Epic Games Will Raise Unreal Engine Price for s Not in Gamedev

At this year's Unreal Fest conference (via @ImmatureGamerX), Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney announced that starting next year, industries that are not gamedev will be able to access Unreal Engine exclusively through a seat-based enterprise software licensing model.

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This means that companies will have to pay for a license for each employee using Unreal Engine for purposes other than video game development.

Epic Games' helmsman did not reveal what the exact cost of the license would be, but assured that "it won't be extremely expensive or extremely cheap.".

This is how, as Sweeney stressed, Epic Games will avoid changing of use of Unreal Engine for game developers. They will continue to use the company's technology free of charge until they generate $1 million in revenue. In that case, Epic will start collecting 5% from developers for the use of Unreal Engine.

As a final reminder, Sweeney announced the changes to Unreal Engine prices a few days after the company, due to financial troubles, had to lay off more than 800 employees. At the time, Epic's head suggested that alternative solutions to the economic problem had been sought for a long time, but that job cuts were ultimately unavoidable.

• Epic Games
• Tim Sweeney
• Unreal Engine