Nostalgia is turning out to be a powerful business model on Kickstarter, although nostalgia might not be the right word for original IP built largely in a modern game development engine.

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"Trinigy remains committed to supporting the game development industry with top-notch game engine technology that combines efficiency, creative freedom and performance, " said Dag Frommhold, managing director at Trinigy.

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Unreal Engine is a world-class game development platform that's powered classic franchises including Gears of War, BioShock, Mass Effect, Borderlands, and Infinity Blade.

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Epic Games will offer the free edition of its Unreal Engine 3, including a suite of game-making tools, together in package called the Unreal Development Kit, starting tomorrow to game and application developers for the iPhone (3GS and 4), iPad and iPod touch (3rd and 4th generation).

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