Epic Games, creators of such popular franchises as Unreal and Gears of War, is now offering a development kit based on its Unreal Engine 3 game engine for the bargain price of free, provided you're not working on a commercial project. If you are, things are a little more complicated as you can see here.
This is good news for independent developers as UE3 is perhaps the most popular engine of the current generation and is generally considered as one of the most powerful and versatile ones around. Having access to that kind of technology should give a boost to the level of quality we get from indie games, I would guess.
(via Gamasutra.com)
TL;DR version:
Can't say no to free stuff now.
*1 But also relatively unknown gems such as Solar Winds and Traffic Department 2192
*2 Although some people disagree on that.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
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