionality on Vista and later. Set bEnableEnviroEffectsOnPC=1 in Fallout.ini
Far Cry X * Supported by ALchemy
Far Cry 2 X * Supported by ALchemy
FIFA 99 X
Final Fantasy VIII X
Final Fantasy XI
Flying Heros
Ford Racing X
Freedom Force X X
Freedom: The Battle for Liberty Island aka Freedom Fighters
Freelancer
Freespace 2 X
From Dusk Till Dawn X
Full Spectrum Warrior X X EAX 3 and EAX 4[12] * Supported by ALchemy
Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers X EAX5[13], * Supported by ALchemy
Fur Fighters X
Future Beat 3D
Gears of War * Supported by ALchemy // Stereo only // Hardware openal by edited ini file
Ghost Master X EAX 3.0[14]
Giants: Citizen Kabuto X
Global Operations
The Godfather
Gothic X X
Gothic 2 X X
Gothic 3
GP 500 X
Grand Theft Auto II X Also supports A3D 2.0.
Grand Theft Auto III X X Also supports A3D 2.0. * Supported by ALchemy
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City X X Also supports A3D 2.0. // via manual edit of the settings file * Supported by ALchemy
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas X X X X * Supported by ALchemy
Spec Ops II: Green Berets X
Race Driver: Grid * Supported by ALchemy
Guild Wars X EAX 3.0[15] * Supported by ALchemy
Gulf War: Operation Desert Hammer X
GUN
Half-Life X Steam version does not support it anymore since the 2013 patch.
Half-Life: Blue Shift X Steam version does not support it anymore since the 2013 patch.
Half-Life: Opposing Force X Steam version does not support it anymore since the 2013 patch.
Halo: Combat Evolved X X X * EAX 1.0, EAX 2.0 and EAX 3.0[16], Supported by ALchemy
Hardware X
Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.² X
Heli Heroes X
Hellgate: London
Heretic II X EAX 1, Also supports A3D 1.0 and 2.0[17]
Heroes of Might and Magic V
Hidden & Dangerous 2 X
High Heat Baseball 2000 X
High Heat Baseball 2002 X
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin X * Supported by ALchemy
Hitman: Blood Money X * Supported by ALchemy
Hitman: Codename 47 X * Supported by ALchemy
Hitman: Contracts X * Supported by ALchemy
Hostile Waters X
Icewind Dale X
Icewind Dale 2 X
IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 X X X * Supported by ALchemy
Incoming Forces X
Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine
Infernal
Isabelle X
James Bond 007: Nightfire
JHexen X
Juiced
Jurassic Park: Trespasser X EAX 1.0 [18]
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men X EAX3[19]
Killing Floor X
Killing Floor 2 X
Klingon Honor Guard X EAX 1.0 [20]
Lander X
Legends of Might and Magic X
Lego Racers 2
Lineage II OpenAL
Line of Sight: Vietnam X X X
The Lord of the Rings Online
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Lost Pain: TakeDown
Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter
Madden NFL 2000 X
Madden NFL 99 X
Mafia X * Supported by ALchemy
Mage Knight: Apocalypse * Supported by ALchemy
Manhunt X * Supported by ALchemy
Martian Gothic: Unification X
Mass Effect X X X
The Matrix Online
The Matrix: Path of Neo EAX option in INI. Use ALchemy
Max Payne
Max Payne 2 X X * Supports EAX Unified.[21] Supported by ALchemy
MDK2 X * Supported by ALchemy
MechWarrior 4 X
Medal of Honor Allied Assault X X * Supported by ALchemy
Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault X X X EAX 1.0, EAX 2.0, EAX 3.0.[22] Can be enabled in the launcher.
