Does Unreal Engine do anything to counter this? With UE4 we also include the entire C++ source code for the engine alongside the premade toolsets, which gives students the best of both worlds.

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How did the Unreal Engine come about? The Unreal Engine started as Tim Sweeney was building an editor that would enable us to build 3D games.

Unreal Engine 4 development is now free. In this sponsored series, we're looking at how game developers are taking advantage of Unreal Engine 4 to create a new generation of PC games.

Unreal Engine 5 is officially released and ready to power your next-gen game. Epic also released several sample projects, including a new playable shooter called Lyra.