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Articles featuring John Riccitiello

Articles featuring John Riccitiello

STARRING ROLE Nov 9th, 2021

Unity acquires Weta Digital, its tools and 275 staff for $1.6 billion

A cash plus stock deal

Unity Technologies backs out of GDC 2020 due to concerns around coronavirus

UNITY OUT Feb 27th, 2020

Unity Technologies backs out of GDC 2020 due to concerns around coronavirus

"After much thought and deliberation"

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GDC 2019: Unity partners with Tencent to help bring more developers games to China

CLOUD TECH Mar 19th, 2019

GDC 2019: Unity partners with Tencent to help bring more developers games to China

The service will become accessible later this year.

Unity migrating entire infrastructure to Google Cloud

BIG DEAL Jun 19th, 2018

Unity migrating entire infrastructure to Google Cloud

Tech firms also reveal open source matchmaking project set to go live in summer 2018

UNITY INVESTMENT May 24th, 2017

Unity scores $400 million investment from equity firm Silver Lake

Values developer at $2.6 billion

Unity's John Riccitiello: The world would be a better place if there were more creators

REVOLUTION NOT EVOLUTION Apr 12th, 2017

Unity's John Riccitiello: The world would be a better place if there were more creators

The tech firm's CEO discusses China, artists, designers and education

UNITY WITHOUT BORDERS Mar 8th, 2017

Unity opens Unity Without Borders program to support developers affected by US travel ban

A free trip to Unite Europe and help with visa applications on offer

PROGRESSIVE UNITY Mar 1st, 2017

Unity 5.6 to add native Vulkan API support when it launches on March 31st

Xiaomi partnership now in effect too

UNITY GDC KEYNOTE Feb 27th, 2017

Unity's GDC keynote to show off new and unnanounced games alongside advancements in AR and VR

Streaming worldwide from 4:30pm GMT on February 28th

Unity to sponsor 50 developers from countries affected by Trump's travel ban to attend Unite Amsterdam

UNITE THE WORLD Feb 8th, 2017

Unity to sponsor 50 developers from countries affected by Trump's travel ban to attend Unite Amsterdam

"I strongly believe that there is no place in this world for discrimination, in any form," says Riccitiello

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Unity CEO John Riccitiello holds firm on belief that VR won't be mainstream until 2020

RICCITIELLO ON VR Dec 21st, 2016

Unity CEO John Riccitiello holds firm on belief that VR won't be mainstream until 2020

Also reveals himself as a BLT lover

Unity pushes on into artificial intelligence efforts with new VP of AI and Machine Learning

ADVANCING AI Dec 8th, 2016

Unity pushes on into artificial intelligence efforts with new VP of AI and Machine Learning

Dr Danny Lange joins from Uber

UNITING PEOPLE Sep 13th, 2016

Unity appoints Ruth Ann Keene as new General Counsel

Leading the global legal team

MATCH & TINDER Sep 12th, 2016

World of Warcraft lead designer Rob Pardo raises $25 million for new start-up Bonfire Studios

Not making anything at present

WAR CHEST Jul 13th, 2016

DFJ Growth leads Unity funding round of $181 million

Barry Schuler joins the board

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