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Unity sheds another 1800 workers from all of its departments in latest layoff round
The contraction of Unity that occurred through last January, May, and November looks to be continuing into this year, as the game engine developer...
Embers Adrift adds a new alpine zone, defends its decision to deploy quests without XP
Just days before the closing of the month, Embers Adrift pumped out its November patch with some hearty content to enjoy. A brand-new zone,...
Unity ejects Weta Digital from its portfolio and lays off 265 more employees
In the frantic race to the bottom in 2023, Unity is pushing hard to cross the finish line first. The former game engine darling...
Unity CEO John Riccitiello resigns after nearly a month of self-inflicted corporate drama
It probably won't come as a shock, but after all the Unity drama sparked almost exactly a month ago, Unity CEO John Riccitiello is...
The Soapbox: The real cost of breaking trust with gamers
There's a quote going around these days in gaming spheres about trust being like a broken vase that can be fixed but will never...
Terraria dev commits $200,000 plus monthly donations to open-source engine Unity rivals
It would be really great if the Unity situation would stop being a big ol' industry-wide garbage fire, but alas, it is not this...
Unity promises ‘changes’ to its deeply unpopular install fee policy after a week of backlash
The intense backlash over Unity's decision to assign staggering new per-install fees to game studios last week probably made last night's admission inevitable: At...
Unity’s runtime fee scheme sees game devs shut off Unity ads and employees turn in resignations
The tire fire of Unity's decision to impose "runtime fees" on studios that use the engine continues to burn bright and hot. Game developers...
Unity asks game studios to trust its download estimates, closes offices over death threat
As the bulk of the gaming industry unites against Unity's new "runtime fees," the company is continuing to spin the fees as a smart...
Unity begins backtracking on new runtime fees, but it hasn’t addressed indies
Yesterday, we covered Unity's surprise announcement that it was instituting a "runtime fee" that would charge developers as much as 20 cents per download...
Unity is adding excessive new per-install fees – game developers aren’t having it
Unity has been struggling with its public and corporate relations over the course of 2023, first with multiple rounds of mass layoffs that cut...
Unity Q2 2023: Buyout of ironSource pays off with a YOY revenue increase as net losses continue
The second quarter numbers for Unity are in, and it looks like good news for investors. The company's revenue has reached $533M - an...
Ankama’s Dofus previews the benefits of its move from Flash to Unity
The next major era for Ankama's Dofus is heading our way as the game works on a transition from using Flash to Unity as...
MMO Business Roundup: Unity clings to AI, Apple appeals again, Embracer restructures
Business doesn't take a break, and so neither must we. Except for holiday breaks. But then those also can get busy because studios sometimes...
Unity adds AI tools to its asset store while Electronic Arts reasons AI generation is a ‘co-pilot’ for artists
The fresh blood in the games industry water continues to be AI generation tools for art assets and writing. This time we zero in...
Unity slashes 600 jobs in its latest round of layoffs
It's not been the best year to work at Unity, as the tech company has gone through multiple rounds of layoffs and office closures....
Microsoft and Unity collectively shed over 10,000 employees in latest round of tech layoffs
Another round of layoffs are coming to both Microsoft and Unity. Both tech companies are dropping more employees from their respective workforces, with Unity...
Tencent seeks larger stake in Ubisoft, Unity considers Chinese spinoff
China continues its wrangling of the western gaming industry with moves on both Ubisoft and Unity. Reuters reported yesterday that Tencent is attempting to increase...
Unity’s John Riccitiello apologizes for sentence he wishes he ‘never said’
A harsh judgment from Unity's CEO last week experienced a fair bit of pushback and criticism from gamers and other studios alike. John Riccitiello...
Unity’s CEO says game devs who don’t include monetization in their design process are ‘f*cking idiots’
Not since Square-Enix president Yosuke Matsuda's notorious letter about pursuing NFTs has someone in the games industry so spectacularly lost the plot that we're...
