Free for "Unreal Engine 4" available for anyone, provide existing customers with refund & credit of about 3500 yen

"Epic Games provides"Unreal Engine 4"Is a game engine that is used in various game developments, from indies games to games called so-called masterpieces. Unreal Engine 4, which was offered at a monthly fee of $ 19 (about 2300 yen) since the March 2014 release, finally became available for free from March 3, 2015 at last.

If You Love Something, Set It Free ~ Free up to the UE 4
https://www.unrealengine.com/ja/blog/ue4-is-free

Unreal Engine 4 eliminates monthly pricing, and when users create and sell games and applications, Epic Games gives 5% royalty to quarterly over 3000 dollars (about 360,000 yen) royalties I shifted to the business model of paying. This will allow anyone to download and use the Unreal Engine 4 for free and will also be offered free updates to be distributed in the future.


According to the official blog of Unreal Engine 4, although the number of users has dramatically increased since the start of service on a monthly basis, the number of users has dramatically increased, but to eliminate obstacles to get more people to try Unreal Engine 4 It came to the conclusion that it should be, and it is said that it made it free.

For freeing up, customers who have already subscribed to the monthly system will be refunded the fee paid in the latest month and will be offered credit of 30 dollars (about 3600 yen) available at the market place.

The charm of the Unreal Engine 4 which was made free this time is understood well by seeing the movie below.

Unreal Engine Sizzle Reel - GDC 2015 - YouTube


Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games, has released a message for freeing Unreal Engine 4 and can be checked from the following movie.

Unreal Engine 4 Is Free: A Message from Tim Sweeney - YouTube


Sweeney said, "The Unreal Engine 4, a wonderful game engine, has been released for free, so that we can reach more users, not only in game development but also in various development environments such as education, video production and VR I'd like to receive it. "


In order to get Unreal Engine 4 free, you need to register an account on the official website, and you can register your account from the following URL. ,

Procedure for creating Epic Games account
https://accounts.unrealengine.com/register/index