Unity inks three-year LEGO deal
All web-based content to benefit from Unity tools
Unity Technologies has inked a three-year deal with LEGO, with the 3D game engine to be utilised in all web games and content on lego.com.
The development tools have already been put to use in LEGO Star Wars: The Quest for R2D2 and Bionicle: Glatorian Arena.
"We’ve invested a great deal of time evaluating technology for the next phase of www.lego.com," said Claus Toftegaard Matthiesen, technology manager of the LEGO Group. "We believe that Unity’s flexibility, strength and power will give us scope to create world leading content for our consumers and are looking forward to the cooperation."
"We’re very excited to be playing such a significant part of the LEGO Group’s future web plans, and this three-year deal is recognition that the Unity platform and our unrivaled support address the needs of browser-based content creation," added David Helgason, CEO of Unity Technologies.
"We’re experiencing rapid growth of the Unity plugin, with around 1 million installs per month, and we anticipate that this will grow exponentially as Unity is adopted by more sites and consumers become more familiar with our brand."