Sony Announces Support for Unity Game Engine

Mark PhilippAll Topics, Unity Game Development

Sony Computer Entertainment announced that they are adding support for Unity Game Engine on all of their game console platforms. This includes the PS3, PS Vita, PS Mobile, as well as their upcoming cloud gaming service and the PS4. Unity 3D previously was already able to export your games to the Sony PS3 platform, but now you will be able … Read More

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Unity & App Store “Best of 2012 Games” List

std-adminUnity Game Development

Seventeen Unity-made games and apps were featured in Apple’s App Store USA Best of 2012 list. These games represented many categories including Casual Games, Best New Ways to Play and Best Showpiece Games. Unity’s game engine is the most popular among mobile game developers, and for good reason. The iPad game of the year, The Room, by Fireproof Games, captivated … Read More

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Global Game Jam 2013 – Are You Ready?

std-adminAll Topics, Unity Game Development

Dream of collaborating with thousands of Video Game Creators around the world? YOU CAN at Global Game Jam. This year, Global Game Jam 2013, takes place January 25th through January 27th. There are currently, a record breaking, 275 development sites from 58 different countries registered including the prestigious MIT Game Lab, School of Visual Arts in New York, and many … Read More

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Unity 4 Pro Faculty Game Developers Now get same Academic Discount as Students

Jim SheehanAll Topics, Unity Game Development

Good News! Facutly Game Developers now get the same Academic Discounts as Students for Unity 4 Pro Commercial. Unity 4 Pro is a 3D game development platform that was designed to let you focus on producing awesome games and other 3D interactive media. The Commercial version which has been reduced s a full commercial, upgradeable, perpetual, non-watermarked license with no … Read More

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Yay! Unity 4 Pro Released

kristielNew Releases, Unity Game Development

Since it was announced in June, this highly anticipated release of Unity 4 Pro has had Video Game Developers drooling. The new version offers increased rendering power, redesigned animation system, and many more optimizations for graphics and special-effects. It is destined to inspire a new level of game development. The new animation system in Unity 4 named “Mecanim” makes it … Read More

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Student Contest Update: Robob Searches the Galaxy and Finds $500

kristielCompetitions & Contests, Unity Game Development

Well, actually, Robob’s creator – Jack O. from Denmark gets the cash for creating an awesome game called Robob. Studica announced the student contest winner of the “Robot Game Design Competition”. For this competition, Studica partnered with Unity to challenge students to create a web-based game incorporating Robots in some fashion. It was also required that the game be created … Read More

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How To Reset Unity Licensing

kristielUnity Game Development

Recently, I found out we had Unity 4.0 beta licenses. I went to download the beta, which can be found here. I went ahead and installed it and I got a message when I booted up 4.0 beta: “This Pre-release version of unity 4.0 can only be run by 4.x license holders”. The option listed on the box was “Quit … Read More

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Unity3D announces Graphics Engine support for Windows 8 & Windows Phone 8

kristielAll Topics, Unity Game Development

Unity3D has announced at their UNITE 2012 Conference in Amsterdam, that they will be supporting Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8. Unity CEO David Helgason stated, “Our mission at Unity has always been to provide solutions for developers to effortlessly bring their work to as many different platforms as possible,” Helgason said.  “The Unity community has been asking for access … Read More

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Free Educational Webinars Coming Up

kristielAll Topics, Unity Game Development, Webinars

Are you interested in incorporating more technical programs to your school’s curriculum? Do you want to review additional resources available to you? Looking for ways to to enhance your schools STEM curriculum? Here is a schedule for free educational webinars presented by Studica. 9/18/2012   Educating for Manufacturing with Autodesk Webcast: This Webinar concentrates on using Autodesk to educate your students … Read More

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“Battle of the Finalists” Vote for the Best Game

std-adminAll Topics, Competitions & Contests, Unity Game Development

Ladies and Gentlemen – The Battle of the Finalists has begun! You decide who the winner will be. This is a close contest. We are down to two student finalists for the “Robot Games Design Competition” that is being sponsored by Unity Technologies and Studica. The competitors battling it out are Robob and Tiny Bots. Play both these great game … Read More

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