'In Epic's 25 years as an independent company, we have seen no time of greater opportunity for developers than today,' Sweeney said. Whatever is required to build and ship a game can be found in UE4, sourced in the Marketplace, or built and shared it with others.' Epic's goal is to give developers everything, so they can do anything and be in control of their own schedule and their own destiny. 'Unreal Engine 4 scales from indie projects to high-end blockbusters it supports major platforms and, it includes 100% of the C++ source code. 'This is the complete technology Epic uses to build their own games,' Epic Games explained. The free version of Unreal Engine 4 now available to developers is not a trial or sample edition, Sweeney stressed. This means, 'Epic succeeds only when creators succeed,' the developer said. If projects are released commercially, creators must pay a 5 percent royalty on gross revenue following the first $3,000 per product, per quarter. Starting now, anyone can download the Unreal Engine 4 engine and use it to build whatever they want. Plus, anyone who has ever paid for an Unreal Engine 4 subscription will receive a $30 credit good in the Unreal Engine Marketplace. Current subscribers will receive a pro-rated refund. This follow's last year's announcement of a subscription-based Unreal Engine program. Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney announced the news Monday in a blog post titled 'If you love something, set it free.' Effective immediately, Epic Games' Unreal Engine 4-one of the most widely-used development toolsets-is now available to developers everywhere for free.

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