The first Tuesday of every month, Epic Games have been giving away several free Unreal Engine assets for the past few years. With the recent launch of the Fab Marketplace it was feared that this program would go away. Fortunately, that is not the case, but it is changing substantially.
First off, the monthly giveaways are now bi-monthly giveaways, with one on the first Tuesday then on the third Tuesday each month. However, the number of assets given away will be lower and each giveaway will only be “free” for two weeks. If purchased during the free period, the assets are yours to keep forever. Another (possibly negative) change in the giveaways is that some assets will be under the Personal License, which limits its usefulness to the broader community, now adding revenue restrictions. On the plus side, assets will be available for more game engines than just Unreal, for example this month assets also includes an asset that can be used directly in the Unity game engine.
Speak of this month’s free assets:
Military Airport (Military Base, Military Props )
Hyper Outliner and Symbol System V2
FOREST ANIMALS PACK
You have two weeks to redeem these assets and once “purchased” they are yours to keep forever. For details on how the monthly/bi-weekly giveaways have changed for asset developers, check out the contents of this forum post:
The UE Marketplace’s Sponsored Content Program was an important and much-loved feature of the marketplace. If you’re not familiar with the Sponsored Content Program, it was the initiative where we were partnering with sellers on UE Marketplace to offer free content to the community for a period of time.
The program allowed sellers to boost their revenue and reach new audiences and buyers to acquire a lot of awesome products for free.
We’re happy to share that this program continues on Fab in a similar format. Here’s what’s changing from how things worked on UE Marketplace:
- More frequent releases: New sponsored content will be released every two weeks and featured for two weeks so publishers have more opportunities to be featured and Fab’s community of creators has more great content to choose from
- Greater variety of file formats: Sponsored listings may now include more file formats, including Unreal Engine, Unity, and an assortment of 3D file formats.
- New payout structure: Payout for participation is a one-time payment of up to $5,000 USD. The payout amount will depend on various factors including but not limited to a selected product’s complexity, level of detail, quantity of file formats on offer, and product category.
Interested in participating as a seller? Please click here 81 to submit your listings.
If you are interested in getting these assets into other game engines, check out our various guides available here:
- Is It Legal to Export from Unity or Unreal Engine?
- New Unreal To Godot Export Plugin
- Exporting From Unreal to Unity/Godot/Blender/etc
- Unity to Godot in Seconds
- Exporting from Unity to Other Game Engines
- Move From Unity to Unreal in Minutes
- Moving From and To The Unity Game Engine
You can learn more about the November 2024 part one asset giveaway and see the assets in action in the video below.