Medieval II: Total War X * Supported by ALchemy
Men of War: Assault Squad
Messiah X
Midnight GT X
Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor X X
Might and Magic VIII: Day of the Destroyer X
Might and Magic IX X
Monster Madness
Mortyr 2093 - 1944 X
Most Wanted
Moto Racer 2 X
Motocross Madness 2
Motorhead X
Mutant Chronicles: Warzone Online X
Myst Online: Uru Live
Myst V: End of Ages X EAX 4.0[23]
Myth II: Soulblighter X
Myth III X
NASCAR Revolution X
Need for Speed: Carbon
Need For Speed: High Stakes X
Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit X
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2
Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Need for Speed: Underground 2
Nerf Arena Blast X
Neverwinter Nights X X X Supports A3D 1.0, A3D 2.0. * Supported by ALchemy
Neverwinter Nights 2 X X X * Supported by ALchemy
New York Race
NHL 2000
No One Lives Forever
No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way X * Supported by ALchemy
Nocturne X
Off Road X
Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis
Operation Flashpoint: Resistance
Operation Flashpoint 2
Outcast X
Pacman 3D
Painkiller X
Panzer Elite X
Pariah
Paris Dakar Rally X
Peter Jackson's King Kong X EAX 3.0 [24]
Planescape: Torment X
PlanetSide
Play Online
Populous: The Beginning X
Powerslide X
Prey (2006 video game) X X EAX 4 and EAX 5[25]. *Supported by ALchemy
Prince of Persia (2008) X EAX 3.0[26]
Prince of Persia: 3D X
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones X
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within X X X EAX Unified. Compatible with EAX 1, 2, and 3.
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time X
Pro Evolution Soccer 2008
Project Eden X
Project I.G.I.-2: Covert Strike X X X EAX 1.0, EAX 2.0 and EAX 3.0[27] Not wrapped by alchemy
Psychonauts
Quake 4 X EAX 5 (via OpenAL) * Supported by ALchemy
Rage Rally X
Rail Simulator
Railroad Tycoon 3 X X X * Supported by ALchemy
Rally Championship 2000 X
Re-Volt X
Red Faction X
Red Faction 2
Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45
Redline Racer X
The Regiment X EAX5 (via OpenAL)[28] * Supported by ALchemy
Rent A Hero (1999) X
Requiem: Avenging Angel X
Resident Evil 2 X
Revenant X
Revolution
Rent a Hero
Richard Burns Rally
Ricky Ponting International Cricket 2007
Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends
Road Wars X
Rollcage X
Rollcage Stage II X
Rome: Total War X X * Supported by ALchemy
Rune: The Halls of Valhalla X
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl X EAX works through OpenAL. Do not use ALchemy. * Supported by ALchemy
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky X EAX works through OpenAL. Do not use ALchemy.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat X EAX works through OpenAL. Do not use ALchemy.
Sacred * Supported by ALchemy; replace SOUNDQUALITY : 1 with SOUNDQUALITY : 2 in Settings.cfg
Sacrifice X
Sammy Sosa: Softball Slam X
Sanity: Aiken's Artifact X
Scarface: The World Is Yours
Screamer 4x4
Secret Service: In Harm’s Way X
Sega Rally Championship X
Serious Sam X
Serious Sam 2 X X * Supported by ALchemy
Serious Sam: The First Encounter X * Supported by ALchemy
Serious Sam: The Second Encounter X * Supported by ALchemy
Shade: Wrath of Angels X
Shadow Ops: Red Mercury X EAX3[29]
Shadow Force: Razor Unit X
Shogo: Mobile Armor Division X
Sid Meier's Pirates!
