UDK Hat Trick: The Ball, The Haunted and Sanctum
Ever since Epic Games announced the Unreal Development Kit in November 2009, with UE3’s market penetration, a $99 starting price and comparably modest licensing terms (0% royalty on $5,000 and 25% above $5,000), the big step for aspiring mod teams to take in moving over to the commercial side of video game development has considerably …
By Martyn Zachary
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Posted in Indie, Modifications, News
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Also tagged Coffee Stain Studios, Epic Games, Indie Game Challenge, Make Something Unreal, Prometheus, Sanctum, The Ball, The Haunted: Hells Reach, Toltect Studios, Tripwire Interactive, UDK, Video
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