In an industry where customers are slow to trust and quick to criticize, a new fee from Unity infuriated studios that use its platform. By Mike Isaac and Kellen Browning Reporting from San Francisco ...

It's been almost a full week since Unity announced its controversial Runtime Fee, and the developer backlash continues. Studios around the world have expressed concerns that the new fee – charging ...

It's pretty simple on paper. From January 1 2024 any game that is using the Unity Engine will be paying a fee to Unity for every install on a new device. There’s a complex system of tiers and ways to ...

This morning, Unity released a blog post informing users of an important update coming to its engine: Runtime Fees. These fees will be charged to developers whose games cross a specific revenue and ...

If you were developing a Unity Engine game on Monday, you did so with the general understanding that you wouldn’t be charged additional royalties or fees beyond your subscription to the Unity Editor ...

Developers will be charged a flat rate based on how many times their game is installed, no matter if that install is attached to a sale. Developers will be charged a flat rate based on how many times ...

For years, the Unity Engine has earned goodwill from developers large and small for its royalty-free licensing structure, which meant developers incurred no extra costs based on how well a game sold.

If you’ve been following the game industry over the last few days, you might have heard that Unity, the creators of the far-reaching game engine of the same name, have made a bit of a mess. A new ...

On September 12, Unity announced that beginning January 1, 2024, its pricing for developers would include a “Runtime Fee,” a new 20-cent charge to be levied every time a player installed a game after ...

I last wrote about Unity Software (NYSE:U) in July. In that piece, I offered an extensive defense of the company's graphics engine. That was to provide a contrast to the market's overwhelming focus on ...

Unity Technologies, the company behind the cross-platform game engine Unity, announced a new pricing model on Tuesday — and it’s been almost universally condemned by the video game developer community ...