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The Unreal Development Kit (UDK) beta, a free-to-use version of the Unreal Engine 3 development tools, has been updated with the latest updates and improvements. The April 2011 update includes a number of improvements and optimizations. For a full list of changes, visit the official website.

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The Unreal Development Kit (UDK) beta, a free-to-use version of the Unreal Engine 3 development tools, has been updated with the latest updates and improvements. The March 2011 update includes DirectX 11, Nvidia APEX physics support and more. For more information, visit the official website. Continue after the jump to watch a realtime demonstration video showcasing the new features.

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Download the 'Samaritan' Unreal Engine 3 Demonstration Video (220 MB)
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The Unreal Development Kit has proven to be popular for mod teams and small game development studios as it allows them to access most of Epic Games' Unreal Engine 3 to make free game, game prototypes or even commercial games. However until this week people who wanted to use UDK to make a commercial game release had to start playing a royalty to Epic Games when sales of the game exceeded just $5,000.

Epic VP Mark Rein has now announced that the royalty limit for UDK-based commercial games has been increased to $50,000. As he states on Epic Games' forums, " ... we realize that a lot of you are just started in the business so not having to pay royalties on your first $50,000 should help you get a financial footing toward building a quality game development business.'

[Via VG247.com]

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The Unreal Development Kit (UDK) beta, a free-to-use version of the Unreal Engine 3 development tools, has been updated with the latest updates and improvements. The February 2011 update includes a number of new enhancements to the Unreal Editor and improved Steam integration. The full announcement and comprehensive release notes can be found after the jump. For more information, visit the official website.

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The Unreal Development Kit (UDK) beta, a free-to-use version of the Unreal Engine 3 development tools, has been updated with the latest updates and improvements. The January 2011 update includes support for iOS development, so users can create apps for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. The full announcement and comprehensive release notes can be found at the official website.

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The Unreal Development Kit (UDK) beta, a free-to-use version of the Unreal Engine 3 development tools, has been updated with the latest updates and improvements. The December 2010 update includes support for iOS development, so users can create apps for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. The full announcement and comprehensive release notes can be found at the official website.

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Epic Games' Unreal Development Kit has generated quite a few interesting and upcoming games from small developers. One of them is a title we became aware of this week. The Spire just released a teaser trailer via its UK-based developer Raw Games that shows off some interesting looking environments and gameplay.

Set in the near future in an Antarctic base, the game has the player (who naturally has no memory of who he is and what his purpose is) control some kind of tech-based glove device as he tries to solve the mysteries of, well, what in the wide, wide world of sports is going on here. The gameplay in the trailer resembles Portal and the look of the game reminds us a bit of System Shock 2. You can check out the trailer after the jump. The Spire is due for release sometime in 2011.

The Unreal Development Kit (UDK) beta, a free-to-use version of the Unreal Engine 3 development tools, has been updated with the latest updates and improvements. The November update includes adjustments to the Unreal Editor such as an easier to use texture editor. The full announcement and comprehensive release notes can be found at the official website.

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The Unreal Development Kit (UDK) beta, a free-to-use version of the Unreal Engine 3 development tools, has been updated with the latest updates and improvements. The October update includes numerous improvements to the Editor to make workflows easier and enhancements were made to the various rendering systems.

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it began as a free demo to show off how easy it was to make a game using Epic Games' Unreal Development Kit. The result was Dungeon Defense, which was released several months ago. Now the tower defense-action-RPG is getting a name change in Dungeon Defenders and is close to becoming a full fledged downloadable commercial game. It's planned for release in November from developer Trendy Entertainment and publisher Reverb.

So how does a free game make the turn to a full commercial product? We got some answers to that and more from Jeremy Stieglitz, Trendy's co-founder, Development Director and Chief Technology Officer.

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