The engine that powered the vast majority of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3's hit games, Unreal Engine 3, is getting a development kit update to support the soon-to-be-released Oculus Rift VR headset.

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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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The Unreal Development Kit for Apple devices will include tools for advanced 3-D rendering, lighting, animation and other effects.

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Today, we're announcing that we've partnered with Epic Games to release a custom, Oculus-ready version of the Unreal Development Kit (UDK), the free edition of Unreal Engine 3 (UE3).

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