Weeks after upsetting developers with a proposed runtime fee, only to quickly backtrack on the idea, Unity announced today that CEO John Riccitiello was stepping down from his multiple roles as president, CEO and board chair, going from having a ton or responsibility to having a lot of time on his hands. In a surprise … Read more
Unity has done a 180 on a controversial new pricing scheme that users of its cross-platform game engine almost unanimously disparaged. A new pricing policy is still incoming, but it’s far less fraught for independent developers, many of whom threatened to leave the engine and platform behind rather than pay. The changes were announced only … Read more
After a controversial week for Unity, the game engine developer is walking back (at least partially) its much-derided runtime installation policy. Last Tuesday, the company announced its plan to charge game developers a fee every time a game made on the Unity engine was installed by a customer. As you can imagine, this did not … Read more
Since its launch in 2005, Unity’s goal has been to “democratize” game development by making it more accessible. In 2018, CEO John Riccitiello claimed that Unity is used by “pretty much half of all games, period.” As Strange Scaffold founder Xalavier Nelson Jr. notes, it’s a “simple, versatile, very powerful tool” that allows a variety … Read more
Indonesian President Joko Widodo makes a speech throughout the Affiliation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Overseas Minister’s Assembly in Jakarta, Indonesia on July 14, 2023. Murat Gok | Anadolu Company | Getty Photos A brand new regional cross-border fee system not too long ago applied by Southeast Asian nations might deepen monetary integration amongst members, … Read more
Touch upon this storyComment When the leaders of NATO nations collect in Lithuania this week, President Biden and his closest allies will endeavor to ship Russia a forceful message: that the West is united in opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s battle in Ukraine. However jeopardizing their present of cohesion might be among the identical … Read more
Touch upon this storyComment DUBNICA, Slovakia — Contained in the hulking arms manufacturing unit, dozens of staff delicately match fuses inside the ideas of the 155-millimeter artillery shells which might be in insatiable demand in Ukraine’s warfare. However even on this city, established across the arms trade earlier than the outbreak of World Warfare II, … Read more