

"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 Mark Rein, VP of Epic. The software will be free for non-commercial and educational users, although terms will apply to developers making games commercially. The Unreal Development Kit can be downloaded by anyone and gives users access to the game engine technology, Unreal Editor, Unreal Content Browser, UnrealScript and other tools (a full feature-set is listed on the website). The following productions took advantage of Unreal Engine in some capacity: Jungle Cruise, The Suicide Squad, Free Guy, Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms, Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Dune, Spider-Man: No Way Home, and The Matrix Resurrections.A free, standalone version of Unreal Engine 3 has been released by Epic Games, giving aspiring developers and professionals alike the chance to use Epic's 3D engine technology for free.

Epic said there were 1.5 times more film/TV projects in the works with Unreal Engine last year when compared to 2020. Meanwhile, Epic was all too happy to reveal that its The Matrix Awakens: An Unreal Engine 5 Experience tech demo for next-generation consoles has been downloaded over six million times as of February 2022.Īnother growth area for the Unreal Engine is film and TV. However, the first Unreal Engine 5 games are coming, such as STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl, Dragon Quest XII: The Flames of Fate, Senua's Saga: Hellblade II, and Black Myth: Wukong. Of course, the Unreal Engine 4 still makes up the lion's share of that as several developers don't want to switch to Unreal Engine 5 yet. Epic said 48% of announced next-gen games are powered by Unreal Engine technology.
