San Francisco-based software Unity Technologies launched in 2004. The Unity game engine is perhaps best known for its use in developing Ubisoft’s “Assassin’s Creed” video game franchise.

Unity currently charges game developers a flat yearly rate to use the engine. But last week, the company announced a new pricing model that would charge developers a fee every time someone ...

Unity Technologies has acquired scripting solution Bolt from Ludiq. As announced in a blog pos t, the new acquisition will enable Unity creators to use the visual authoring tool. As a result, it will ...

Unity, the cross-platform game engine that powers games like Rust, Hollow Knight, and Pokémon Go, has introduced a new, controversial fee for developers, set to take effect next year.

It’s the game engine maker’s largest layoff, bigger than all three of last year’s cuts combined. More than 1,100 people were laid off in 2023, preceded by at least 200 layoffs in June 2022.

Unity—a popular cross-platform game engine that powers titles like Hollow Knight and Pokémon Go— announced that a new Runtime Fee would take effect on January 1, 2024.

Starting January 1st, 2024, all games that use the Unity engine will be charged 20 cents (USD) for each game installation, once it hits a threshold of 200,000 downloads and $200,000 in revenue.

News Unity walks back new engine pricing after protests After a week of developer chaos, the company will no longer charge its per-installation fees on most indie games. By Michael Crider ...