Necrosoft Games director Brandon Sheffield simply wrote, “if you’re starting a new game project, do not use Unity ... like Nintendo will object to the fee and persuade Unity to cancel it.

"I can say, unequivocally, if you're starting a new game project, do not use Unity," Necrosoft Games' Brandon Sheffield—a longtime Unity Engine supporter—said in a post entitled "The Death of ...

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 ...

Here’s the gist. 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 $ ...

On Tuesday, Unity announced that on January 1st, 2024, it would be implementing a pay-per-download pricing scheme that would charge developers a flat fee any time a game using Unity software is ...

I experienced all those new platforms and just thought they were garbage' Game developers who use Unity are less than thrilled about the merger. Andreia Gaita, who runs game porting studio Spoiled ...

In an industry where customers are slow to trust and quick to criticize, a new fee from Unity infuriated studios that use its platform. By Mike Isaac and Kellen Browning Reporting from San ...

That kind of bundling creates "a significant vendor lock risk for game developers using Unity services," which "also makes it difficult for many game middleware developers to compete against Unity." ...

It also touted the release of a game matchmaking service it had been testing, allowing studios to use a new queuing system. Unity’s competitor, Epic Games, developer of the battle royale smash h ...

It is particularly harsh for smaller developers using Unity Personal, as they will be $0.20 per install if their game makes over $200,000 within 12 months and gets over 200,000 lifetime game installs.

Unity’s attempts to provide clarity have only fueled devs’ frustration and spawned more questions from those with both currently active and in-development games using the engine. The new ...