Engines and tools

Unity is reportedly considering shedding a portion of its business, several media outlets claim.

Several media outlets report that Unity Technologies plans to divest part of its business.

They will be removed from the global store version on March 31, 2026.

They will be removed from the global version of the store on March 31, 2026

Krafton, the publisher behind the popular game PUBG, has named a new chief AI officer.

Developers of the open-source Godot are "exhausted and demoralized" by numerous low-quality pull requests. Non-functional requests generated by various LLMs are increasingly being submitted for review.

Unity has identified content creation using AI as one of the key development directions for the company by 2026

The Estonian indie developer Mike Klubnika now generously supports the project that helped him create his hits

Several developers reported layoffs at one of Wizards of the Coast's internal studios.

Unity has announced its fourth-quarter results, stating that they "comfortably exceeded" the high-end of its guidance. The company saw an 8% increase in revenue for its Create Solutions and an 11% rise in its Grow Solutions revenue.

However, a year ago, the company's losses were even greater.

In this interview, we conclude our review of the year 2025 along with top managers and experts from the gaming industry (and related fields). The final piece is a conversation with Artem Khandriko, an associate partner and head of IT/IP practice at REVERA.

The Godot team has released a new version of their engine. It's been four months since the release of the previous version, 4.5.

The Japanese gaming powerhouse Square Enix has announced that it will stick with Unreal Engine 4 for the development of the next installment in its Final Fantasy 7 Remake series, opting not to upgrade to the more recent Unreal Engine 5.

Walmart has launched a complimentary, official commerce software development kit (SDK) for Unity developers. This tool allows for the "seamless integration of Walmart products or your own merchandise through the Walmart marketplace directly into your projects."

While the winter holidays are ongoing, we continue to review the highlights of 2025 with teams and speakers connected to the gaming industry. Next up is an interview with Denis Shergin, the CEO of UNIGINE

On November 26, the full release of the MMORPG Reign of Guilds by the St. Petersburg team Atlant Games took place. The App2Top team spoke with the developers about the journey to the release and the specifics of creating classic online projects.

Rumors suggest that Unity is planning to implement a new yearly fee targeting its most prominent Enterprise clients. This fee would mandate a "minimum commitment" ranging from $250,000 to $2 million, contingent upon the revenue generated by each game. It is expected that this fee will be "applied towards your purchase of Unity subscription license and support products"

Unity has decided once again to make changes to its pricing policy, according to MobileGamer sources. The new measure affects teams using the Enterprise license—a plan for developers with an annual revenue of over $25 million

At the end of summer, we compiled a comprehensive report on the state of the gaming stock market. To update the data and capture trends, we once again analyzed the status of over 60 public companies and examined how their positions have changed since the beginning of 2025. Inside, as usual, there are many charts, numbers, and information on various markets

At the end of October, the cooperative multiplayer game Superball was released by the Chinese indie studio Pathea Games, which is well known today for the life simulation hit My Time at Portia. The project took a long time to reach a full release and is still facing difficulties. We spoke with Yao Liu, one of the key developers of Superball, about the project's journey and the developers' hopes for the future.

Competing companies Unity and Epic Games have unexpectedly announced a partnership agreement. They have decided to make their platforms more open.

At the beginning of the month, Unity released its financial report for the third quarter of 2025, which spanned from July 1 to September 30. In the document, the company reported an increase in both revenue and losses

The competing companies Unity and Epic Games suddenly announced a partnership agreement. They have decided to make their platforms more open.

Epic Games and Unity have revealed a significant collaboration, enabling developers to bring Unity-based games to the Fortnite platform

Now it belongs to the Chinese company SUD, which is developing a cloud platform for app gamification.

Now it belongs to the Chinese company SUD, which is developing a cloud platform for gamifying applications.

Unity has released its financial results for the third quarter of its fiscal year, reporting modest yet better-than-anticipated growth across several segments such as Create Solutions and Grow Solutions. The company's overall revenue increased by 5% compared to the same period last year, reaching $471 million.

Despite the turbulent period, Paradox Interactive remains a leading publisher of strategy games. The key to the long-term success of the Swedish company is a unique strategy that enables most releases to be profitable and demonstrates a margin level of 40%

A new post in the "Investor/Publisher Wanted" section. In it, the studio "Brezg" shares a story about their third game. It's called "The Gray Cardinal" and is a political strategist manager simulation.

The ranks of Roblox competitors have grown.

The Sustainable Games Alliance (SGA), a global non-profit cooperative involving game developers, universities, and related companies, has introduced the Sustainable Games Standard, the "first global emissions reporting framework designed specifically for the games industry"

Unity has identified a "major security vulnerability" impacting games developed with its platform since 2017.

The Playgama platform published statistics on the use of engines in web games, broken down by top genres. Their sample included games released in 2024 and 2025

In studios creating AAA-level games, the popularity of proprietary engines has increased. Researchers from Perforce and JetBrains came to this conclusion after surveying 521 developers from 49 countries.

The Godot team continues to upgrade the engine. Recently, they released version 4.5.

The team behind the Russian engine Nau Engine has decided to close its legal entity, as indicated by the data from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities (EGRUL). The newspaper "Kommersant" took notice of the event.

The crisis in modern AAA development is evident to most developers, and its epicenter is concentrated in the United States. What is it related to, and what are the consequences for the industry? These are the topics we'll explore in today's in-depth article

We are starting to share video recordings from the St. Petersburg session of the "Gaming Industry" conference, which took place in July. Today, we feature a presentation by Alexander Kompantsev from Atom Team. He spoke on the topic "From Freedom to Structure—and Back. What Indies and Enterprises Can Offer Each Other, and Why It's Worth Trying Both Worlds"

The scandal surrounding the three dismissed executives from the studio Unknown Worlds, working on Subnautica 2, continues to unfold. The studio has filed a lawsuit against them, presenting several allegations.

Unity has released its financial results for the second quarter of its fiscal year, noting minor declines in both total revenue and its Grow Solutions segment.

Unity released its financial report for the second quarter. The company remains unprofitable, but it places high hopes on its new advertising platform.

The future of the open-source engine looks even brighter.

The details of the deal have not been disclosed—neither the amount nor the terms are known.

The new installment of Battlefield, scheduled for release on October 10th, will feature a tool for game modification called Portal. Its editor is a modified version of Godot

Square Enix has announced that the original source code for Final Fantasy Tactics was accidentally overwritten. This has compelled the developer to reconstruct the forthcoming remake, titled Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles, entirely from the ground up.

In recent years, the production budgets for mobile games in Japan have significantly increased, according to a study by the Japan Online Game Association (JOGA). In 2024, the average cost of creating one such title in the country reached 492 million yen (3.3 million dollars)

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The creators of the Godot engine have started beta testing their own asset store, a launch they have talked about for many years. In the future, it will replace the Godot Asset Library.

The developers of the Godot engine have started beta testing their own asset store, a plan they've been discussing for many years. In the future, it will replace the Godot Asset Library.