Unreal engine 3 for consumers? WTF ?

[-HP-]

This is so good news for the whole industry!

[robert.briscoe]

Gah!!! It's not fair, if only this had happened a few months ago I would have defintely used this or unity for my mod, now im stuck with the Source engine

[Pericolos0]

this is damn awesome. Man it's a good time to make games!

[Daze]

RAWR

[-HP-]

Gah!!! It's not fair, if only this had happened a few months ago I would have defintely used this or unity for my mod, now im stuck with the Source engine

Well, It's a lot more work, that's a fact, but you're still in time to make a transition. And who knows, make a good buck.

[Zeta]

Clever attempt at retaining market share.

I hope this comes with the advanced features that aren't in the UT3 sdk.

[-HP-]

I bet it does... UT3 was released 2 years ago. And this is supposedly a very early build.

[Scinbed]

Clever attempt at retaining market share.

I hope this comes with the advanced features that aren't in the UT3 sdk.

It's pretty much the latest build of UE3.

[madgernader]

The 2500USd is only for non game applications.

If you make a game it is entirely free, but you pay 25% revenue share.

Not quite, but almost, its free for game applications for the first $5000 in revenue, then for revenue above that they pay the 2,500 and the royalty. At least thats how I read the licensing page commercial terms...

http://www.udk.com/licensing (6th paragraph down)

# A team creates a game with UDK that they intend to sell. After six months of development, they release the game through digital distribution and they earn €15,000 in the first calendar quarter after release. Their use of UDK during development requires no fee. After earning €15,000, they would be required to pay Epic €2,500 (€0 on the first €5,000 in revenue, and €2,500 on the next €10,000 in revenue). On subsequent revenue, they are required to pay the 25% royalty.

[Zeta]

Awesome.

[Hourences]

The 2500USd is only for non game applications.

If you make a game it is entirely free, but you pay 25% revenue share.

Not quite, but almost, its free for game applications for the first $5000 in revenue, then for revenue above that they pay the 2,500 and the royalty. At least thats how I read the licensing page commercial terms...

http://www.udk.com/licensing (6th paragraph down)

# A team creates a game with UDK that they intend to sell. After six months of development, they release the game through digital distribution and they earn €15,000 in the first calendar quarter after release. Their use of UDK during development requires no fee. After earning €15,000, they would be required to pay Epic €2,500 (€0 on the first €5,000 in revenue, and €2,500 on the next €10,000 in revenue). On subsequent revenue, they are required to pay the 25% royalty.

No, 25%. The 2500USD is only for people who do not make games like posted before.

The 2500 in this example simply is 25% of 10 000.

[madgernader]

Oh, good call. I missed that. Even better then

[Psy]

This is brilliant news. I'm a bit annoyed that they've done this now when I only purchased UT3 the other week to gain access to the tools.

(I haven't posted here in a few months. Good lord).

[Scinbed]

I'm a bit annoyed that they've done this now when I only purchased UT3 the other week to gain access to the tools.

Don't worry, UT3 is still an amazingly popular and fun Multiplayer game.

[Defrag]

So what does this mean? Do you get access to the full engine or just the tools? (I'm trawling the site for info and coming up short as apparently I can't read )