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Epic Games, the creator of the widely-used Unreal 3 game engine, is gearing up to release its Unreal Development Kit (UDK) for iOS, which will give iOS game developers unrestricted access to powerful 3D game development tools.

The UDK is Epic’s free version of the Unreal Engine, a powerful game engine that has been used to power such graphically intensive titles as Gears of War and Epic Citadel (pictured)—the latter of which has already been released for iOS as a demonstration of the Unreal Engine 3′s performance on the platform.

When it ships, the UDK iOS will include the same editors and code used to create a number of blockbuster games, and will be available to anyone wishing to publish games via the App Store. Toolsets of this quality generally cost developers anywhere from $500 to tens of thousands of dollars, so by releasing the UDK for free, Epic is drastically lowering the barrier of entry for iOS developers wishing to create graphically impressive games.

From MacWorld.

Should really turn things on its head in 2011.

Dear Unity Developers,

Our long awaited user conference, Unite’ 10, is only one day away and we hope to see you in Montreal! If you can’t make in-person, you can still be a part of the Unite experience and listen to the live keynote speech, delivered by our CEO, David Helgason. Simply go to unity3d.com on November 10 at 16:00 CET (GMT +1:00).

Some big announcements are coming, so stay tuned!

Regards,

The Unity Team