Suzie Kim, country manager of Unity Technologies Korea, speaks during a press conference at the Korean branch's office in Seoul, Monday. Korea Times photo by Baek Byung-yeul

By Baek Byung-yeul

Unity Technologies, a U.S.-based game engine maker, said it has updated its game engine software to help developers here create games more easily, according to the head of its Korean unit, Monday.

"We recently held the Unite 2022 event in the U.S.," Suzie Kim, country manager of Unity Technologies Korea, said during a press conference held at the company's office in Seoul. "To commemorate the event, we have prepared various lectures to provide useful information to developers using Unity. Particularly in Korea, we will also provide an interpretation service to support domestic developers and we will actively support the revitalization of the domestic game ecosystem."

The Unite 2022 event is a conference where developers can take a look at the latest technologies and projects of Unity, and share insights with Unity and industry experts. On Nov. 1, CEO John Riccitiello and other Unity leaders held the conference online and on location at various places in Austin, Brighton, Copenhagen, Montreal and San Francisco.

"In 2021, 50 percent of all games were produced with the Unity engine. Among the top 1,000 mobile games, 72 percent of games used our engine with 3 billion players enjoying them," said Kim Beom-joo, head of evangelism at Unity Korea.

"To help domestic game developers, Unity Korea is performing various support activities such as hiring industry experts, discovering excellent development projects and sharing basic knowledge."

Kim added the Unity engine is currently used not only in game development but also in other industries such as architecture and manufacturing, adding its engine can be used more widely in every aspect of the industry.

Explaining the newly updated feature of its engine, Oh Ji-hyun, lead evangelist at Unity Korea, said "Through the update, the Entity Component System (ECS), one of the Data-Oriented Technology Stack (DOTS) technologies, and DirectX 12, which can provide better graphics, are now officially available."