Epic Games awards new Unreal Devs with $5M

Posted on Friday, August 25, 2017 by AUSTIN HARRIS, Global Sales

Epic Games has announced the latest round of Unreal Dev Grants, a $5 million initiative that awards developers with no-strings-attached funding for their valuable contributions to the Unreal Engine community. Spanning a wide array of projects, including video games in development to the work of diligent community supporters, 15 recipients are receiving a total exceeding $200,000 in cash assistance.

The latest round of Unreal Dev Grants are being awarded to the following 15 projects and developers:

- TINY METAL from Area 35

- Pyotes - Need To Survive by Evgeniy Myasnikov, Filipp Pavlov & Peter Solodov

- Maelstrom from Gunpowder Games

- Bright Memory from FYQD

- Decoherence by Efecto Studios

- Five Minutes Rage by Indomitus Games

- Project Wingman from RD-B2

- Giraffe and Annika by KamiPallet

- Legion 1917: Rise of the Bolsheviks by Sornyak Arts

- Project Echo: Knights of the Future by OctoBox Interactive

- Sky Noon from Lunar Rooster

- LG Tang

- Dustin Lee

- Fractal Mob

- Absolute Elimination by Scoob

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