Unity Ultimately Scraps Controversial Runtime Fees A Year After Its Announcement 1k3x5c

In a not-so-surprising turn of events, Unity Technologies has officially scrapped its highly controversial Runtime Fee pricing model for Unity. The decision, which follows months of community outrage and the eventual resignation of former CEO John Riccitiello, was announced by Unity’s new CEO Matt Bromberg, who issued a formal apology on behalf of the company. “After deep consultation with our [...]

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Unity CEO John Riccitiello Retires, Whitehurst Appointed Interim CEO And President l661

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Unity Technologies continues to feel the ripples from its extremely unpopular decision to tack on additional fees for every installation of Unity-run games as John Riccitiello retires from his role as CEO, president, chairman, and member of the board of directors effective immediately. He is ultimately the person responsible for the controversial runtime fees which earned the company the ire [...]

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Unity Technologies Outlines Proposed Changes To Its Highly-Criticized Runtime Fees 1e1m5t

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Earlier this week, Unity Technologies finally responded to the intense backlash that it received over its new Unity runtime fees. The company offered a general apology and promised that they’ll be making changes to the policy in an effort to appease the video game development community. The company has now outlined proposed changes to the controversial fees and apologized once [...]

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Unity Technologies Responds To Developer Backlash, Promises Runtime Fee Policy Changes 5l5yn

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Unity Technologies has caved from the intense backlash it received following its announcement of additional runtime fees for Unity games. Last night, the company issued a statement on Twitter apologizing for the big uproar caused by the controversial announcement with a promise to make necessary changes to the policy. “We have heard you,” Unity Technologies tweeted. “We apologize for the [...]

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Unity Technologies Employees Protest Runtime Fees By Leaving The Company 614h4z

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Developers aren’t the only ones protesting Unity Technologies plans to add runtime fees as several of the company’s employees have decided to leave rather than be a part of its new money-making scheme. Senior Software Engineer Jono Forbes and other developers who opposed the runtime fees recently tendered their resignations after the company ignored their advice and announced the pricing [...]

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Developers Remove Unity Ads In Protest Of Plans To Add Runtime Fees 2v5i3d

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Unity Technologies’ continues to feel the backlash of its decision to charge “runtime fees” for games that run on the Unity game engine. In protest, several development studios have also decided to cut off the company’s ad revenue by turning off Unity ads in their respective games. These studios include Azur Games, Century Games, Homa, and Voodoo, among others, all [...]

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Game Developers Unite Against Additional ‘Runtime Fees’ For Unity Engine 6c1c3h

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Earlier this week, Unity Technologies faced massive backlash from video game developers when it announced its plans to add “runtime fees” for the Unity game engine. Basically, the company will be charging developers a small fee for every installation of a game that uses the engine on top of the annual licensing fee. The said runtime fees could reportedly be [...]

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Unity CEO Apologizes For Calling Devs Who Shy Away From Monetization As ‘F*cking Idiots’ 37331s

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In an interview last week, Unity CEO John Riccitiello dropped a statement criticizing developers who don’t include monetization features in their games, calling them, and I quote, “fucking idiots.” Naturally, this drew the ire of the entire gaming community and video game companies, which Riccitiello responded to by labeling the websites who reported on it, even those that published the [...]

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Unity Company Lays Off Hundreds Of Employees Around The Globe 3e1m6d

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Unity game engine developer Unity Technologies has reportedly laid off hundreds of employees over the past month. According to VentureBeat, a total of 263 employees were affected by the series of layoffs as the company responds to a significant drop in revenue following Apple’s crackdown against target advertising in the past year. A big chunk of the Unity Technologies’ revenue [...]

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Zenith Developer Ramen VR Stars In Unity’s New Spotlight Video Series Debut 264u1y

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Unity shines the spotlight on video game development studios that that took the engine to the next level in their new The Game Changers video series. The debut episode features Ramen VR the studio behind Zenith, one of the few, if not the only, VR MMORPG made on the platform. In the video, the Ramen VR team talks about their [...]

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