Sid Meier's Railroads! X * Supported by ALchemy
Silent Hunter 3
Silkroad Online
The Sims 2 Seasons
SimCity 3000 X
SimTheme Park X
SiN X
SiN: Wages of Sin
Slave Zero X
Sniper: Art of Victory X * Supported by ALchemy
Soldier of Fortune X
Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix X
Soldier of Fortune: Payback
Soldner: Secret Wars X EAX3[30]
Space Force: Rogue Universe
Spec Ops 2: Green Berets X
SpellForce 2: Shadow Wars
Spirit of Speed X
Starcraft * Supported by ALchemy
Star Trek: Bridge Commander
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Fallen X X Suports EAX1, EAX2, A3D 1.0, A3D 2.0 and DirectSound3D[31]
Star Trek: Elite Force II X X X Suports EAX1, EAX2, EAX3 and A3D[32]
Star Trek: Next Generation Klingon Honor Guard X
Star Trek: Voyager – Elite Force X
Star Wars: Battlefront X
Star Wars Battlefront 2 X EAX 4.0[33]
Star Wars Empire at War X X X X EAX 1.0. EAX 2.0. EAX 3.0, EAX 4.0[34] * Supported by ALchemy
Star Wars Empire at War: Forces of Corruption X X X X EAX 1.0. EAX 2.0. EAX 3.0, EAX 4.0[35]
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace X
Star Wars Galaxies X * Supported by ALchemy
Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast X Patch 1.03 * Supported by ALchemy
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy X * Supported by ALchemy
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic X X X EAX 1, EAX 2 and EAX 3[36]* Supported by ALchemy
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2 X X X EAX 1, EAX 2 and EAX 3[37], Note: EAX Support removed in latest Steam version. * Supported by ALchemy
Star Wars Republic Commando X * Supported by ALchemy
STOLEN
Street Racing Syndicate
Stronghold X
Stubbs the Zombie
Stunt GP
The Suffering
The Suffering: Ties That Bind
Sum of All Fears
Summoner X
Superbike 2001 X
Supreme Commander
SWAT 4
Swedish Touring Car Championship X
Swedish Touring Car Championship 2 X
System Shock 2 X For further info, refer [1]
The Temple of Elemental Evil
Terminus X
Test Drive
Test Drive 6 X
Test Drive Rally X
Test Drive Unlimited
The Devil Inside X
The Wheel Of Time X
Theme Park World
Thief: Deadly Shadows X X * Supported by ALchemy
Thief II: The Metal Age X A3D 2.0. See EAX support
Thief: The Dark Project X Also supports A3D 1.0.
The Dark Mod, Thief - unofficial spin-off
Thievery UT
TimeShift X X EAX 4.0, EAX 5.0[38]
Titan Quest X X X X EAX 1.0, EAX 2.0, EAX 3.0, EAX 4.0[39] * Supported by ALchemy
Titan Quest: Immortal Throne X X X X EAX 1.0, EAX 2.0, EAX 3.0, EAX 4.0 * Supported by ALchemy
TMNT
TNN Outdoors Pro Hunter X
TOCA Race Driver X
TOCA Race Driver 2
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon X
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter X X X X * EAX 1.0, EAX 2.0, EAX 3.0, EAX 4.0 via OpenAL[40]. Supported by ALchemy
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 X X X X * EAX 1.0, EAX 2.0, EAX 3.0, EAX 4.0 via OpenAL[41].
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Desert Siege X
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Rogue Spear & Black Thorn X * Supported by ALchemy
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas * Supported by ALchemy
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield X * Supported by ALchemy
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell X * Supported by ALchemy
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory X * Supported by ALchemy
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent X * Supported by ALchemy
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow X * Supported by ALchemy
Tom Clancy's The Sum Of All Fears X
Tomb Raider: Anniversary
Tomb Raider: Legend
Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness X X * Supported by ALchemy, Requires EAX Unified, Supports up to EAX4[42]
TrackMania Nations Forever
Trackmania Original
Trespasser: Jurassic Park X
Tribes 2 X
Triple Play 2000 X
TRON 2.0 X * Supported by ALchemy
Tzar
UFO Afterlight * Supported by ALchemy
UFO Aftermath
UFO Aftershock
Ultim@te Race Rally X
Ultim@te Race Pro X
Ultima: Ascension X
Undying X
Universe at War: Earth Assault
Unreal X First game to implement EAX 1.0 features. Also supports A3D 1.x, A3D 2.0, DirectSound3D.
