At a GDC 2014 press briefing today, Epic founder Tim Sweeney announced that Unreal Engine 4 is now available for game development, but not just for big studios.

Epic also is releasing the source code of the Unreal Engine 4 in the hopes that it will foster a community of tinkering and manipulating and user development. "The source code is Epic's crown jewel.

Epic Games has just announced that they are releasing their full Unreal Engine 4 and its source code to everyone. For $19 a month anyone can use the engine to power their games.

Unreal Engine 4 now available as $19/month subscription with 5% royalty Formerly secretive source code to be released to subscribers via GitHub.

Rocksteady Studios has posted a new job listing for a coder specializing in low-level programming in Unreal Engine 5.

Epic Games is releasing an "open to everybody" Unreal Engine 5 editor for Fortnite, and will let creators monetize what they make.