Facebook updates its Unity tool to improve cross-platform game development

Facebook is on the web and mobile, but it’s increasingly making its money from the latter. Likewise, social-game developers are starting to generate more revenue on mobile platforms like iOS than they are on Mark Zuckerberg’s social network. But Facebook isn’t freaking out about developers making money on mobile — it is embracing it.

Facebook revealed an update to its SDK (software development kit) for Unity today. Unity is a free and powerful game-creation tool that is popular with indie developers and small studios. Facebook’s SDK for Unity makes it easier for developers to take advantage of the social network’s platform for acquiring users, generating revenue, and more. Today’s update, however, is all about improving the cross-platform functionality of the Facebook SDK for Unity, which is now out of beta.