Unity has canceled its hate Runtime Fee.
Unity has canceled its hate Runtime Fee.
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Unity cancels its much-hated Runtime Fee, opting for traditional price increases instead

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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  • 7 min

In a big step by new CEO Matthew Bromberg, Unity is canceling its much-hated Runtime Fee that stirred a developer revolt.

This is a big step toward reconciliation with the company’s base of game developers. On the other hand, it’s a no brainer for the new CEO as the imposition and then dialing back of the Runtime Fee got the former CEO fired last fall.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.