GREE Extends Partnership with Unity, Aims to Lower Costs Further for Developers

After partnering with game authoring software maker Unity earlier this year, Japanese gaming giant GREE announced today that this cooperation will be extended.

Unity is used by half a million registered developers across the globe, including big names like EA, Ubisoft, and Disney.

The cooperation between the two companies means that GREE can distribute the ‘Unity for GREE’ Android and iOS license for free in Japan, whereas previously it was going for 136,000 yen (or $1500). Game developers can save more than a little coin, and for GREE it means there is less of a monetary barrier for those who want to create games for its platform.

We’re looking forward to seeing GREE down at the upcoming Tokyo Game Show. Apparently its booth is going to be very difficult to miss since the company has secured nearly 10 percent of the total exhibition space!

For a closer look at Unity’s game authoring tool, here’s a quick video demonstration of the latest version, Unity 3.4 running on Mac OSX.

[Video: ITcookie.com]