Unreal Development Kit Beta Installer (November 2009)

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Title: Unreal® Development Kit (UDK)

Developer: Epic Games, Inc.

Format: PC

Pricing: Free

ESRB: “T” for Teen

Availability: November 5, 2009

Overview: Unreal® Development Kit is the free version of the award-winning Unreal® Engine 3, the software development framework used to create computer and video games, 3D simulations, TV shows, films and more (see www.unrealtechnology.com for UE3 details).

Anyone can download UDK and work with the same game development tools used to create many of today’s blockbuster games. UDK ships with the latest version of the Unreal® Editor, with its unrivaled content creation toolset and rapid prototyping functionality.

UDK is free for noncommercial and educational use. Licensing terms are available to those who wish to sell UDK-powered games or to create commercial products for business use at www.udk.com/licensing.

Features: UDK includes:

The Unreal Editor toolset, complete with fully integrated game editing environment.
Unreal Gemini multithreaded rendering system with support for all modern rendering and shading techniques, advanced lighting and shadowing, ambient occlusion and a powerful material system for creating complex shaders on the fly.
Unreal Lightmass global illumination solver for high-quality static lighting.
Unreal PhAT visual physics modeling tool with state-of-the-art physics system powered by NVIDIA® PhysX®.
Unreal Kismet, an advanced visual scripting solution that facilitates rapid prototyping of ideas and gameplay mechanics.
AnimSet Viewer and AnimTree Editor, which give animators precise control over every muscle and bone movement.
Unreal Matinee, which includes movie director-class tools for creating in-game cut scenes and gorgeous cinematics.
UnrealScript, a fully integrated, high-level object-oriented programming language.
Unreal Cascade particle effects system for implementing explosions, fog, fire and smoke. Module-based system gives real-time previews of visual effects.
Terrain building tool for placing and customizing vegetation, structures and countless in-game points of interest.
Audio control through UnrealEd’s visual Sound Cue Editor, plus support for major audio compression schemes; 3D sound positioning, spatialization and attenuation; multi-channel playback, and much more.
Built-in Internet and LAN networking support for up to 64 players.
Integrations with leading game development middleware including NVIDIA® PhysX®, SpeedTree®, FaceFX® and Bink Video®.

Included Content: UDK ships with demo content from Unreal Tournament 3 consisting of four maps: Deck, Necropolis, Sanctuary, and Sandstorm; with deathmatch, team deathmatch, and vehicle capture the flag gametypes. Assets include one robot character, three weapons and four vehicles.

In UT Demo, blood, gore and human opponents have been removed. Levels have been enhanced to showcase recent upgrades to UE3 technology. See udk.com/showcase-ut-game.html for comparison screenshots.

UT3’s UnrealEd is widely used for learning UE3, and now UDK provides all of UT3’s game creation tools in addition to high-level engine features developed since the game’s release. UT Demo is an excellent starting point to explore UDK’s capabilities, especially for those looking to develop their own first-person shooter experience.

Technology Information: The award-winning Unreal Engine is known for cutting-edge graphics and its best-of-breed toolset. Unreal Engine 3 maintains those features in addition to multi-core processor support, Xbox 360® and PLAYSTATION®3 optimizations, massive world support, and a highly mature tool pipeline. Unreal Engine 3's consistently evolving toolset is designed to accelerate developers' productivity for PC and console games, visualization applications, training simulations, and linear animated content. Additional information on Unreal Engine can be obtained through the Unreal Technology Web site at www.unrealtechnology.com.

Developer Information: Epic Games, Inc., based in Cary, NC and established in 1991, develops cutting-edge games and cross-platform game engine technology. The company has created multiple million-selling, award-winning titles in its “Unreal” series, including “Unreal Tournament 3” for PC, PLAYSTATION®3 and Xbox 360®. Epic’s “Gears of War” won over 30 Game of the Year awards, and the sales of "Gears of War" and “Gears of War 2” have eclipsed 11 million units. Epic's Unreal Engine 3 is the three-time consecutive winner of Game Developer magazine’s Best Engine Front Line Award and is this year's Hall of Fame inductee. Unreal Engine 3 has also been recognized as the number one game engine by Develop magazine. Additional information about Epic can be obtained through the Epic Games Web site at www.epicgames.com.

© 2009, Epic Games, Inc. Epic, Epic Games, Gears of War, Gears of War 2, Unreal, Unreal Engine, and Unreal Tournament are trademarks or registered trademarks of Epic Games, Inc. in the United States of America and elsewhere. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.