Unity cutting 25% of staff (about 1,800 people) as part of restructuring

Ouch. We're only just into week 2 of 2024 and Unity Software are cutting away a huge amount of their staff, as things aren't looking great for the Unity game engine.

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Godot 4.3 dev 1 brings major rendering changes - plus W4 Games on console support

The team working on Godot Engine have released the first snapshot of Godot 4.3 which brings with it some big rendering changes that sound quite exciting overall.

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AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 3 (FSR3) is now open source

As promised, AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 3 is now open source under the MIT license and available for all developers to look into and add into their games.

W4 Games raises $15M to help push Godot Engine

W4 Games, the company set up by Godot Engine veterans Juan Linietsky, Rémi Verschelde and Fabio Alessandrelli, along with veteran entrepreneur Nicola Farronato just received a rather large sum of funding.

ControllerImage provides easy on-screen prompts for game developers

Developer and game porter Ryan "Icculus" Gordon has created a new library named ControllerImage for game developers, with an aim to help showing on-screen controller prompts

Godot Engine 4.2 is out now with AMD FSR 2.2 and lots of new features

Godot Engine 4.2 is officially released bringing with it a great many improvements for developers using this popular free and open source game engine.

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GameMaker now free for non-commercial use, one-time fee for indie devs

Seems like GameMaker are trying to eat some of Unity's lunch here after the mess that was Unity's install fee plan, GameMaker have made it much easier for developers to use it (and cheaper).

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Mega Crit (Slay the Spire) and Null Games now funding Godot Engine

More good news for the free and open source Godot Engine, as they've announced two more fun names have joined in to help fund further development.

Unity update their terms to clarify new terms aren't forced on game devs

Now that the dust seems to be settling after the absolute chaos that was the new Runtime Fee announcement and the developer fallout that followed, Unity has now properly updated their Unity Editor Software Terms.

GitHub - godotengine/emacs-gdscript-mode: An Emacs package to get GDScript support and syntax highlighting.

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Godot 4.2 beta 1 is out now for testing

The Godot team are preparing the next release of their free and open source game engine, with Godot 4.2 beta 1 now available for anyone to jump in and test it.

Unity CEO John Riccitiello is leaving 'effective immediately'

Unity has announced that President, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman and a member of the Company’s Board of Directors - John Riccitiello, is leaving "effective immediately".

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Recently Godot started receiving a lot more attention thanks to the Unity drama and today we have Emilio Coppola the Executive Director of the Godot foundati...

Puny Human closing after a client 'refused previously agreed-upon payments'

Some more sad industry news here as developer Puny Human put out a press release noting that they're closing up, citing an unnamed client that refused to pay them.

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Godot Engine hits over 50K euros per month in funding

One of the big winners of the Unity debacle is the free and open source Godot Engine, which has seen its funding soar to a much more impressive level as Unity basically gave them free advertising.

Unity nuked their Terms of Service on GitHub as 'views were so low'

The current saga of Unity is not quite over yet, as they're still trying to clean up developer concerns after the botched announcement of the Runtime Fee.

Unity announced big changes following the hated Runtime Fee

After the absolute disaster that was their original Runtime Fee announcement, Unity have no put up another apology and announced what the new plan is going forward.

MonoGame plan to create a non-profit foundation to support development

The fallout from the big Unity mess continues, with the MonoGame team jumping in to present a new plan for the future of this open-source and cross-platform framework for game developers.

Terraria dev Re-Logic donates $100K to Godot Engine and FNA, plus ongoing funding

Taking a firm stand against what Unity have been doing, Terraria developer Re-Logic announced today they've begun funding Godot Engine and FNA with a big donation and ongoing funding.

Unity Considers Tentative Changes To Controversial Policies

In the ongoing saga of changes with Unity's revenue model, Unity seem set to make some changes but not a full reversal so here's the latest.

Unity apologises for the new runtime fee, say they will make changes

After leaving developers furious for nearly a whole week after the recent announcement of making developers pay for game installs, Unity put up a fresh statement.

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Unity attempt to clarify new install fees as developers revolt

The saga with the Unity game engine continues, after their completely botched announcement of a new fee system game developers will need to pay.

Here's some alternatives to the Unity game engine

In the wake of Unity setting everything on fire with their new revenue model for developers, here's a reminder on what other game engines and tech is out there for developers to look into.