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Nsanity on 27 June 2013

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Unity Technologies announced today during Build Conference in San Francisco that it has added Xbox One support for Kinect, SmartGlass support to its development tools and has also extended its commitment to Windows 8 the W8 Phone. The Xbox One version of the game engine will also feature cloud computing support, and developers being published by Microsoft Studios will be able to use Unity free. The firm will release the commercial version of its Store Add-on for Windows later this summer, and it will also be waiving the $1,500 license fee for licensed Unity Pro 4 developers as part of its Microsoft deal. Thanks, GI International.



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DeadBigfoot21 on 28 June 2013

What is unity?



Mr Puggsly on 28 June 2013
DeadBigfoot21 said:
What is unity?

A game engine.

I guess indie developers will be able to use it for free when putting games on MS platforms. Could be interesting.



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superchunk on 28 June 2013

Sweet. That means there will be a lot of cross development for Xbone and Wii U.



walsufnir on 28 June 2013

Well, expected. Unity is available for almost every platform out there.



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Mistershine on 28 June 2013
Mr Puggsly said:
DeadBigfoot21 said:
What is unity?

A game engine.

I guess indie developers will be able to use it for free when putting games on MS platforms. Could be interesting.


I can't wait for Blow or Fish to moan that giving a free engine is bad for indies as it discourages independent engine development and will lead to lazy programming.



KHlover on 28 June 2013

This screams for Xbone/WiiU cross-dev. Nice.



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Xenostar on 28 June 2013
Mr Puggsly said:
DeadBigfoot21 said:
What is unity?

A game engine.

I guess indie developers will be able to use it for free when putting games on MS platforms. Could be interesting.


Unity is all platforms, and no it wont be free to use :( They have a free to use license that is so restrictive you wouldnt release a game under it, unless it wasnt for profit. 



allenmaher on 28 June 2013

There are lots of great games made with Unity. It announced deals with Linux/Steambox/WiiU and just about everybody. For the record this is how a game engine developer should behave, make it run on everything.



Zappykins on 28 June 2013
walsufnir said:
Well, expected. Unity is available for almost every platform out there.

Oh Golly, Superchunk and Walsufir finally meet together!  (Prepares for epic Cartman Battle!)

It's pretty amazing, they have unified Windows 8, Windows Phone 8 and the Xbox One for easy porting.  Makes me wonder if the next versions will not be Windows 9, but Windows One.

And I thought it was big when they announced Windows for ARM.



 

Really not sure I see any point of Consol over PC's since Kinect, Wii and other alternative ways to play have been abandoned. 

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