Unreal Tournament X A3D 2.0
Unreal Tournament 2003 X EAX 3 (via OpenAL). Supports EAX Unified. * Supported by ALchemy
Unreal Tournament 2004 X X EAX 5 support was added with patch (through OpenAL). * Supported by ALchemy
Unreal Tournament 3 X EAX 4.0 (via OpenAL)[43][44]. * Supported by ALchemy
Unreal II: The Awakening X
Uprising 2: Lead and Destroy X
Urban Chaos X
Uru: Ages Beyond Myst
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines X
Vanguard: Saga of Heroes * Supported by ALchemy
VBS1
VBS2
Vietcong X X
Vietcong 2 X
Vivisector: Beast Inside X EAX 4.0[45]
Warcraft III X * Supported by ALchemy once, removed with 1.30 update
Wargasm
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Soulstorm X
Warhammer: Mark of Chaos
Warlords Battlecry X
Warmonger
Way Point Zeta X
Wheel of Time
Wild Metal Country X
Wild Wild West: The Steel Assassin X
The Witcher X EAX 4.0 only[46] * Supported by ALchemy
Wizardry 8 X
World of Warcraft X EAX 3.0[47] * Supported by ALchemy
WWII Tank Commander
X3 Reunion X
Xpand Rally
Ys: The Oath in Felghana X * Supported by ALchemy
Ys: Origin X * Supported by ALchemy

See also

References

  1. Creative ALchemy Project FAQ
  2. Creative support Games
  3. Nov 2007 Archive of the Official Creative Soundblaster EAX website
  4. Source: in-game Audio Settings
  5. EAX® to EAX® 4.0 ADVANCED HD™ (archived)
  6. Beyond Good and Evil readme.txt (Sound compatibility section)
  7. Bioshock manual, page 3 (Recommended System Requirements)
  8. Call of Juarez uses eax.dll version 3.0.1.0
  9. Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay uses eax.dll version 4.0.0.0
  10. Starting the game produces Undying.log. This file indicates the use of EAX 1.x if the "Enable 3D Hardware" audio setting is on, and supported hardware is detected
  11. EAX Featured Game: Enter The Matrix (archived)
  12. Source: game manual, page 27
  13. EAX Featured Game: Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers (archived)
  14. Source: in-game Audio Settings
  15. EAX Featured Game: Guild Wars Nightfall (archived)
  16. Halo.exe hex edit view (screenshot)
  17. Tech Help: Heretic II - Vortex of Sound (archived)
  18. DreamWorks Interactive To Use Creative’s Environmental Audio Standard In Ultimate New Game Trespasser - Creative Asia (archived)
  19. Techgage - Creative EAX vs. ASUS DS3D GX 2.0 (Page 5)
  20. Source: Klingon Honor Guard patch 1.1 notes
  21. Max Payne 2 uses eax.dll version 3.0.1.0. (EAX Unified)
  22. Guru3D.com: Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 4 Pro - Page 8 (archived)
  23. Myst V: End of Ages uses eax.dll version 4.0.0.1
  24. Peter Jackson's King Kong manual, page 3 (Ideal Configuration)
  25. Hardware Accelerated Audio in Prey (archived)
  26. Prince of Persia (2008) uses eax.dll version 3.0.6.2
  27. Source: in-game Audio Settings
  28. EAX Featured Game: The Regiment (archived)
  29. Explosive audio in Shadow Ops: Red Mercury (archived)
  30. EAX ADVANCED HD battlefield audio in Soldner: Secret Wars (archived)
  31. In-game audio options (screenshot)
  32. In-game audio options (screenshot)
  33. Star Wars: Battlefront II uses eax.dll version 4.0.1.0
  34. Source: in-game audio options (screenshot)
  35. Source: in-game audio options
  36. Source: in-game Advanced Sound Options menu
  37. Source: in-game Advanced Sound Options menu
  38. Timeshift manual, page 1 (An Important Note Regarding Graphics and Having the Best Possible Experience)
  39. The version of msseax.m3d which ships with Titan Quest supports all EAX versions up to 4.0. Additionally, see the developer comments at (archive of Soundblaster.com)
  40. Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter audio options menu (screenshot)
  41. Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 audio options menu (screenshot)
  42. In-game audio options (screenshot)
  43. The game's Launch.log file indicates that only EAX 4.0 is used, even if an X-Fi sound card is present
  44. Examining UT3.EXE indicates that EAX 4.0 is the maximum that the game can use
  45. Soundblaster.com Newsletters, Featured Game: Vivisector: Beast Inside (archived)
  46. CD Project forums, The Witcher patch notes
  47. SoundBlaster.com - World of Warcraft (archived)