Once again I come to you all bearing VERY GOOD NEWS.
Unreal Engine 3 is now free.
Quote: "the license terms for this arrangement are $0 (zero) up-front, and a 0% royalty on you or your company's first $5,000 (US) in UDK related revenue, and a 25% royalty on UDK related revenue above $5,000 (US). UDK related revenue includes, but is not limited to, monies earned from: sales, services, training, advertisements, sponsorships, endorsements, memberships, subscription fees, rentals and pay-to-play."
Not bad for indie developers!
There have been some AWESOME improvements and new features added to the engine as well in October. (Sorry, this forums poor linking ability doesn't allow this): http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/DevelopmentKitBuildUpgradeNotes.html#October%202009
Here are two good books on using the Unreal Engine 3 that I highly recommend:
http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Unreal-Technology-Introduction-Design/dp/0672329913/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1257441455&sr=8-1
http://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Unreal-Technology-II-Advanced/dp/0672329921/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1257441455&sr=8-2
Also, there are some really good video tutorials Epic put together that I was trained on. Hopefully this download link works, if not, google it for another source:
http://www.syix.com/elmer/Unreal_Engine_3%20_Video_Tutorials.html
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