Unity Technologies, provider of the Unity development platform for highly interactive 3D content on the web, iPhone, iPad, PC, Mac, Android, Wii, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, today announced that Unity won The Wall Street Journal 2010 Technology Innovation Award in the software category. This year — the awards\' 10th — The Wall Street Journal received 597 applications from companies, organizations and individuals in 30 countries. The list of winners can be found at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703904304575497473735761294.html.
“We couldn’t be more excited to be recognized thus by one of the world’s most respected and widely read publications. This is the latest in a series of accolades for Unity,” said David Helgason, CEO of Unity Technologies. “We remain doggedly focused on simplifying game development tools to make them available to everyone from the individual enthusiast to the most demanding of game development studios.”
Among this year’s awards and accolades:
Unity Technologies won Develop Magazine\'s coveted Grand Prix Award
Unity won Develop Magazine\'s Technical Innovation Award
Unity Technologies was named an "interesting company to watch" by InformationWeek
Unity was named a Best Engine Finalist by Develop Magazine
Unity Technologies was named a Mobilize 2010 LaunchPad Winner
Unity Technologies was named a San Francisco Business Times\' Tech and Innovation Entrepreneur Award Finalist
Customer Press Play won the Independent Games Festival Vision Award for its “Max & the Magic Marker “game at Game Developers Conference (GDC)
Customer D2 TEAM-Sim was honored for its “Launcher Dogs” training app in the Innovations in Department of Defense (DoD) Gaming Competition at GameTech
Customer Infrared5 was named a Meffys Cross-Platform Technology Award Finalist for its “Brass Monkey” SDK
Customer Gorillaz’s “Plastic Beach” was nominated for BT’s Digital Music Best Music App Award
"What you can create in a short time frame with a low learning curve is pretty revolutionary," said Robert Drost, a computer architect and one of the Innovation Awards judges.
The Wall Street Journal noted that Unity is “simple enough for hobbyists or start-up developers; two developers used it to make the popular Zombieville USA app for the iPhone. They also are powerful enough for the largest game developers. Electronic Arts Inc., for example, used Unity to create its Tiger Woods PGA Tour Online game.”
To get the free and feature-packed Unity for creating games and interactive visualizations, simply visit http://unity3d.com/unity/download.