Unity, game engine and tools, was released back in 2005, with just a few hundred users. To date, Unity has been downloaded 6 million times, and has reached 1 million registered developers. At the end of 2010, they had 250,000 developers using their platform, which grew to 750,000 just a year later! This exponential growth continues strong, as the platform spreads in popularity across Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe.
The system’s monthly active developer base has grown to 300,000, who put in 2.5 million hours into their projects in the last month alone. According to Evans Data’s statistics, this adds up to almost 2% of the world’s software developers using Unity!
Unity is an intuitive and flexible development platform used to make interactive 3D and 2D content. The system can deploy to many platforms, including iOS and the browser with the help of the Unity Web Player. It’s ease of use makes prototyping games quick and straightforward, and has become very popular amongst the indie crowd.
You should check out their Demos made with Unity. And you can always download the full version free today!
The Rabbids are back! And in their bid for world domination they have decided to take on the two most massive social gaming networks, Facebook and iOS devices! So watch out those of you who love your social gaming, because the Rabbids will soon be coming to an app near you!
Another video has been released in Rockstar’s series of Max Payne 3 sneak peeks, taking a look at the weaponry, specifically the shotguns. Shotguns are that perfect gun for close range combat, especially if you’re going up against zombies, but it works just as well against thugs in São Paulo.
