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Epic to show new Unreal Engine 3 updates at GDC, raises UDK royalty-free threshold to $50K

by David Hinkle on Feb 23rd 2011 9:30PM

Next week, Epic Games will once again premiere the latest build of Unreal Engine 3 at GDC, a showing-off that's become pretty much tradition for the North Carolina-based studio. In its announcement, Epic promises behind-closed-doors demonstrations of the new tech every half-hour during the conference for "licensees, partners, prospective customers and the media."

Additionally, Epic plans to hold free training sessions for Unreal Engine 3 licensees, covering topics such as "content creation best practices" and "rapid prototyping with Unreal Kismet." Making your Unreal characters look like they have cars strapped to their torsos apparently won't be covered.

In a separate announcement, Epic notified UDK licensees that the royalty-free threshhold has been raised tenfold from $5,000 to $50,000 -- meaning Unreal developers don't pay royalities to Epic on the first $50K in (wholesale) revenue generated from their UDK-built games. That's pretty epic.

Via: Twitter / Mark Rein
Source: Epic Games, Epic Games Forums

Tags: epic-games, gdc, gdc-2011, mac, microsoft, mobile, pc, playstation, ps3, royalties, udk, unreal-engine-3, xbox

Reader Comments (16)

So ...

when's the next Shadow Complex installment?

When is Unreal Engine 4 going to get demoed?

@dagamer34

When MS/Sony announce the Xbox 720/Playstation 4

@dagamer34

Unreal Engine 4 was suppose to be released in 2007. Of course seeing as the consoles are still kicking, there isn't a need for it.

This is why I'm not an Unreal Engine fan anymore, no innovation.

O Well...Unigine Engine and CryEngine are innovating. =D

@xiLeShadow

Considering the first game to run Unreal Engine 3 was Gears of War back in holiday 2006, I think you have your dates slightly mixed up.

@xiLeShadow

But you have to think, what could the Unreal Engine 4 back in 2007 look like now? It probably wouldn't look as it would when the next generation of consoles come out. Innovation takes time. The way I see it, the longer it takes for it to come out, the more time Epic has to make it the best it can be. Unreal 3.5 looks great. Unreal 4 will look awesome but if it had come out in 2007, it probably wouldn't as good as it could be.

@xiLeShadow
You seem to confuse innovation with increasing version numbers

@xiLeShadow Uh, you sir are talking out your ass, BIG time. I don't think you know a thing about what you just said. No innovation? Really?

Last time I checked Mass Effect 2, which released last year, runs on Unreal... hmm. I don't know, but I thought those visuals looked pretty unique.

For your information, innovation is dependent on the people who are creating the meshes and textures to use in the engine. It doesn't come prebuilt with everything you need to make a Mass Effect or Gears of War. Surprisingly PEOPLE actually make those things, not the engine. Surprising right!? Not really.

Sometimes it surprises me just how ill informed people on the internet are... considering you could have just googled "Games that use Unreal 3" and saved yourself from looking like a fool.

This will coincide with the Gears Of War 3 news/footage. They'll most likely announce the date of the beta as well

Looks like they made the characters skinnier in that screenshot.

@Premature ejaculation man The locust wiped out all the burger kings.

@Premature ejaculation man I was totally gonna say that.

@Premature ejaculation man Possibly because of the new armor? Anyway, can't wait to hear the big news about G3 tomorrow.

I wonder what kinds of new do-rag rendering and texture pop in techniques they've come up with.

Oh great another UE3 update ... HEY CLIFFY HOW ABOUT FIXING THOSE DAMN POP IN TEXTURE ISSUES!

Gosh, even with a video card like the GTX 470 I have, UE3 games still have pop-in textures that really bother me.

@BoBsS

Bulletstorm hasn't had any texture problems so far. It looks pretty stable.

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