Unity, the popular "build once, deploy anywhere" 3D game engine, is going 2D. At the company's UNITE conference in Vancouver this morning, CEO David Helgason announced three things: official ...

Unity has been the engine of choice for thousands of developers and it's still really good if you want to have a go at making ...

After much work, a range of 2D tools and workflows – such as native support for sprites for the engine and editor – have been fleshed out, and are now ready for users as part of Unity’s 4.3 ...

Unity is one of the main platforms for popular indie games, and while it has impressive 3D capabilities, there are dozens of fantastic 2D games built in the engine, too.

GameMaker (formerly Game Maker Studio), a 2D engine that was acquired by browser firm Opera in 2021, has simplified its licensing structure, declaring it "Free for Non-Commercial Use." ...

Unity used to be the cheaper, simpler alternative to Epic’s Unreal engine, not to mention easier for smaller 2D projects and mobile games. But the industry isn’t in the same place it was ten ...

If you look at the top-grossing games, the ones that are made with Unity, two of them are 2D and one is 3D. If you look at the rest it’s also a nice mix. So I don’t think it’s either-or.

Unity is a cross-platform game development engine widely used to create 3D and 2D games and interactive experiences. It powers over 60% of top-grossing games on the App Store.

Unity has been the engine of choice for thousands of developers and it's still really good if you want to have a go at making a simple 2D game for a host of different platforms.