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Unreal Engine 4 Launching With Full Source Code

Posted by Soulskill on from the see-the-man-behind-the-curtain dept.

jones_supa writes "Today Epic launched Unreal Engine 4 for game developers. Supported platforms are Windows, OS X, iOS and Android, with desktop Linux coming later. The monetization scheme is unique: anyone can get access to literally everything for a $19/month fee. Epic wants to build a business model that succeeds when UE4 developers succeed. Therefore, part of the deal is that anyone can ship a commercial product with UE4 by paying 5% of their gross revenue resulting from sales to users. This gets them the Unreal Editor in ready-to-run form, and the engine's complete C++ source code hosted on GitHub for collaborative development."

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  1. Y'know what would be awesome? by Voyager529 · · Score: 5, Funny

    If Epic demonstrated the capabilities of this engine by also having a first-party game released along with it. They could make it a multiplayer first person shooter, which I know is a well-trodden field, but I really think Epic could do it - especially one that includes LAN play, which seems to be poorly represented in games these days. And then, they could bundle a few of the tools with the game so that some gamers could make their own content for it, and do something really earth-shattering - user-generated DLC, FOR FREE!

    If only I could think of a name for this game....

    1. Re:Y'know what would be awesome? by Chris+Mattern · · Score: 4, Funny

      They could call it Quake!

    2. Re:Y'know what would be awesome? by i+kan+reed · · Score: 3, Funny

      That doesn't sound like a real thing.

  2. Re:Licensing if my game cost $0 ? by Rhacman · · Score: 4, Funny

    So if I make a game from this and pay people to play it, will Epic cut me a check for 5% of what I'm paying the players?

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