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Unity plans to change its new runtime fee policy to make amends with the gaming industry and community.

Unity CEO John Riccitiello reportedly sold thousands of shares of stock in the weeks ahead of the fee announcement.

Unity's new Runtime Fee policy will charge game developers $0.20 per installation at the top level. Gaming studios say this will significantly affect their profit margins.

Unity customers are responding that the damage has been done and that Unity is still left with an egg on its head.

Unified Backlash Unity, a popular game engine, announced earlier this week an extremely controversial change to its payment structure that has pretty much every game developer equal parts fuming and horrified. "It's just a betrayal," Rami Ismail, a game developer and renowned industry spokesperson, said in a post on X. "The whole Unity thing betrays […]

Unity Engines new pricing policy will now bill developers any time their game is installed. This includes fresh installs as well as reinstalls.

The company stated that the upcoming changes would include new additions to its subscription plans and introduce a Runtime fee.

A growing number of small studios urge the maker of the game engine to ditch plans for new charges.

The company, headed by ex-EA boss John Riccitiello, says it will change plans to charge developers.

Garry Newman, founded of Facepunch Studios, just revealed that Rust 2 is in the works and that it won't be made using the Unity engine.