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Former EA CEO John Riccitiello was at the helm of Unity for almost a decade and during that time Unity have made several major moves. Among the highlights of the Riccitiello era include: So… how did these acquisitions and developments turn out? Well: So… not great. Although they still have Ziva […]
The De-Riccitiello-ification of Unity Read More
Canva have just announced they are buying Affinity, the makers of some of the best Adobe alternatives available including Affinity Designer and Affinity Photo. Unlike Adobe, Affinity applications are available under a very reasonable one time purchase price with no subscriptions in sight. Details of the Canva Affinity acquisition from
Attorney General Merrick Garland just announced an antitrust lawsuit against Apple. This suit alleges abuse of monopoly power to unfairly compete, basically everything the Tim Sweeney from Epic Games claimed… and lost. In fact, the DOJ antitrust complaint goes FAR beyond the scope of what Epic Games claimed and covers
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Unity have just released their annual Unity Gaming Report on the state of game development in 2024. The data is collected from a number of developer surveys, as well as using anonymized data from their Unity Ads, IronSource and Cloud OPs back end systems. It gives a good insight into
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Unity Technologies, the makers of the popular Unity game engine, have just announced they are selling their Digital Twins professional services arm to Capgemini. Terms of the deal have not been announced. This is the latest in a series of changes and layoffs aimed at refocusing the company after a
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The fine folks over at 80.lv have just released their Behind the Screens: The Salary Stats in Game for 2023. This survey polls developers from around the globe about income and living standards in various fields of game development. The results are available summarized in PDF format as well as
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Disney have just announced they are making a $1.5 Billion dollar investment in Epic Games and announced a massive partnership in both Fortnite and Unreal Engine usage. This is not the first major company to take an investment stake in Epic Games with Sony making a $250M investment back in
Disney Make $1.5B Investment in Epic Games Read More
Since their successful IPO Unity has sadly been no stranger to massive layoffs. Back in June 2022 the first round of layoffs were announced, followed by another round, then another. Following the departure of CEO John Riccitiello incoming Interim CEO James M. Whitehurst said the company would be facing a
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The Chinese government have just announced new regulations that will have a MASSIVE impact on the world of game development. It immediately resulted in huge stock market losses for China’s two largest gaming companies Tencent and NetEase. The announcement is a crackdown on “gacha” style monetization strategies, loot boxes and
China Massively Disrupts Game Industry Monetization Read More
The Epic Games v. Google lawsuit, first filed back in 2020, has just reached a jury verdict, with the jury finding for Epic Games on 11 of the 11 counts. Summary of the verdict from the Verge: After just a few hours of deliberation, the jury unanimously answered yes to
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