Side Effects releases beta of Houdini Engine for UE4

Updated: New plugin for using Houdini content inside Unreal Engine 4 now available for testing.

Friday, April 3rd, 2015

Our new Source 2 engine will be free, says Valve

Successor to the engine used on Half-Life 2 and Team Fortress 2 will be 'free to content developers'.

Wednesday, March 4th, 2015

Epic to offer $50,000 grants for indie Unreal projects

Money available for shorts and visualisations as well as games - and even student class projects.

Friday, February 20th, 2015

Houdini Indie and Houdini Engine Indie hit Unity store

Low-cost rental-only editions now available in Unity Asset Store. Unity plugin for Houdini Engine also out.

Friday, October 3rd, 2014

Crytek releases CryEngine on Steam for $9.90/month

Cutting-edge game engine now available to any dev for under a tenner - and no cut of the profits.

Friday, May 30th, 2014

Epic posts training videos from Unreal University

Watch 10 one-hour sessions on working with Unreal Engine 3, recorded in Montreal last week.

Thursday, November 10th, 2011

Epic adds Mac OS support to Unreal Development Kit

Create games to play on MacBooks with the September 2011 UDK beta, or drive multiple displays from iOS.

Tuesday, September 20th, 2011

Epic releases new Unreal Development Kit beta

Monthly update to the free edition of Unreal Engine 3 adds new in-game movie capture, better material editor.

Thursday, August 25th, 2011

Crytek releases free CryEngine 3 SDK

Use the same game engine as Crysis 2 in your non-commercial or educational projects.

Thursday, August 18th, 2011

Crytek to release free CryEngine 3 SDK

UDK-style development kit for the state-of-the-art game engine available online in August.

Tuesday, April 26th, 2011

Eye candy: awesome new Unreal video

Eye-popping new video showcases the best of Unreal Engine 3, including a lot of DirectX 11 features.

Monday, April 11th, 2011

Eye candy: new 'Samaritan' Unreal technology demo

Footage of Unreal Technologies' GDC demo uploaded to YouTube. Draw your own comparisons to CryEngine 3.

Monday, March 7th, 2011

Feb 2010 Unreal Development Kit Released

New version of the free Unreal Engine is available!

Thursday, February 11th, 2010