Unreal Engine 4 to have much cheaper licensing model

Posted on Thursday, March 20 2014 @ 16:39 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck

Epic Games announced a new approach for its Unreal Engine 4 licensing model. In the past, some developers had to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to license the engine but now the game developer reveals a new model that costs just $19 per month plus a 5 percent cut of any gross revenue made from a commercial product.

The maker of Unreal has introduced a new model that costs just $19 per month, and a 5% cut of any gross revenue made from a commercial product. What this means for most, is that anyone can get into working with Unreal Engine 4 because of the low costs, but if you make money with your game, you'll owe Epic Games a 5% cut of it.

Tim Sweeney, Epic Games' founder, when showing off a demo called Tappy Chicken, said: "It's not a shooter engine anymore, it's for whatever you want to build."

Source: TweakTown

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