14 DAY TRIAL // Unity is an authoring utility meant to create 3D video games and currently available only for the Mac OS X platforms but able to design products for both the Mac and Windows operating systems. Although the support for developing games compatible with Nintendo's Wii game console was announced some time ago, Over the Edge (OTEE) said today that Unity will be able to create Wii games starting this year.
"By marrying a flexible game creation tool with a console that opens up many new modes of gaming, this will empower game developers like never before. Unity invites experimentation and playful game construction and allows you to create functioning game prototypes in mere hours. From there on it provides solid tools for a team to scale up the production until the gold master," OTEE sustained.
As you might know, a Unity demonstration is available for free download while a license is valued at $249. "System requirements call for Mac OS X v10.3.9, G3/500MHz or faster (including Intel) and ATI Radeon or Nvidia GeForce-based graphics card with at least 32MB VRAM," Macworld added. The company plans to offer the Unity Wii license as a separate product being available per-title so it will not be included in Unity Indie or Unity Pro.
If you want to become a beta tester of the upcoming solution developed by OTEE, you should register for the program by sending an e-mail message at the company's address. The developer sustained that more information concerning the license and the technical details will be available soon. "This is the product combo of our dreams. Ever since it was announced we've longed to give game developers access to the sheer creative fun of the Nintendo Wii," says CEO David Helgason, according to a press release published on OTEE's website.