Epic Launches Free Unreal Development Kit

[slasher]

Epic has released their Unreal 3 development tools to the public as a free download. This is good news for those wanting to get into game development.

Gears of War and Unreal developer Epic Games today released its Unreal Engine 3 dev tools as a free download, aimed at providing noncommercial and educational use of the technology that powers many PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 games.

"I'm excited about the possibilities the Unreal Development Kit opens to those who are looking to get into the game business but don't otherwise have the means to acquire world-class technology and tools like ours," said Epic VP Mark Rein. "UDK is Unreal Engine 3, which has been used to create games in a wide range of genres, as well as military simulations, 3D architectural walkthroughs, animated movies and more."

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[Legzman]

its free because its outdated and won't deliver great results.

 

[slasher]

its free because its outdated and won't deliver great results.

Maybe so but how much do you suppose an updated tool kit like that would cost. It would still be cool to play around with to learn the basics.

 

[lachemo]

Fuck Epic!!!! I'm taking this shit and gonna make Gears of War 3 in my basement and release it on ps3 day and date with God of War 3.........It'll be a double dose o' GOW's on that day bitches.......total world domination.
I'm rich beatch!!!! honk! honk!