Game Development in 2021 -- A Look Back
499While not the greatest year, there sure were a lot of game development stories in 2021, and in this video we recap the biggest of them. All the news stories time stamped below.
0:00 Intro
0:25 Epic Games Acquire RAD Game Tools (https://gamefromscratch.com/epic-games-acquire-rad-game-tools/)
1:05 Opera Acquire YoYo Games/GameMaker (https://gamefromscratch.com/gamemaker-creator-yoyo-games-sold-to-opera/)
1:26 Stride 4 Game Engine Released (https://gamefromscratch.com/stride-4-engine-released/)
1:53 Cocos Creator 3 Released Goes 3D (https://gamefromscratch.com/cocos-creator-3-released/)
2:17 MetaHuman Creator by Epic Games (https://gamefromscratch.com/metahuman-creator-by-unreal-engine-announced/)
2:42 Houdini Engine Now Free for Unreal And Unity (https://gamefromscratch.com/houdini-engine-now-free-for-unreal-and-unity/)
3:23 Flutter 2 Desktop and Web (https://gamefromscratch.com/flutter-2-release-adds-desktop-and-web-support/)
4:02 Epic Acquire Capturing Reality (https://gamefromscratch.com/epic-games-acquire-capturing-reality-immediately-lower-prices/)
4:41 Storm Engine Open Sourced (https://gamefromscratch.com/storm-engine-open-sourced/)
5:06 Flex Engine 1.1 (https://gamefromscratch.com/flax-engine-1-1-released-now-with-linux-support/)
5:30 Dialogic for Godot (https://gamefromscratch.com/dialogic-new-conversation-system-for-the-godot-game-engine/)
5:45 Unigine 2.14 (https://gamefromscratch.com/unigine-2-14-released/)
6:31 Cascadeur Early Access (https://gamefromscratch.com/cascadeur-now-in-early-access/)
7:04 Godot 3.3 Release (https://gamefromscratch.com/godot-3-3-released/)
7:58 Ultra App Kit Released (https://gamefromscratch.com/ultra-app-kit-released/)
8:17 Epic Acquire ArtStation (https://gamefromscratch.com/epic-games-acquire-artstation/)
8:53 Material Maker 3d Painting (https://gamefromscratch.com/material-maker-0-95-now-with-3d-painting-tools/)
9:26 BuildBox Insane Pricing Change (https://gamefromscratch.com/buildbox-make-insane-pricing-changes/)
9:51 MagicaCSG Released (https://gamefromscratch.com/magicacsg-released-by-maker-of-magicavoxel/)
10:29 Unreal Engine 5 Early Access Release (https://gamefromscratch.com/unreal-engine-5-early-access-now-available/)
11:08 BuildBox "Revisit" Pricing Mistake (https://gamefromscratch.com/buildbox-launch-new-sane-pricing/)
11:45 NVIDIA Omniverse (https://gamefromscratch.com/nvidia-omniverse-hands-on-review/)
12:55 GameMaker Free Version (https://gamefromscratch.com/yoyogames-release-gamemaker-studio-2-free-version/)
13:13 Lumberyard Open Sourced as O3DE (https://gamefromscratch.com/lumberyard-open-sourced-as-o3de-or-open-3d-engine/)
14:19 The Machinery Early Access (https://gamefromscratch.com/the-machinery-game-engine-now-early-access/)
15:01 MicroStudio Open Sourced (https://gamefromscratch.com/microstudio-game-engine-open-sourced/)
15:32 Epic Games Acquire Sketchfab (https://gamefromscratch.com/epic-games-have-acquired-sketchfab/)
16:34 Unity Acquire SpeedTree (https://gamefromscratch.com/unity-acquire-speedtree-creator-idv/)
17:08 GameMaker Goes Subscription Only (https://gamefromscratch.com/gamemaker-studio-price-drop-and-subscription-changes/)
17:30 Unity Acquire Parsec (https://gamefromscratch.com/unity-acquire-parsec-for-320m/)
18:07 Unreal Engine 4.27 Released (https://gamefromscratch.com/unreal-engine-4-27-released/)
18:37 GDevelop 5 Leaves Beta (https://gamefromscratch.com/gdevelop-5-leaves-beta/)
19:07 RayLib 4 Released (https://gamefromscratch.com/raylib-4-released/)
20:11 Godot 3.4 Release (https://gamefromscratch.com/godot-3-4-released/)
21:09 Unity Acquire WETA Digital (https://gamefromscratch.com/unity-acquire-weta-digital-for-1-6b/)
21:59 NFT Fund Godot, Phaser, Blender and Defold (https://gamefromscratch.com/godot-blender-defold-and-phaser-receive-funding-from-nft-company/)
23:00 Visual Studio 2022 Released (https://gamefromscratch.com/visual-studio-2022-released/)
23:39 Wave Engine now Everyone (https://gamefromscratch.com/wave-engine-is-now-evergine/)
24:15 Blender 3 Released (https://gamefromscratch.com/blender-3-released/)
25:08 UPGBE 0.3 Released (https://gamefromscratch.com/upbge-0-3-released/)
26:04 Flame 1.0 Flutter Engine (https://gamefromscratch.com/flutter-2-8-and-flame-engine-1-0-released/)
26:20 O3DE First Major Release (https://gamefromscratch.com/the-o3de-game-engine-has-first-major-release/)
26:35 Pixologic Acquired by Maxon (https://gamefromscratch.com/zbrush-maker-pixologic-acquired-by-maxon/)
26:53 Unigine 2.15 Released (https://gamefromscratch.com/unigine-engine-2-15-released/)
27:08 Quixel Megascans Trees Released (https://gamefromscratch.com/quixel-megascans-trees-released-free-for-unreal-engine-developers/)