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Unity CEO John Riccitiello ‘retires’ following controversies

Ryan Daws — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 15:56:38 +0000

Unity CEO John Riccitiello has “retired” amid controversies that have plagued the company under his watch. “It’s been a privilege to lead Unity for nearly a decade and serve our employees, customers, developers and partners, all of whom have been instrumental to the company’s growth,” said Riccitiello. “I look forward to supporting Unity through this... Read more »

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Unity’s runtime fee controversy: Diving into the why and how

Ryan Daws — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 08:11:37 +0000

The recent rollercoaster ride of Unity’s controversial runtime fee rollout has left the game development community bewildered and seeking answers. After an initial announcement — followed by modifications and a reannouncement — Unity’s President, Marc Whitten, addressed the issue in a live fireside chat on YouTube, attempting to shed light on the reasons behind this... Read more »

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Details emerge around Unity’s fee changes after outcry

Ryan Daws — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 13:43:53 +0000

Details have emerged regarding the proposed changes to Unity’s controversial per-install fee plan for developers. These changes come in response to the outcry and concerns raised within the game development community about Unity’s recently announced new fee structure potentially bankrupting developers. Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier, known for his in-depth coverage of the gaming industry, has... Read more »

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Unity receives ‘credible death threat’ amid per-install fee backlash

Ryan Daws — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 09:14:47 +0000

Unity has been forced to close two of its offices and cancel a town hall meeting following a “credible death threat”. The unacceptable threat came on the heels of an announcement regarding a new per-install fee for developers using the Unity video game engine. Just two days ago, Unity created widespread backlash across the gaming... Read more »

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Unity rejects AppLovin’s bumper takeover bid

Ryan Daws — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 11:55:09 +0000

Game development platform Unity has rejected a large takeover bid from mobile technology firm AppLovin. AppLovin offered to acquire Unity in an all-stock deal worth $17.5 billion. However, the offer came with the stipulation that Unity drops its own bid for ironSource. IronSource and AppLovin both offer services to help developers grow and monetise their... Read more »

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Unity CEO apologises for calling some game devs ‘the biggest fucking idiots’

Ryan Daws — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 14:14:35 +0000

Unity CEO John Riccitiello has apologised for a recent interview in which he called some game developers “the biggest fucking idiots”. Pocket Gamer was interviewing Riccitiello about the game development platform’s merger with monetisation and distribution specialists ironSource when he made the comment. Here’s the part of the interview in question (emphasis ours): Pocket Gamer:... Read more »

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Unity says PSVR2 takes VR gaming ‘to a whole new level’

Ryan Daws — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 17:11:23 +0000

Unity held a ‘Building Next-Gen Games for PSVR2’ session at this year’s Game Developers Conference and the company appears to be as excited as many developers about the upcoming VR hardware. “PSVR2 takes VR gaming to a whole new level, enabling a greater sense of presence and allowing players to immerse themselves into game worlds... Read more »

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Unity is buying Peter Jackson’s visual effects company for $1.6B

Ryan Daws — Wed, 10 Nov 2021 10:23:24 +0000

Unity has announced that it’s entered a definitive agreement to acquire Peter Jackson’s visual effects company Weta Digital for $1.6 billion. Weta Digital has worked on hit films including Lord of the Rings, Avatar, Wonder Woman, and Black Widow. Unity says its acquisition will “democratise” Weta’s powerful tools to make them available for more creators.... Read more »

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Unity partners with the UN and Project Drawdown to help create a sustainable future

Ryan Daws — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 08:05:01 +0000

Unity is often used to create incredible worlds people use to take a break from reality, but a new collaboration uses the 3D content platform to tackle a real-world problem that impacts all of humanity. A new grant, the Unity For Humanity Environment and Sustainability Grant, has been launched in collaboration with the United Nations... Read more »

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Unity flexes its robotic muscles in Object Pose Estimation demo

Ryan Daws — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 13:30:46 +0000

3D content development platform Unity is showing off how it can improve robotics in a new demonstration. The new demo is called Object Pose Estimation and shows off Unity’s AI and machine learning (ML) capabilities. Training data is collected in Unity and used to train a deep neural network that predicts the pose of a... Read more »

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