Editing Paintball video game (section)

== Development ==

=== Early computer games and modifications ===
''[[Extreme Paintbrawl]]'' was released for personal computers in 1998 and was followed by several sequels.[6]

Paintball also became a subject for community-created modifications. ''[[Digital Paintball]]'', a multiplayer modification for ''Half-Life'', had a release announced in September 2002. The separate ''Digital Paint: Paintball 2'' project offers a free paintball-themed game using Quake II-style movement.[2][7]

=== Greg Hastings series ===
''[[Greg Hastings' Tournament Paintball]]'' was released for Xbox in 2004. Its follow-up, ''[[Greg Hastings' Tournament Paintball MAX'D]]'', appeared in 2005 and expanded the series with breakout planning, a field editor and split-screen play.[5]

''[[Greg Hastings Paintball 2]]'' followed on Xbox 360 and Wii in 2010, with a PlayStation 3 edition released in 2011. It included separate tournament speedball, recreational paintball and tournament woodsball branches, alongside team management.[4][8]

=== Licensed tournament games ===
Activision released ''[[NPPL Championship Paintball 2009]]'' in 2008 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2 and Wii. The game included licensed equipment and tournament locations and layouts associated with the [[National Professional Paintball League]], [[Millennium Series]] and [[Xtreme Paintball Sports League]].[1]

=== Independent games ===
''[[Infinite Tournament Paintball]]'', developed and published by FiveTwo Games, was released on Steam in August 2020. It focuses on tournament paintball and includes online competition, computer-controlled opponents and fields modelled on real layouts.[3]