Proclaiming Google's OS as the developer's new platform of choice, development tool specialist Unity has released its latest venture into the wild: Unity Android.

The platform, which was first unveiled at last year's GDC, is designed to enable hassle free iOS to Android ports, thanks to Unity's single authoring environment.

Pre-release progress

"It's awesome to be doing the full launch of our Android support," said CCO Nicholas Francis.

"Now we're doing the full launch of our product and I can't wait to see what kind of amazing things people will develop. I think getting Unity out to the Android developer base will vastly improve the range of quality games on the platform."

Now available in both trial and pro forms - the latter coming in at $400 for existing Unity free studios, or $1,500 for Unity Pro members - Unity previously rolled out a pro-only pre-release version of Unity Android in 2010, which it claims has already been a "huge success".

In its limited time on the market, more than 50 games on Android have utilised the platform – including Battle Bears, Castle Warriors, Doodle Bowling, Drift Mania Championship and Samurai II: Vengeance.

Full details on the various Unity licenses available can be found on the firm's website.