S&box, Facepunch's spiritual successor to Gary's Mod (and future competitor to Unreal Engine for Fortnite and Roblox) just released two major announcements.   The first is a release date, the recently open sourced game engine is releasing late April.  Second, and perhaps of most interest to game developers, S&box is going to be able to publish stand-alone games directly to Steam.

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S&Box, the spiritual successor to Garry's Mod built on Source engine technology with a C# scripting layer, has two major announcements: it launches on Steam on April 28th at an estimated $10 price point, and Facepunch Studios has signed a new license with Valve allowing developers to export and publish standalone games on Steam for free using the S&Box editor. The engine features an asset store, the Hammer level editor, and a Roblox/UEFN-style game portal. The standalone export capability is still being finalized, with a pilot program planned for select developers first.

Big News for the S&Box Game Engine