In the area of Engine development yes but Epic has only 120 people (Wiki) and can maybe afford to live from the engine alone. A bad Gears of War or Unreal Tournament can be survived. Compared to Crytek Epic is the small niche but with greater success in engine licencing.
So now its officially out: http://www.crydev.net/newspage.php?news=123637 http://www.crydev.net/newspage.php?news=123634 And i have to say UE 4 is the way better deal, so WTF is that about this audio engine you have to license as well ? Seriously ? Also you end your subscription no more engine for you.
See, they're putting forth an effort to get people up to speed with their engine :) Cryengine starter kits: http://www.crydev.net/newspage.php?news=124517
Ergh this makes me not want to use the engine.. I love using it and you get such sexy results but the export process for textures especially kills me :shifty:
What a steaming pile of bullshit coming from Carl Jones, it's ridiculous - it's like he's trying to imply that Epic have no control over how the engine develops and that they're holding back features just for themselves. After slating UE4 for having an "open source model", he then contradicts himself by saying that the…