We are excited that the Unity community will now be given the opportunity to develop world class titles for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8.
John Richards is the senior director of Windows App Marketing at Microsoft: The Metal War Online video below shows the capability of the Unity engine. It also opens up the potential for cross platform gaming between Windows 8, Windows Phone 8 and the Xbox 360.
IS UNITY WEB PLAYER SAFE FOR WINDOWS 8 ANDROID
With the Unity game engine able to produce games for Windows, Mac, Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, iPhone, iPad, Android (with Linux to be added soon), there is the potential for Windows Phone 8 to get any games developed for the iPhone in a much shorter timescale. Valve founder Gabe Newell, Blizzards’ Rob Pardo, Minecraft’s Markus “Notch” Persson and id Software’s John Carmack have all been publicly venomous toward the OS.īut this move might finally be a way for Microsoft to allow the platforms to reach their full, gaming, potential. It hasn’t been the smoothest of rides for Windows 8 and Microsoft in dealing with the gaming community. We’re happy to announce that we will support both. The Unity community has been asking for access to Windows Phones and have been eagerly anticipating the release of Windows 8. Our mission at Unity has always been to provide solutions for developers to effortlessly bring their work to as many different platforms as possible. The news has since been confirmed by and Unity Technologies CEO David Helgason revealed that 53% of mobile games developers use the engine. Jeff Webber, a well-known Krashlander developer relayed the information via his Twitter account.
Now, Unity Technologies have announced they will support the Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 platforms.ĪWESOME!Unit圓D will support both Windows8 and Windows Phone 8.It's official! Waiting for more details. Microsoft is working hard to unify their three major products in Windows, Xbox and Windows Phone.