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Unity 4.0 Released !

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http://linuxgamingnews.org – The Unity4 Game Engine that brings GNU/Linux support and many, many, many new games that uses it – is finally released ! Unity4 was the number 1 engine of choice by most Kickstarter game projects and thanks to it, they could promise a GNU/Linux client for their games. Unity4 brings a huge boost to the GNU/Linux gaming – and was a big part of me discontinuing my “Upcoming GNU/Linux Games“  list. It just got so huge that I could no longer keep track of upcoming releases.   The press release :   Unity 4.0 Launches San Francisco – November 14, 2012 – Unity (Distributions)

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After many requests, and a bit of help from inxile  (who are working on Wastelands2 and need a GNU/Linux exporter from Unity as part of their commitment at Kickstarter). The upcoming popular game engine Unity4 will have a native exporter to GNU/Linux desktop (before you could only play Unity games via the Chrome browser) ! [...]

Yesterday we reported that some game studios have added Linux support to their Unity3D games. Now couple of more Unity3D games are coming to Linux.

As Linux publishing support is available only in Unity 4 mostly new games who are using latest version of the engine are adding Linux support.

Almost everyday, game developers are confirming Linux support for their games based on the popular Unity3D game engine.

We have covered many Unity games in past that have confirmed Linux support.

With Unity Technologies finally adding Linux publishing support in Unity 4.0 beta, game developers can now compile and run their games on Linux.

Some announcement have been made in last few days by game studios, confirming Linux support for their Unity games.

Jason Rubin, President of THQ, has tweeted that they are looking at possibility of porting games to Linux.

Unity Technologies adding Linux publishing support to their Unity3D game engine is doing lots of good to Linux gaming.

Two million dollar Unity based game projects, Wasteland 2 and Project Eternity have already announced Linux support.

Unity Technologies announced Linux publishing support for Unity 4, next version of their popular game engine.

Lots of Game Studios were waiting for this announcement and within just couple of days, some Game Studios have added Linux support.

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Unity Technologies has added Linux publishing support recently to their popular Unity3D game engine.

With the latest Unity 4.0, developers who wish to provide a Linux version of their game can easily compile source code with the built-in export option and make binaries for Linux platform. Two Unity games, Rochard and Cubemen have already been released for Lin

YoYo Games' popular 2D game engine GameMaker will soon have an option for exporting games to Ubuntu. Similar to what Unity 4.0 game engine is doing, developers will be able to export their games to Linux platform.

GameMaker can build both native apps and HTML5 versions.