Unity 2.0 Coming This Summer!

Dear users, customers, friends.

We, the team behind Unity have been hard at work for over two years, and are now proud to announce the upcoming release of Unity 2.0, and to showcase a small selection of the 50 amazing new features. You know, features to make your games look better on more platforms, run faster, and easier to make.

Any Unity 1.x purchase made after May 16th is automatically eligible for free upgrade. So get up to speed now withUnity 1.6.2, and you'll receive a free upgrade to 2.0 when it's ready.

Check the Unity 2.0 preview

Love from Copenhagen, San Francisco, Kaunas, Seattle, and Aarhus.

d.

 

Let the party begin! 8)

 

I'm already drunk! :wink:

 

Any idea of what the upgrade price is yet for us who bought Unity years ago? :wink:

Need to start saving...

Cheers.

 

And here are some images in a slightly higher res

 

um - holy *%^$!!!!!

you guys have really outdone yourselves.

a huge congrats, thanks i can't wait ; ))))))

 

Looks awesome - congratulations!
I can't wait to see what's coming in Unity 3.0!!!

 

And here's a high-res image of me and Aras doing extensive compatibility testing of the DirectX Renderer... just for you! :wink:

 

Phenomenal! I can't wait! Upgrade pricing for current Unity users PLEASE!!! I have Unity Pro!


I CAN"T WAIT!!!!

Gary

 

I'm not going to be able to sleep until it comes out. I can't wait!

 

Ah, this brings a tear of joy to my eye.

 

Cooool ... I likey!

Stoked, I made the upgrade having only just purchased! Woohoo ... excited!

J.

P.S: Obviously I'd love to know when it's going to be released ? Also, what way will new Unity 2.0 features effect Indie vs Pro ? And, are the prices going to rise ?

 

Wowza thats completely awesome. Im gutted the shadows are pro-only, but thats fair enough...You guys deserve my bling bling, so you can count on me buying pro one day.

Total congratulations!
Aaron Cross

 

Very nice. It should be a good summer!

 

YOU GUYS ARE GREAT!!!!! THIS IS AWESOME ANNOUNCEMENT!

ALL this at one time is incredible!

Congratulations on the hard work, it will surely pay off! Why would anyone use any other tool(especially for wii dev!!).

But forget about the Wii dev, the optimizations on the web player and streaming is simply incredible.

P.S.- Can someone post a highres of the the GUI image, pretty pleeeeease?

I'm even drooling thinking about making cool 3d websites!

 

Both the easy GUI and Streaming video features are an instant upgrade pull for me. Never mind all the other great features.

A bit annoyed about shadows. Still don't understand why startups/indie devs/hobbyists have to have reduced graphical features. Wouldn't it be more equitable to just have the mac only games limitation and a stipulation that if you make over a certain amount of money you must upgrade? I know i'd prefer to play with the wierder features of graphical rendering but can't justify buying Pro for what falls into extra curricular investigation at the moment.

After all most people on these forums seem pretty reasonable and happy to channel profits to OTEE.

Joc

 

Brilliant. Amazing. Stupendous!

 

A massive achievement... congratulations!

 

@ Dingo

Heres a mid-res shot of our GUI from the announcement.

Hope u like it

Cheers
Shaun.

 

Gorgeus, my sincere congratulations for all the team.

Now, if only someone could please confirm that we will also get a good solid UNDO, not only I would buy Unity right now, but I also promise to delete all the other engines from my HD...

Keep up the great work.

 

WOOOOO ! Too much...Brilliant. Amazing ! Congratulations.
About video playback. Is it available in web palyer and do you know in which format (quicktime or/and...) :wink: ?

I'm happy , thanks.
Claude.

 

What's a great news !
Features completes Unity.
Congratulations

 

looks really good guys!

wheres all the audio processing improvements? 8) real-time controllable effects processing and synthesis? :wink: Man cant live on pitch shift alone!

 

Looks great! The shadows look sweet!

Are there any major improvements to the editor like grid snapping or undo? Those aren't as exciting, I know, but they would streamline productivity quite a bit!

 

Holy mother of all monkeys, that looks fantastic!

Dancing monkeys, dancing monkeys!

Woot!!!

PS. I am simply awed by the effort put in by the OTEE guys into making this app the very best it can be. I hope they realize the power they've unleashed by allowing so many of us to realize some of our own dreams. Wow.

 

Looks amazing. The DirectX performance improvement is very welcome, as are shadows networking, and the GUI objects.

(It's probably a must-have upgrade for me, if the upgrade price is reasonable. But it would be a must-have-on-day-one upgrade if source control compatibility was finally solved.)

Love it.

 

Dear god man, I just bought 1.6.2 a couple of days ago and now you throw this at me . Looks...uh....WOW! I'll be upgrading to pro VERY shortly. The terrain engine and GUI stuff looks amazing. I was skeptical of unity at first because of GUI creation, but I see that was all for nothing.

 

Woot! Woot!

:: /me does the Dance of Joy! ::

 

Looks great! Can't wait to know the update price either :wink:

 

fantastic news
i cant wait to see the full feature list.

 

This is great news! I am looking forward to upgrading, it can't get here soon enough. That David is such a tease. I am looking forward to some more teasing

 

So this is "summer", as in the next month or so right? I've got $ sitting aside for this upgrade, although its from a grant that expires at the end of July, so sooner rather than later would be good.

Jeff

 

Can you just pre-pay? Of course you would need to know the upgrade price hint...hint....

 

Thanx to all of you, guys, this is better news than the iphone release !!!!!!!
WOW!

 

I swear, you guys are reading my mind and making features I want.

I own pro. I would like to upgrade yesteday!



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Fantastic news! Unfortunately, my car picked the wrong time to break down, and it's costing me a bundle. :cry:

But I'll still buy the upgrade, even if it means selling off my rare Faberge egg collection.

 

This is awesome. The GUI is really needed!
Thanks for such a great "coming back" surprise for me from basketball camp

 

I could definitely prepay, or at least get the PO set up if there were a pre-order system.

Jeff

 

UniTree its part of 2.0!!! Thanks a ton guys, now to make some cash so I can upgrade to 2.0 Pro from 1.0 Indy! Jeff

 

that'll teach me to go out of town! great stuff guys!

terransage - i'd buy it but that egg has a crack in it!

 

And FYI folks, here is part 2 of the TUAW interview with Nicholas (done during WWDC):

WWDC Video: Unity 2.0 sneak peek

8)

 

That is so cooool :!:

 

This is looking fantastic - can't wait!
Richard.

 

I just watched the sneak peak video, and I am honestly FLOORED at what's coming.

I have yet to get my Mac, (still waiting to get paid hahaha) I own a license for Unity Indie but no mac... can you tell I am pumped about this dev tool?

With that said, when I have the funds for 2.0 I WILL be buying the pro version.

Just a quick question on pricing..... Is 2.0 pro gonna cost more than the current pro version of Unity, for us first time buyers? Of is it still remaining $1499?

Best of luck on the launch of this amazing product.

Take care

 

Trust me folks, we are all as excited (if not more) about 2.0 as all of you are! With respect to pricing please stay tuned, as we get closer to the release we'll post all of our pricing information for you to peruse.

 

Pete said:

With a little Elmer's glue, the Faberge egg's worth will be back up to $100,000. Still interested? With that money, I could buy a few more Unity licenses and hire a team of coders and artists.

 

i'll make you a new one with 2.0

 

I guess the 9-month version I got from participating in 3DU will not be upgradeable? Well, I guess I'll have to dip in my iPhone funds I put aside.

This looks so impresive! Great job!