‘We have heard you’: Unity says it will make changes to controversial fee policy

Very little news in recent memory has rocked the gaming sphere quite like Unity’s Tuesday announcement of brand-new runtime fees for games built into its engine. Now, almost a week after the initial policy change and after some very heavy backlash from the wider community, Unity is moving to walk it back.

To say that the first announcement was controversial is certainly true, but it fails to truly grasp the scope of what exactly the policy encompassed.