Unity’s new “per-install” pricing enrages the game development community(arstechnica.com)

32 points by stalfosknight 3 years ago | 5 comments

The Death of Unity(gamedeveloper.com)

99 points by sp332 3 years ago | 65 comments

Unity lays off 600 staff members, prepares to close half of its offices(venturebeat.com)

47 points by johntiger1 3 years ago | 18 comments

Unity rushes to clarify price increase plan, as game developers fume(axios.com)

47 points by danso 3 years ago | 36 comments

The ambition of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024(venturebeat.com)

131 points by tosh 2 years ago | 99 comments

Unity’s new pricing: A wake-up call on the importance of open source(ramatak.com)

622 points by TMM2K 3 years ago | 558 comments

Ramatak blog post arguing that Unity's switch from per-seat to per-install pricing shows why game developers should rely on open-source engines.

Video game workers in North America now have an industry-wide union(engadget.com)

323 points by ksec 1 year ago | 121 comments

Engadget article reporting that video game workers in North America have formed an industry-wide union, announced at a GDC panel on organizing.

Disney to take $1.5B stake in Epic Games(cnbc.com)

443 points by sp3n 2 years ago | 327 comments

CNBC news article reporting that Disney will invest $1.5 billion for an equity stake in Epic Games and collaborate on new Fortnite-related content.

Bill to block publishers from killing online games advances in California(arstechnica.com)

531 points by Lihh27 5 months ago | 346 comments

Ars Technica article on a California bill advancing that would require game publishers to offer independent play patches or refunds after shutting down servers.

Epic Games tells employees to use AI to get Disney game done(avclub.com)

58 points by pavel_lishin 13 days ago | 34 comments

A.V. Club news article reporting that Epic Games' delayed Disney game featuring Marvel and Star Wars characters will become an "AI first" project, with employees told to use AI.

Roblox is the biggest game in the world, but is unprofitable(matthewball.co)

399 points by mfiguiere 2 years ago | 471 comments

Matthew Ball essay analyzing Roblox's scale as the world's biggest game and why the company remains unprofitable.

Leaked OpenAI documents reveal aggressive tactics toward former employees(vox.com)

1646 points by apengwin 2 years ago | 488 comments

Vox Future Perfect article by Kelsey Piper on leaked OpenAI documents showing aggressive NDA and equity tactics toward former employees.