Epic Games Launches Free Unreal Development Kit
Posted 11/05/09 at 09:04:24 PM by Ryan Whitwam
The Unreal Engine 3 has been at the heart of several of the biggest games of the last few years. Titles include Gears of War, Bioshock, and Borderlands. Now Epic Games is announcing the release of a free non-commercial version of the Unreal Development Kit, powered by Unreal 3.
The dev kit is available for download right this very minute at the official site. This isn’t some stripped down version of the engine either. According to Epic, “UDK contains all the most recently added features and technological enhancements, including many that have yet to be seen in an Unreal Engine game. Furthermore, Epic Games will release ongoing, upgraded builds of UDK for free.”
The UDK can be used to create mods for existing games, as well as standalone products. San Diego based Psyonix Studios used the UDK to create a proof of concept game in two months with only two individuals. The game is called Whizzle, and it’s actually pretty neat for what is essentially a tech demo. It’s always nice to see companies giving something away for free.

Oh my god!!! Amazing! Cant
Submitted by Xylogeist on Fri, 11/06/2009 - 7:34am
Oh my god!!! Amazing! Cant wait to download... oh my god this is goingto be amazing... Ive always wanted to get something made with this baby...
Partner With Google
Submitted by Obsidian on Fri, 11/06/2009 - 7:23am
Epic needs to partner with Google to enable some tools to be used in Sketchup for level design and layout.
This going to be a great help to some small firms trying to make games. Excellent move Epic!
Awesome.
Submitted by _lethe_ on Thu, 11/05/2009 - 8:11pm
This is great. I wonder if, over some time, the UDK will ever rival the Source SDK?
Good question. But it's
Submitted by DBsantos77 on Thu, 11/05/2009 - 8:20pm
Good question. But it's like comparing CS:S to Bioshock...my take is that UDK is ridiculously realistic.
-Santos
Wow, this is great,
Submitted by DBsantos77 on Thu, 11/05/2009 - 8:00pm
Wow, this is great,
-Santos
oooh!! yummy =)
Submitted by nsk chaos on Thu, 11/05/2009 - 7:38pm
oooh!! yummy =)
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