• Unreal Engine 4 Now Fully Supports the Nintendo Switch

    by on June 1, 2017 at 10:42 AM, EDT

    Nintendo’s hybrid console now is fully compatible with Unreal Engine 4.

    Developers previously only had some levels of compatibility with the Nintendo Switch, however the engine’s 4.16 update enables creators to completely port and run their games on Switch hardware.

    “After launching early support for Nintendo Switch development in February’s Unreal Engine 4.15 release, Epic is proud to announce fully-featured native support for the popular platform in Unreal Engine 4.16.

    Epic Games has teamed up with Nintendo to release the full Unreal Engine 4 source code for Nintendo Switch to approved developers for free! After launching experimental support for Nintendo Switch development in February’s Unreal Engine 4.15 release, Epic is proud to announce fully-featured native support for the popular platform in Unreal Engine 4.16.”

    Before you go off your rocker thinking you’re going to pen the next great science fiction visual novel on a budget (because Unreal Engine is free), you need to be a licensed Nintendo developer, and you also need to sign an NDA with developer Epic Games.

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