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.

Unity Academic Discounts for Unity Pro 4

The new animation system in Unity 4 named “Mecanim” makes it easier to animate characters and objects with ease. You now can construct and edit complex blend trees and slate machines to insure your characters move with accuracy. Unity has also updated Unity 4 Pro to include IK rigs to detail even the most intricate movements. FYI- if you are a professor or a student you don’t have to pay full price for the Pro version, you can get academic discounts on Unity at Studica. There is Unity 4 Pro Student version. For those that are looking for the full commercial version, students and teachers can purchase it at savings up to 50% off retail price.

The graphics created with Unity 4 are elevated with greater performance, stunning visuals, and faster rendering with included Support for DirectX 11. And they even enhanced the realism factor for mobility games by giving Pro users the ability to create dynamic shadows from directional lights that can render in any resolution. In Unity 4 Pro users can also take advantage of the profiler that reports on GPU usage for games running on Android devices with Tegra chipsets making it easy to figure out what segments of your game that may inhibit performance on mobile devices.

If you could use a $1000, Studica and Unity have joined forces to offer the Game Design Competition for Students utilizing the Unity 4 Game Design Engine.

There is also a product designed specifically for bringing the Unity Game Development Authoring tool to Primary & Secondary schools (K-12). Learn more about Unity 4.x Pro Game Academy.