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Unity’s CEO says he flew around the world to understand why devs didn’t like runtime fees
Last year Unity decided it wanted to manufacture some discord within the games industry in the name of a quick buck when it added...
Ankama is moving its classic MMO Dofus from Flash to Unity engine on December 3
Adobe retired Flash in 2020, so it's perhaps something of a surprise to learn that the turn-based MMO Dofus has been running on the...
Stars Reach talks Unity, AWS, and how it avoids ‘endless bowls of oatmeal’-esque terrain generation
This week's Stars Reach development blog is a bit more granular than previous releases, but gamers who are curious about the tech behind the...
A year after vaporizing industry trust, Unity abandons runtime fees, raising subscriptions instead
A year ago this week, the doofuses running Unity surprise-announced they were adding new per-install and runtime fees with multiple tiers designed to leech...
Dofus kicks off a beta test for its five-years-in-the-making Unity version
It's been five years in the making, but quirky MMO Dofus is on the cusp of switching over game engines from Flash to Unity....
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...
