{"id":7713,"date":"2015-03-05T10:00:10","date_gmt":"2015-03-05T15:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nccomputertech.com\/?p=7713"},"modified":"2015-03-05T10:00:10","modified_gmt":"2015-03-05T15:00:10","slug":"epic-games-makes-its-unreal-engine-4-free-for-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2015\/03\/05\/epic-games-makes-its-unreal-engine-4-free-for-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Epic Games makes its Unreal Engine 4 free for all"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techspot.com\/news\/59918-epic-games-makes-unreal-engine-4-free-all.html\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015-03-02-image-15.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Epic Games made history at last year\u2019s Game Developers Conference when it opened its Unreal Engine 4 up to all via a monthly subscription model. At this year\u2019s conference, the company is doing away with monthly licensing fees and making its popular engine free for all to use.<\/p>\n<p>In exchange for use of the engine, Epic Games will earn a five percent royalty on gross revenue after the first $3,000 per product, per quarter should a developer monetize a game or application built using Unreal Engine 4.<\/p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5orTzUuZPOg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The change is effective immediately. Epic will be issuing a pro-rated refund to current subscribers for their most recent month\u2019s payment. What\u2019s more, anyone that has ever paid for a subscription will receive a $30 credit that can be used in the Unreal Engine Marketplace.<\/p>\n<p>Up to this point, Unreal Engine 4 set developers back $19 per month.<\/p>\n<p>Just to reiterate, we\u2019re talking about the full version of Unreal Engine 4, not some watered-down trial version. It includes all of the C++ source code and tools that Epic uses to build its own games. The engine also includes game templates, content samples and tutorials to help newcomers get acclimated to using it.<\/p>\n<p>Epic also released a teaser trailer of sorts that showcases clips from multiple games built using its latest engine including Batman: Arkham Knight, DMC: Definitive Edition and Hellblade.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techspot.com\/news\/59918-epic-games-makes-unreal-engine-4-free-all.html\" target=\"_blank\">Epic Games makes its Unreal Engine 4 free for all &#8211; TechSpot<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Epic Games made history at last year\u2019s Game Developers Conference when it opened its Unreal Engine 4 up to all [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9,10],"tags":[405,1129],"class_list":["post-7713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-software","category-technology","tag-gaming","tag-unreal-engine-4"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/papNkV-20p","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5684,"url":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2014\/06\/04\/heres-what-the-new-unreal-tournament-game-looks-like-after-just-three-weeks-of-development\/","url_meta":{"origin":7713,"position":0},"title":"Here&#8217;s what the new Unreal Tournament game looks like after just three weeks of development","author":"NCCT","date":"June 4, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Earlier this month, Epic Games announced the next installment in the Unreal Tournament franchise. 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