Tag Archives: Unity

Unity’s CEO and President, John Riccitiello, resigned after community backlash over its controversial runtime fee policy. He also resigned as board chairman. GamesIndustry.biz reports that James M. Whitehurst will serve as interim CEO and President until a permanent replacement is found. Leading independent Unity board director Roelof Botha is chairman. The situation, according to Whitehurst: “I am confident that Unity ...

Well, that went quickly. After Unity announced its new ‘runtime fee’ policy, game developers and the community reacted strongly, forcing Unity’s hand. The policy, which charged developers every time a Unity-powered game was installed (after certain prerequisites), was widely criticized, with many developers stating their intention to use a different engine for future projects and even removing their games from ...

Unity Technologies, a company that created the Unity game engine has revealed their support for the New Nintendo 3DS at their conference in Tokyo. The Unity engine powers games from Hearthstone to Slender: The Arrival. In a press release, Unity stated their desire to bring their game engine over to the New Nintendo 3DS models, utilizing the hardware boosts in ...

Ubisoft decided to delay the latest patch for Assassin’s Creed Unity in order to “refurbish the Paris map” following fan feedback. Patch 4 was initially supposed to go live yesterday and fix most of the game’s remaining issues, of which there are still quite a lot. The patch will presumably still be able to do that but it is unclear ...

Ubisoft has not been having a good year, not at all. They have had a lot go wrong this year and with Assassin’s Creed Unity messing up at every turn, Ubisoft is seeking redemption. Ubisoft may have found redemption by giving away DLC to people who purchased Unity. Ubisoft Montreal’s CEO, Yannis Mallat, has announced today that Assassin’s Creed Unity’s ...

Assassin’s Creed Unity has tarnished Ubisoft’s reputation, well, even further that is. When Unity first arrived the experience was marred down by game breaking bugs and creepy glitches, one of which has certain NPCs in Assassin’s Creed Unity missing their face. We’ve already talked a little bit of the patch here, but now we have the official date for the ...

Everyone knows about the problems that have been marring Ubisoft’s new addition to the Assassin’s Creed saga, Unity. But why did it happen? Was it too ambitious? Did Ubisoft rush the production in time for Christmas? Did they try to utilise the full power of next generation technology too quickly? Production of Unity began shortly after the completion of Assassin’s ...

“Assassin’s Creed: Unity” will give players the possibility to choose their approach during missions, ensures Ubisoft Montreal creative director, Alex Amancio during a gameplay demo shown at Gamescom. Every mission starts with a cinematic which points out several clues that can help players plan how to proceed. If previous Assassin’s Creed games had linear story missions, with objectives that could ...

A new Firefly Online trailer was released at Comic-Con introducing gameplay details, character details and responses to the question posed in the announcement trailer: What would you do if you were the captain of a spaceship? The upcoming MMOG Firefly is said to be released in Spring 2015, and will feature the show‘s entire cast in the game. The game ...

Apple reveal iOS gaming boosting tech called Metal during the WWDC today. The new technology developed for iPad and iPhone is aimed at increasing the efficiency of processing power. Following the official announcement of iOS 8, the company talked about some of the benefits provided by Metal. The technology was designed for Apple’s A7 chips and is said to reduce OpenGL overhead. This ...