April 9, 2012 | Point Blank

Unity Reaches One Million Registered Developers

Ari Brosowsky April 9, 2012 No Comments

Unity engine and tools now has over 1 million registered developers and over 6 million total downloads.

The monthly active developer base has also grown to nearly 300,000, or 30% of all developers who ever registered with Unity, who put in a total of 2.5 million hours of creative work in the last month. According to statistics recorded by Evans Data in their Developer Population and Demographic Study 2011 v. 2, this means nearly 2% of the over 16 million active worldwide software developers (of any kind) are currently using Unity to develop their projects.

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Pontiflex Releases the Industry’s First Ever HTML 5 API for Signup Ads

Ari Brosowsky April 9, 2012 No Comments

MoPub and TuneWiki Among Publishers and Networks Using New HTML 5 API to Monetize Mobile Web and Native Apps

The HTML 5 API release greatly expands the adoption of signup ads in the mobile ecosystem. With today’s announcement, mobile ad networks can now easily plug into Pontiflex AppLeads and offer their publisher partners signup ads in addition to other existing offerings. In addition, developers and networks will be able to monetize mobile web apps with signup ads — prior versions of the Pontiflex AppLeads API exclusively supported native apps.

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April 2012

Ari Brosowsky April 9, 2012 No Comments

VGChartz – April 16, 2012
Unity Technologies Opens New Office in Shanghai
By William D’Angelo

Gamasutra – April 16, 2012
Engine provider Unity opens Shanghai offices
By Mike Rose

Gamasutra – April 9, 2012
Unity engine attracts more than 1M registered developers
By Tom Curtis

Mobile Entertainment – April 10, 2012
Unity has 1m developers
By Tim Green

The Verge – April 10, 2012
Unity Technologies marks one million developers for its game development tools
By Jamie Keene