FOURTH COMING Unreal Engine 4 has been a significant step forward from its much-used predecessor, with many triple-A developers using it to power their next-gen blockbusters.

At a GDC 2014 press briefing today, Epic founder Tim Sweeney announced that Unreal Engine 4 is now available for game development, but not just for big studios.

Epic Games has just announced that they are releasing their full Unreal Engine 4 and its source code to everyone. For $19 a month anyone can use the engine to power their games.

Epic also is releasing the source code of the Unreal Engine 4 in the hopes that it will foster a community of tinkering and manipulating and user development. "The source code is Epic's crown jewel.

Unreal Engine 4 now available as $19/month subscription with 5% royalty Formerly secretive source code to be released to subscribers via GitHub.

Gamble says that while there may be fewer Unreal Engine mods, their community is more focused on coming up with brand new releases. "Our community is building games.