All of you young budding game developers have a new toolkit in your arsenal, the newly released Unreal Development Kit. A new free version of the popular Unreal3 & Development tools, it brings the power of the Unreal Engine into hands of game developers worldwide.
“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, vice president of Epic Games. “UDK is Unreal Engine 3, which has been used to create games in a wide range of genres, as well as military simulations, 3D architectural walkthroughs, animated movies and more. Users are only limited by their imaginations. Go ahead make something Unreal!”
The UDK comes with PhysX, LightMass, AnimTree, integration systems for SpeedTree, Bink, and FaceFX, and all of the usual Unreal Engine features like UnrealScript. Licensing restricts it to noncommercial or educational use, so you’ll eventually need to purchase a commercial license if you plan to sell your game.
via News – Epic UDK.
