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Steam News31 May 20233y ago

WE ARE DONE WITH EPIC GAMES: ALL Unreal Engine games will become FREE FOREVER.

We have made an important announcement regarding all of our products actively being sold on all digital storefronts. Any that use Unreal Engine it are extremely affected. The COMPLETE article can be read here.

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addedANY new games we have planned on lineup but not yet started will be using a DIFFERENT engine.

We have made an important announcement regarding all of our products actively being sold on all digital storefronts. Any that use Unreal Engine it are extremely affected.

The COMPLETE article can be read here.

For those of you who are too busy or too lazy to read a two-page long sermon on what is happening, here is the TL:DR version:

We have decided to do what many developers may consider "the unthinkable", or even "the utterly insane". From this day forth, we will begin the process to convert ALL of our projects using any of the Unreal Engines into NON-COMMERCIAL ones or switch engines.

  • ALL games using UE currently on storefronts will become FREE.

  • ALL games using UE we have currently in development that meets or exceeds 50% of progress will also be released for FREE.

  • ALL games using UE we have currently in development that exceeds below 50% of progress will be RESTARTED using a DIFFERENT engine. Our engine of choice will depend on the project type, platforms, and the scope.

  • ANY new games we have planned on lineup but not yet started will be using a DIFFERENT engine.

We are MOVING FAR AWAY from Unreal Engine and abandoning Epic Games. We are moving on to greener pastures.

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Steam News / 31 May 2023

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