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.

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

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.

It's been but a month since Epic unleashed the source code and toolset for its powerful Unreal Engine 4 to studios and individual subscribers alike, but major updates are already bolstering the ...