Epic Releases Free Version of Unreal Engine

Posted by Soulskill on Thursday November 5, 2009 @03:47AM from the still-waiting-on-the-one-must-fall-engine dept.

anomnomnomymous writes "Just a week after Unity announced its engine is now available for free to indie users, Epic Games has revealed a free version of its popular Unreal Engine technology. Called the Unreal Development Kit (UDK), it is a free edition of UE3 that allows community, modder and indie users more access to the engine's features and is available for all. Epic said game developers, students, hobbyists, researchers, creators of 3D visualizations and simulations plus digital filmmakers can all take advantage of the UDK for non-commercial use. The UDK site also offers detailed product features, technical documentation, commercial licensing terms and support resources."

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A Link to the Press Release by rliden · 2009-11-05 04:18 · Score: 5, Informative

Here is a link to the official press release from the Epic site: Epic Games Announces the Unreal Development Kit, Powered by Unreal Engine 3.

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Don't think of it as a flame, more like an argument that does 3d6 fire damage.
Re:Behind ID? by stikves · 2009-11-05 05:35 · Score: 5, Informative

John Carmack specifically told he did not want to be like Epic. They had (relatively) huge success with Quake 3 engine sales, however he had to spend lots of time for technical support of engine licensees, while he could've spend those times on this on games.
Please look at this:
http://kotaku.com/5339057/john-carmack-ok-with-id-not-becoming-an-epic-or-valve