Unity Technologies announce that the LEGO Group chose Unity for the creation of its recently launched "LEGO Star Wars - The Quest for R2-D2" browser based online game, developed by Three Melons."We are really proud to have Unity powering a LEGO Star Wars game," says Nicholas Francis, Chief Creative Officer and co-founder of Unity. "This is a great example of how Unity is able to attract the large consumer brands and demonstrates its strength by delivering content on the web with a graphical fidelity and sheer power that no-one else can match."
Sten Lysdahl Sorensen, Internet Content Manager at LEGO added, "The LEGO Group never compromises when it comes to the quality of what is offered to our consumers all over the world. Unity allows for a unique visual 3D experience that portrays our models and minifigures in a way that gives the kids a premium free online game. We firmly believe that the Unity engine and the skilled work by Three Melons is taking advergaming to a new level and thereby supporting our products in the best possible way."
Diego Ruiz, Lead Engineer of Three Melons said, "We used Unity to develop the game because it allowed us to concentrate on gameplay instead of the technical issues. At the same time it includes an excellent balance between productivity and performance
LEGO Star Wars - Quest for R2-D2 http://starwars.lego.com/en-us/FunAndGames/CloneWars-Quest-For-R2D2.aspx
Unity is recognized worldwide as the leading platform for browser based 3D games which offer developers and publishers a sophisticated engine to develop and publish online browser based games which are touted to dominate the games market by 2013. Figures for May 2009 show online games reaching an audience of 87 million in the U.S alone.*
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In addition to a packed program of tutorials, technical sessions and hands on lab time, the Unite conference this year features a keynote by Electronic Arts’ Chief Creative Director Richard Hillman and a special free to attend 1-day boot camp for Flash users to learn about transitioning to Unity.
Following Unity tradition Unite is a great event for making new business contacts, showing projects, making friends, learning how to do stuff bigger and better on top of that the lunches, coffee and parties make sure that everyone makes the most of their days.
Unite takes place on October 27-30, 2009 at the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco, California. For more information and to book tickets to Unite visit - http://unity3d.com/unite/
The Unity tools have been hailed as revolutionary for enabling high quality results in an easily accessible development environment. Unity is the fastest growing cross platform engine.