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Unity is a popular game creation engine.

Respectfully, I’m pretty sure the actual reason I’m a “fucking idiot” is because I’m still using their producthttps://t.co/Aj9eEa5gTL— Christine Love (@christinelove)July 14, 2022

Respectfully, I’m pretty sure the actual reason I’m a “fucking idiot” is because I’m still using their producthttps://t.co/Aj9eEa5gTL

Compounding all this is Unity’s recent swathe of redundancies.Kotakureported at the end of last month that Unity had recently laid off hundreds of staff, or around 4% of their workforce. A hiring freeze was put in place across all departments. This came two weeks after Riccitiello reassured Unity’s employees that the company was not in financial trouble and wasn’t intending to lay anyone off.

Unity last month: Lays off hundreds of employeesUnity this month: Spends 4.4 billion in stock options to merge with a malware ad company— Noel Berry (@NoelFB)July 13, 2022

Unity last month: Lays off hundreds of employeesUnity this month: Spends 4.4 billion in stock options to merge with a malware ad company

It’s a messy state of affairs, and those after a more in-depth breakdown of this whole mess should head over toGame Developer, who have carefully laid out the entire, awful timeline.