Tag: Unity
News Former Xbox Exec 'Major Nelson' Announces Next Move In Gaming
He's back!
Larry Hryb, AKA 'Major Nelson', was the face of Xbox for years before announcing his departure from Microsoft last summer - and now the Xbox legend has revealed his next move in gaming. He's heading over to the Community team at Unity, which develops one of the industry's leading game engines amongst other bits and pieces in the world of...
News Unity Vows To Make Changes In Response To 'Confusion' And 'Angst' From Developers
"We have heard you."
Over the past week, the team behind the game development engine Unity has been subject to a torrent of negative feedback over plans to introduce a new "Runtime Fee", and now a decision has been made to integrate some "changes". Earlier today, the official Unity account on Twitter posted that it had heard the feedback, and...
News Unity Responds To Major Concerns About New 'Runtime Fees' And Xbox Game Pass Titles
"Stop it. WTF?"
Yesterday, the team behind the development tool "Unity" conjured up a lot of backlash after announcing plans to introduce a new "Runtime Fee" on January 1, 2024 which would charge for reaching a certain minimum revenue threshold in the past 12 months and a minimum lifetime install count - anywhere from $0.01 to $0.20 per-install...
News Unity Shows Off 'Gorgeous' New Tech Demo Running On Xbox Series X
"This is all made possible with real-time raytracing"
Earlier this month, the team behind the Unity game engine showed off an interesting little tech demo running on Xbox Series X during the Unite 2022 Keynote, focused around creating "lifelike characters" in Unity games. This demo (which you can watch clips of in the timestamped video above) is...
News New Cloud Partnership Will 'Unlock Success Opportunities' For Xbox Developers
Azure joins up with Unity
It's been announced today that Unity has selected Microsoft Azure to be a cloud partner for "building and operating real-time 3D (RT3D) experiences from the Unity engine". Here's what that means for developers: "By giving creators easy access to RT3D simulation tools and the ability to create digital twins of real-world...
News Xbox Developers Now Need To Pay For Unity, But It's 'Free' With PlayStation & Nintendo
It could affect future titles coming to Xbox
Unity has changed its terms, meaning a Pro license or Preferred Platform License Key will be needed to continue developing games for Xbox - something Microsoft reportedly does not offer to developers. The report comes from Gamasutra, which claims the keys are gifted to developers by Nintendo and Sony,...
News Former Xbox Exec Marc Whitten Leaves His Role As Amazon Luna Boss
Only five months after the service was announced
Former Xbox corporate vice president and chief product officer, Marc Whitten, has left his role as vice president at Amazon Luna, mere months after the new cloud gaming service was announced. As spotted by strategist Michael Ball on Twitter, Whitten’s departure occurred earlier this month and now...
