I realize that this is old news, but holy crap, Unreal Engine is free. Yes, I know that there is a small royalty fee. However, this gives anyone a chance to succeed. If you don’t, no money is lost.
Awesome move on their part. Hopefully, this will pan out for them as well as others. I cannot wait to get my hands on this.
OH
I was thinking why so many crap games were made in unreal
now I know…
But that ain’t a bad engine… I’m considering developing a neko game now
Hmm I prefer Unity to be honest, much easier to programm in 
Maybe you could remake HardwareZ in UE4.
Does U4 support 2D like Unity does?
UE4 certainly supports 2D games, and you could definitely create a good 2D game in UE4; however, I have heard that Unity provides superior support for 2D games.
I’ve never used Unity, so don’t take my word for it. I will say that UE4’s blueprints are categorically useful.
Checkout a UE4 2D creation video.
oh wow
and yeah, Unity is technically superior in almost every way.
Unity is good for Indie devs like GHG
I’ll give it a try, but I have heard good things about both. Graphically, UE4 is better, but I am not proficiently skilled in that area.
5% royalty isn’t a small cut. Payment processors, distributors and of course taxes all take a cut from your earnings so another 5% adds up to a lot of lost income.
AFAIK, the only free AAA game engine is Amazon’s recent Lumberyard release (which is based on CryEngine):
http://aws.amazon.com/lumberyard/
Anyway, personally I think Unity’s free/paid model is a much better offering than Unreal.
I’m pretty sure the royalty cost only occurs if the the game earns more than a certain amount of money.
For someone who is just starting out and needs a good first game, a risk-free engine like UE4 is worth the royalty fee. However, I am going to try out Lumberyard, which looks awesome.